A Few Things to Ponder

My brain is ever so slowly letting the story I'm working on ooze out onto my keyboard. It's like waiting while cold motor oil drains out of an engine. Unlike an engine though I can't start my brain and let it run until the story warms up to make it flow faster. All of that being what it is, I was feeling bad for not posting anything the blog, so I thought I'd throw a few personal updates out here.

First, I filed paperwork yesterday to start my self-publishing company. Now if I can just get myself to sit down long enough to polish something into a form worth publishing.  Baby steps. As much as I grouse about it, I am kind of excited.

Second, Lawdog and and OldNFO drug me out yesterday and I got to meet Larry Correia. Super nice guy.

Lastly, I get to round out my week with a jazz concert tonight featuring my oldest progeny on the piano. Hearing/watching my kids do what they're passionate about makes me feel lucky to be their dad.  All three of my kiddos blow my mind on a regular basis.

Well, that's about all I've got to say about me for now.  Guess I should see if I can squeeze another couple thousand words out of my brain today. In the meantime, here are some ponderables I got from my dad.

-Tole

Do twins ever realize that one of them is unplanned? 
 
What if my dog only brings back my ball because he thinks I like throwing it?
                                                       
If poison expires is it more poisonous or is it no longer poisonous? 
 
Maybe oxygen is slowly killing you and it just takes 75-100 years to fully work. 
 
Every time you clean something, you just make something else dirty. 
 
The word “swims” upside-down and backwards is still "swims".

The word "nun" is just the letter "n" doing cartwheels.
 
Intentionally losing a game of rock, paper, and scissors is just as hard as trying to win. 
 
100 years ago everyone owned a horse and only the rich had cars. Today everyone has cars and only the rich own horses. 
 
The doctors that told Stephen Hawking he had two years to live in 1953 are probably dead. 
 
If you replace "W" with "T" in "What, Where and When", you get the answer to each of them. 
 
If you rip a hole in a net, there are actually fewer holes in it than there were before. 
 
100 years ago a Twenty Dollar bill and a Twenty Dollar gold piece were interchangeable. Either one would buy a new suit, new shoes and a night on the town. The Twenty Dollar gold piece will still do that.