DEAR LORD,it doesn't have to be pretty but,
I offer myyyyyy best friends left you know what,
for a convincing OAKLAND RAIDER VICTORY TODAY against Kansas city!
Amen

"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I've ever written.

My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:



1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive everyone everything.

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood.

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

42. The best is yet to come...

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

44. Yield.

45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."

Really enjoyed reading this kcOOO3!


This one is DOPE!!!


"our last embrace
was shortened
by the chill
of forgotten
importance

and our final kiss
tasted of burnt orange
and decomposing
foliage".

I know that ending taste (unfortunately) too Brah!!!

Thank you all so very much I really appreciate the kindness.

A woman was leaving a 7-11 with her morning coffee when she noticed a
most unusual funeral procession approaching the nearby cemetery.
A long black hearse was followed by a second hearse about 50 feet behind.
Behind the second hearse was a solitary woman walking a Pit Bull dog on a leash.
Behind her were 200 women walking single file.

The woman couldn't stand the curiosity. She respectfully approached the woman walking the dog and said, "I am so sorry for your loss, and I know now this is bad time to disturb you, but I've never seen a funeral like this.

Whose funeral is it?"

The woman replied, "Well, that first hearse is for my husband,"

"What happened to him?"

The woman replied, "My dog attacked and killed him."

She inquired further, "Well who is in the second hearse?"

"His mistress. She tried to help my husband, then, the dog turned on
her."

A poignant and thoughtful moment of silence passes between the two
women.

"Can I borrow the dog?"

She replied, "Get in line."

A Betty exquisitely fashioned by a Goddess in Heaven.
Guided to Earth, not a ten she's at the least a twenty seven.
Like Tevin, I was hoping “Can we talk for a minute”?
I’m bout it-bout it but usually persona's more timid.

No she didn’t!!!

Honey gave a coy smile & walked away.
I was left looking clowned with zilch to say.

People are dressed to the nines.
The best blend passed amongst players, haters, rouges & dimes.
Ex-Lovers prowl so pretentiously in hopes of maybe just
1 last grind.

Not the habitual rigmarole I’m figuring though I’ll be medicinal for them.
Share the roots from my tree, blessed be the gen attained from my regal stem.
I try pleasing these & them, sullied heart, open mind with sun kissed skin.
Been known to alter my agenda but rules I’ll never break, fold, twist or bend.

It seems for her all the proclaimed game & cute slang’s apparently useless.
She passed by and said “Honey if you were Jack Lalanne 'HA', still couldn’t juice this”.

Poof Miss!

There many more swimming in the deep blue sea.
I can’t see you if you can’t perceive me, lovely being single & free.

It seemed to strike a nerve in her swerve, guess most men at her feet they crumble.
A reality check gained respect as I walked away with a grin way humble.

That Cali swagger had her in a staggering stance.
Cameo came on it was 'Shake Your Pants'.
She grabbed my hand led me out on the floor
We shook what our mommas gave us plus a wee bit more.

The creators’ will overshadows our destiny indefinitely.
As the night moved on I could feel the Gods testing me.
Less is sexier; she was far from being subtle.
I’m in awe watching her move so suggestively.

Now on the double let down my well-guarded ego.
Ponder hands ‘round her waist but want to make sure it’s legal.
I was trying to be covert like an intense game of Stratego.
She boxed me into a corner like she was Carlos Palomino.

My adrenal glands are now working O.T.
Everybody’s watching us while we were doing our thing.
The dance was seductive in nature yet classic in display.
This Betty met her match, we cooked it up like Bobby Flay.

A single guy decided life would be more fun if he had a pet.

So he went to the pet store and told the owner that he wanted to buy an unusual pet.

After some discussion, he finally bought a talking centipede,
(100-legged bug), which came in a little white box to
use for his house.

He took the box back home, found a good spot for the box, and decided he would start off by taking his new pet to church with him.

So he asked the centipede in the box, "Would you like to go to church with me today?
We will have a good time."

But there was no answer from his new pet.

This bothered him a bit, but he waited a few minutes and then asked again, "How about going tochurch with me and receive blessings?"



But again, there was no answer from his new friend and pet.
So he waited a few minutes more, thinking about the situation.



The guy decided to invite the centipede one last time.



This time he put his face up against the centipede's house and shouted, "Hey, in there! Would you like to go to church with me and
learn about God?"



This time,a little voice came out of the box,!

"I heard you the first time!

I'm putting my shoes on

Way of the Blessed
A trial of like and hate
Way from my home
Away from the stress

We fall like leaves and hold tightly to our roots
Bearing nothing but our souls and fermented fruits

I get drunk from fear of losing my faith
If you show me the way east I'll give you a taste

The hunger inside overwhelms my calm
Bitter frustration takes place where on played psalms

Kiss my thoughts with your wine soaked lips
I'll play any game you create
Not liking but loving the harsh treatment I've suffered
If in the end I get to lay by your lake.
I still have hopes that mystery awaits.
That dream may someday become my fate.

Empty red room filled with endless yearning.
I’m an early riser eager for more learning.

Her space is crowded not sure where I fit in.
I’ve lost pleading my case to break her top ten.

One sullied heart looking for one composting soul.
In need of enrichment before time takes its toll.

Some coast through life exploiting good fortune.
They’ve gained glory never gifting back or acknowledging praise is due.
They could make an enormous change by giving up a mere portion.
Rain pours on all eventually, one day it WILL get you too.

He’s filling her mind with dour tales and cup with bitter ales.
No bestseller could be more gripping or intoxicating.
She’s willingly blind, lost at sea, no wind left in her sails.
I keep a candle lit for her return enthusiastic waiting.

A good person is a goldmine with immeasurable potential wealth.
An authentic good man is rarer than seeing Nessie.
The commonality between them lays in the ability to be stealth.
One gets away clean and unseen while the other oft leaves the scene messy.

The newlyweds were only married two weeks when the husband said to the wife, "Honey, I'm going to Hank's Tavern to have a beer. I won't be gone long."



"Where are you going, Coochy Coo?" asked the wife.



"I'm going to the bar, Pretty Face," he answered. "I'm going to have a beer..."



The wife said, "You want a beer, my love?" She opened the door on the refrigerator and showed him 25 different kinds of beer, brands from 12 different countries: Germany, Holland, Japan, Ireland, Mexico, etc.



The husband didn't know what to do and the only thing that he could think of saying was, "Yes, Lollipop,....But at the bar...You know...They have frozen glasses..."



He didn't get to finish the sentence because the wife interrupted him by saying, "You want a frozen glass, Puppy Face? She took a huge beer mug out of the freezer, so frozen that she was getting chills just holding it.



The husband, looking a bit pale, said, "Yes, Tootsie Roll, but at the bar they have those hors d'oeuvres that are really delicious... I won't be long.. I'll be right back. I promise."



"You want hors d'oeuvres, Poochie Pooh?" She opened the oven and took out five dishes of different hors d'oeruvres: chicken wings, pigs in blankets, mushroom caps, and little quiches.



"But my sweet honey...At the bar...You know there's swearing, dirty words and all that..."



You want dirty words, Cutie Pie? LISTEN UP, CHICKEN $hit! SIT YOUR SORRY A$$ DOWN, SHUT THE HELL UP, DRINK YOUR BEER IN THE FROZEN MUG AND EAT YOUR HORS D'OEUVRES RIGHT HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE FREAKIN' MARRIED NOW AND YOUR SORRY a$$ IS SOOOO NOT GOING TO A DAMNED BAR! THAT $hit IS OVER! GOT IT DUMB-A$$?"



And they lived happily ever after



Isn't that a sweet story?



MARRIED LIFE...

MAKES YOU EYES TEAR UP!

Thank you Ladies & Gentlemen!!! HAD A BLAST IN FLORIDA

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR MEEEEEE HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!

IM IN FLORIDA ITS FREAKIN HOT

Daisuke

Thank you kc0003

In Loves choke-hold I resist frenetically
for air to breathe.
My heart beats slower & slower pathetically
I tried to make it stop.
Love laughs and releases me
I fall limp on cloud 8.
Grasping for the flavor of something
everlasting drenched in whip cream
with a cherry top.

Thanks kc0003 my brotha

Magnificent

WOW!!!