goodbye old friend
Published January 7, 2007 | 
A deep dark truthful mirror
-elvis costello
So last night I went out to a local bar and played pool with my adult old son, Julian. Along the way listening to his adventures in dating. . Of course he’s much more comfortable with that than I was. Maybe it just me, maybe it’s a cultural change. To me dating was always a means to an end. I should clarify. . long term end. Hookin’ up never fit my mind very well. Lord knows I couldn’t survive that. He says we look like brothers now. I suppose that’s a good thing. Older children are a bit of an enigma. You can remember little kids running around but there is no way to translate that kid to the adult who’s telling you his latest escapades. Yikes! So we played 6 games. He beat me 4 of those games. Signs of age I guess. A passing of the torch if you will. Well, I can still out run him and take him out in a nice manly arm wrestling match so I suppose I can still feel somewhat virile. But time keeps chugging away.
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7 Responses to goodbye old friend
Whoa! You really look 10 years younger!
Do strangers treat you differently? Like are you being asked for your ID at the liquor store?
I really like the QTVR. Someday I gotta figure out how to do that.
I’ve got socks older that your former beard! Dude, so you lost the bet EH???
I’ve had mine (beard) for much longer that you, started mine in November of 1970–haven’t had a naked face since then! Bet you grow it back before the summer (Puerto rico trip…’))
wow, you look like a totally different person. looking good man.
Derrick i know the starnge feeling after shaving of my beard after about 20 years.
When I shaved off my (2nd) beard, my eldest daughter, then around 5, just sat and watched me do it. When finished, I smiled at her, and she stared. Then I spoke. When she heard her father’s voice coming from this strange face she screamed and ran down stairs to her mother.
This is me screaming and running down stairs
thanks guy, (well, except silbs) Thing is now I can’t go play with the traditional crowd. I’m quite sure a nice big beard is required.
Andrew VR images are fairly easy depending on software and you need a specific tripod head to keep the shots in line.
DQ– I agree, you do look a decade younger without the beard. If that is your goal, you accomplished it. Looking good.
Your worksttaion is neat. nice to see where all these wonderful blogs originate. Sort of like seeing the desk where Shakespeare wrote Hamlet. I see a slanted roofline. A blinded window. A setp down and a half wall. A 1/2 way descent (but not totally ergonomic) computer chair. Not one but two monitors. And the now obsolete KW travel mug. Sweet.
Hey, just so you and Alex know, I just signed up for qajaq USA. I’m going to learn to roll like, M. Padilla! Well, if not then at least like Greg Stamer and Dubside and Freya. Well, if not then at least like D-kam and schizopak. Well… maybe just like a noob with a Greenland twig in a Barracuda. See ya.