There are
some words you remember how to spell with simple euphemisms such as dessert is
spelled with two Ss – easy to remember because you want two of them, desserts
that is. Why would you want two deserts? Unless you were a camel or there were
vast underground oil reserves. Similarly, I remember hearing teachers perhaps
say that principal is easy to remember how to spell because he is you pal. It
sounds far-fetched but it is true.
I had a
principal in high school who would come over to the basket where I was shooting
in high school practice and shoot with me. He would either retrieve my balls or
I would pass him a few shots. His jump shot, in his three piece suit and wing
tips, was not bad. Not bad at all. He was my pal for a few minutes in practice
and I was one lonely kid. He smiled at me and showed a small interest in my
well-being. Thanks Dr. Brady.
Now how do
you remember how to spell principle? I don’t have a clue but at least you will
know how to spell the one with the ‘pal’ in it and by process of elimination
you may remember the other.
Lawyers have
nice skin
I don’t think
I will visit the lawyer anymore. It put me in a very bad mood and probably cost
me in excess of $250. It was just like
the first day of school where they tell you all the work you will be doing over
the course of the semester – homework, exams, major projects – the syllabus is
overwhelming. And to top it all off, there are multiple lawyers in multiple
states and I didn’t get a clear answer about who is doing what. I was fine
before I went in there. I think I am better off doing much of the work myself
and saving the estate a buck or two.
But as I was feeling overwhelmed, I
suddenly noticed the lawyer’s skin. Now she has a good 10-12 years on me, easy.
But her skin, especially on the back of her hands, was like a newborn’s. Now I
am exaggerating somewhat, but compared to my skin, it was positively spanking
new. The backs of my hands were weathered and age spots were noticeable. I had working man hands while her
hands were white as the driven snow and not a blemish or a line in site. The
same for her face and probably the rest of her body (though I did not let my
mind go there). Wow, she has great skin. And I tried to justify my weathered,
leather body I remembered all the sun filled days at the beach and the pool and
outside playing sports. She probably hasn’t been outside a day in her life as
she sits slumped at her computer screen. Now I exaggerate again, but her skin,
that skin. It looked like it had never seen the light of day. Good for her.
Good for her skin. But my skin, was the skin of a well lived life. Cancer be damned.
Unrelated thoughts
- · “Cross Country is like going in the ocean. At first you don’t want to and then you are glad you did.” Michael McGovern summer 2014
- · “Mom, that is the least of my worries”. . . after I wondered what Michael’s college roommate would think about his clothes all over the floor.
- · I thought if I gave you two laundry baskets you could use one for your clean and one for your dirty clothes. “But then I can’t see my clothes.” Michael McGovern summer 2014
- · “I am eating like 5,000-6,000 calories a day and I am not gaining weight.” Matt McGovern fall 2014. You will young man. You will.
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