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• It will be a good day when the schools have all the money they need and the Airforce has to have a bake sale to raise money to buy bombers.

Did you ever get kicked in the shins on Saturday night by the appetizer chef? I laugh about it now. I only asked if the dumplings were ready. "Don't aska -talk too much, you knowwwwww?!", Charlie Danger.

That was decades ago when I worked in an Asian restaurant. The swinging doors separated two cultures.

Portals into a split life.

Late Afternoon

Charlie "Danger " Young

Charlie was a sing ching bing Chinese guy ( he taught me that expression)
Who I worked with
When I waitressed in a Szechuan restaurant
For 5 years.

He was our appetizer chef.
He had a range.

Charlie heated up the cast iron
Plates for the sizzling rice dishes.

He wore army boots and
Spit into a bucket next to his stove

"Danger!
Hot plate!"

"Look out
It bourn you
You know?"

Charlie also fried the dumplings.
20 minutes they took.

If you forgot to order them 
You were in trouble.

Saturday night

"Charlie, are my dumplings ready?"

"Don't aska."

"Um, but my customer wants to know."

"DON"T ASKA! I KILL YOU!"

"Um,"

WHAM!
Army boot in the shin.

Don't aska.

Charlie Danger.

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Soundtrack of the day: Fergie's Glamorous. Can't seem to make links last or videos upload. Did I miss the FAQ page?

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I don't need Oprah  to tell me that I should be proud of being 49 going on 50. My rational mind has that running in a constant loop. While my emotional brain says WTF?!!!

Yesterday I decided to put my age back on the page. Being here is what counts.

Today I'm marching to this tribal remix of Glamorous. Not diggin the images so much but the sound's cool. Out to walk two miles as fast as I can to this beat. Pickin up the pace...

I was a bartender in one of my lives so I can talk endlessly without provocation.

Liquid Lunch

no saturated fats, low sugar, low salt, no drinking, mediterranean  diet, vegetarianism,
not enough love making, child going abroad, health issues, anything else?

we're all dying by degrees...how to slow down the process.

Oh yeah -the Med diet offers one glass of wine a day. I'm opting for that and reverting back to my childhood.

•"When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in my mouth." Kurt Vonnegut

•What kind of silly statement is that?

Good morning. In place of an actual post today I will leave you with a bit of humor.

By the way the Vietnamese woman who does my nails is also named Tammy. Life's funny.

Remember this?

En Vogue

I believed from a young age in the demographers' predictions that one day the population of the world will  be the color of coffee with cream.

One World!

i know a little bit about a lotta things- but...

Happy Monday, Babies. Time for breakfast. Gotta do some catch up on chores over here. See you later...

First and only so far.

Something to think about besides groups. Nothing against groups- mind you.

Robin Banks pointed out that my sexuality past or present was unimportant to my acceptance as an artist. She's right.

From my perspective it's important to me that all of you know who I am and where I've come from. It's my belief that my experiences give my pictures validity. It's a delicate balance  to show you who I am without completely coloring your perceptions of my work. I really love to know what my pics trigger in you.

I am thankful to all of you here for accepting me and welcoming me into your beacons on the web. I have never met such a talented,open and challenging community. Thank you!  Have a great day everyone!

Do You See Me?

Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) John Lennon

It's never too late to have a happy childhood.

• Fear of commitment