You might tell me that I can not do something, but I won't listen to you, and I will do it because it is the only thing in this life that I have ever wanted to do. I have dreamed it. I am living it, and you can't take it away from me.

I am standing in the kitchen. The Cure are playing. As the singer sings, "I will always love you," I realize that Henry, the great Great Dane has situated his head under my hand, and that I am scratching him. I look up, and see Morisson, my dog, standing in in front of me with a somber look on his face, as if he is asking me if I will always love him. Yes, Morrison, I will always love you!

Someone gave me this really neat cat bed, but my cats never use it. I was just feeding the turtles, about to end the day, and I looked over and saw Kobain curled up in the cat bed! I'm glad that I didn't find another home for that cat bed. Henry has taken over Anna's bed, leaving Anna to sleep on the floor, which doesn't please me, as Henry is 2 years old, and Anna is 10. Respect your elders, unless they prove that they don't deserve it.

Up at 4:45. I have no wet cat food, so I gave the cats some cat treats. I am thankful that my cats are thankful for whatever cat food like thing that I put in their bowls in the morning. The dogs are still crashed, except for Mr. Energy Henry. What a beautiful day. Thank you, Lord, for this gift of life.

I'm listening to The Jefferson Airplane, and am watching the turtles. It seems like I should be doing more, like writing a poem, or making a million dollars, but I'm not; I am just listening to music, and watching my turtles, and I'm ok with that. The turtles are really fun to watch, and I love music. Love you.

Up at 7:22 I just caught Morrison licking one of the cat's bowls, which is a "no." Henry is home, next door, but he is barking up a storm, so I'll probably have to go get him, and bring him over here, which is why he is barking: he loves to visit us. I had the most vivid dream about my good friend, Dale W. Miller, and his family, last night. I'd love to fly out soon and see them. Today is a brand new day, and I am so glad to be here to see it. Amen.

I think that I have no right to get bent out of shape when my internet is down, when there are soldiers dying in the battlefield, when there are homeless on the street, when there are mentally ill who could be helped, but they resist treatment.

I'm starting my day with Phish, and coffee; music, and caffeine are often the way that I get things going around here. People have been asking about Kobain; he has settled back into the routine of this abode. What a happy cat he is; what a happy cat he has always been.

I think that bragging about your drinking is an incredibly boring, and stupid, thing to do. If you really drank too much, you wouldn't brag about it. Those that brag about it are rank amateurs.

I'm about to take the #2 bus into Little Five Points. I wonder if I will run into anyone that I know; I used to know everyone there. They called me The Mayor.

Just in from a quick trip to Little Five Points . My credit union is there.
I don t much find reason to hang out in Little Five Points, these days;
not like in the way past, where I used to sit on a bench outside the
pizza place, and drink quarts of beer from a bottle buried in a brown paper bag.

When you are young you never thing that you will be old. I am old, and can't believe that I was young, and survived it.

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I might start drinking my coffee without cream. I ran out of cream a few days ago, and I have been drinking it black; I add a few ice cubes, and some stevia is all.

I wish that I had something profound to say, today; but I can't think much past cats, dog, turtles, and coffee.