Month: September 2004
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You know you are grown up when…
Your house plants are alive, and you can’t smoke any of them.Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.You keep more food than beer in the fridge.6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.You hear your favorite song on an elevatorYou watch the Weather Channel.Your friends marry…
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Pay attention
First-year students at Medical School were receiving their first anatomy class with a real dead human body. They all gathered around the surgery table with the body covered with a white sheet.The professor started the class by telling them, “In medicine, it is necessary to have two important qualities as a doctor:The first is that…
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Release
The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch someone else do it wrong without comment.Theodore H. White
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Smart “Blonde” Joke
Very valuable for those ‘awkward’ moments where you want to end a conversation before it starts.Two strangers were seated next to each other on the plane. The guy turned to the cute blonde next to him and made his move.“Let’s talk.” He said. “I’ve heard that flights will go quicker if you strike up a…
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Chapters omitted from the Big Book
There has been some speculation as to why the following chapters are not included.Into ThinkingInto FeelingWhy we’re Alcoholicand my favoriteOn PMSI’m sure that additional items will be added to this list as “more is revealed”26 Oct 2004I found the note that contained some additional chapters that are missing:We AntagonistsThe Family Aftermath10 Aug 2005Tim at OMD…
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Mediocrity
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Paula Poundstone on Recovery
“I was sentenced to AA on national television,” she says during her routine. “That pretty much blows the hell out of the second A.” She refers to rehab as “stupid” and argues that not only have AA meetings proved ineffective, but it was unconstitutional for a judge to compel her to attend. “I’m an atheist,”…