February 26, 2005

Not a whole lot of shaking going on here! That is if I stay sitting. Otherwise there is lots of action. Like when I take the walk.....You might think that a large mid-section along with my oversized chest would be a handicap but just the opposite is true after the first several steps. I've learned how to get the stuff bouncing in such a manner that as the mass rises it assists in bringing up a leg and foot then as the forward move continues it helps to put the other foot down and at the same time it begins the helping of bringing the other up again. It may not be a complete self-perpetual motion but it's close. Kinda of like a countershaft on a flywheel. At least it cuts down on the energy required to bring them up and put them down after I get it all in motion and traveling at the proper speed.

Even the wattle on my neck gets to swaying to one side then the other with such a strong swing that it keeps my head turning back and forth enabling me to scour the area that I'm walking for any kind of valuables that might lay in or near my path. All this with practically no energy expenditures on my part.

The bad part of the whole deal happens when I stop. It doesn't hurt too much physically but if there happens to be anyone watching it's very embarrassing. After a stop it takes the bounce of the masses and the wattle swing several seconds to catch up. There I stand in one spot, with all that stuff still bouncing up and down continuing to pump my legs up and down somewhat and the wattle sway keeping my head swinging from one side to the other. All that makes me look like a person needing to go very, very badly looking feverishly for a place to squat pronto. Well, I guess it could be looked at as a dance of sorts. You know, a guy dancing to his own drummer. "It don't mean a thing, if you ain't got the swing".

Hey, I finally hit a pot at bingo yesterday. It was for $100 but unfortunately I had to share with one other and that neither Ruby nor Glenda. A $50 return for a $7 investment is still a happy occasion. Glenda came out about $45 for the day and we had free steaks and shrimp at the Boulder Station Buffet. The greatest part of the whole deal was the fact the Krohn's we're with us all the way. Having good interesting folks to share happy occasions with makes them double enjoyable.

I felt a twinge of guilt thinking Glenda and I were like vampires as we sat there eating on blood money. We got the free complementary tickets by giving blood there several weeks ago to the Red Cross.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action. - Benjamin Disraeli