This odd little series ran back in 2004. It introduces Gene’s female friend “Sondra,” and the point of it all is, exactly what kind of “friend” is Sondra? Apparently she wasn’t a serious friend. After this week of introduction, she never appears again. I’m getting a bit of a late start this week; it’s a busy summer. However, over the next few days I will try to stick with the Sondra series to its conclusion.
Girlz II Women
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164 responses to “Girlz II Women”
Except that Ghost and I share a bed now there is no collusion. While we share many of same opinions I never ask if I can post anything and just blurt it out.
We did collude to come up with solution to maintain his anonymity as best we can. He is still Ghost and no photos allowed that show his face. Body and small percent of head allowed.
Conspiracy and collusion but posts still independent.
Nah, Jackie, no suspicion there. And I doubt anyone in a hundred miles is worried. But if Ghost hasn’t already guessed, it was the combo of his disappearance without worry on your part that signaled my hope of something fun. And happiness is hard to hide. Kept my trap shut to not jinx it. Seriously, good for you both.
Guess a more funny line would have been:
If that’s collusion, then I hope we all have a lot more colludin’ goin’ on.
Staircase thoughts, I’m riddled with ’em.
Morphy, looks like spiral staircase thoughts, from here. You get where you’re going, but not by the most direct route.
Mark, sincerely, no joke, best laugh I’ve had since last week. Thanks.
I don’t pretend they are brilliant. Sometimes it is nice just to get them out.
Am I less work than a Quentin Tarantino screenplay?
If the answer is NO; please be gentle.
Morphy: You’re certainly more forthright and enjoyable to read than his movies are to watch.
Thanks for the word, TruckerRon. I’ll quit while that far ahead, at least. Have a good evening.
This wasn’t how the Farmington Utah Little League team wanted to make it onto our local news report:
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=44711706&nid=148&title=little-league-team-glad-to-be-home-safe-after-close-call-with-tornado-in-omaha
http://www.gocomics.com/academiawaltz
Backstory: self-c. Steve has been after her to sleep w/ him, so she simply moved in. She is not a doormat. Why is it I don’t feel sorry for Steve?
Peace,
Last night I heard a loud noise out front, this morning, another accurate portrayal of our home life in the daily A&J. Jimmy , thanks for keeping this one PG 🙂
Hello, sandcastler!
Wow! Sand is back! Stay awhile, we miss you.
Going to wake up Ghost and tell him. Well, I would wake him up anyway but this will give him a second reason to be happy.
Wow. Glad the team is alright, TR.
Just read story about Carrie Fisher. Ignoring the part about the pharmacy she ingested I was struck by the sleep apnea story because I too have severe apnea.
When I was diagnosed in early 1980s neither I nor anyone else had ever heard of it. There was little treatment. Not until late 1990s did I begin using a CPAP. I had surgery which made it worse.
Have used a CPAP fairly consistently for twenty years. Without it my breathing and heart stops about every minute I am told. You do not want to dose while traveling, not in a car or a plane.
Mentioning this because people, including me, are ashamed to have this, don’t wear their masks and are embarrassed to sleep with their partners while wearing hoses that look like space aliens.
This is me urging you to get tested, wear the CPAP machines, lose weight and exercise, don’t die of cardiac arrest because you are too embarrassed to get treated.
Listening to Ghost breathing beside me. He is going to be tested too. We will make a great pair.
Our hoses may get tangled and we end up on wrong machine!
But he tells me when I stop breathing or my machine stops. He cares which no one else did.
Glad I had courage to come out about apnea. It is a serious disorder that kills.
This one’s funny. A female friend on Facebook began a defense of our President with statement she was 49 years old and she had never seen such abuse of an American President.
Since her daughter and my daughter were best friends in school since pre-K and my daughter is now 42 years old it struck me that she struck wrong key on computer or she is youngest mother to ever give birth.
She did not list Truman or Eisenhower among the American Presidents she had lived through, beginning with Kennedy. I always thought we were same age?
What Jackie said. Embarassment didn’t affect my sleeping with my ex. But she couldn’t stand to have the air blow over her so had to sleep with my back to her.
Still better than waking 75 + times every hour and becoming the walking dead during the daytime. Driving 45 minutes to work and not remembering the trip.
Not only am I talented at driving backwards with a 53-foot trailer behind me, I managed to develop sleep apnea after having a cardiac arrest due to an arrhythmia. This was confirmed by reviewing medical records — I did not snore or otherwise show any apnea symptoms during my week in the hospital. OTOH, over the next six months I progressively needed more sleep (up to 11 hours) and got less benefit from it… and noticeably began snoring, gasping for breath, and ceasing to dream. After getting the CPAP things rapidly turned around, with vivid dreams and much more effective sleep (8 hours is enough).
There are several mask options to choose from: full face (covers mouth & nose), nasal (covers the nose), and nasal pillows (fits against the nostrils). I went with the minimalist approach and have nasal pillows.
Me too Trucker. I use pillows now as I have tried all the others.
I have commented several times about my CPAP here, but I agree that it is am important device as sleep apnea can be very serious. I have a mild case, but part of it for me is mental. I have certainly seen the positive affects as I wake up every morning at 5:45. As long as I go to bed at a decent time, I don’t lack for sleep. A lot of people have issues with the mask, but it is worth it. As far as air blowing, that is very true. My wife and I sleep in separate beds due to it. But we wake up at different times and on those nights when one of us is tossing and turning, it is worth having my own bed. Trust me, we are together when it counts.
I am not a physician nor a coroner, but I found it interesting that apnea was listed as a main cause. It is a cause, but it is due to the long term nature. Certainly in Carrie’s case ingesting cocaine at age 60 or taking ecstasy or heroin should have been common sense. I think her brother stated it well in that there were a LOT of factors that contributed to her death.
Think I posted about meeting a local rancher down at our Chinese restaurant where sweet owner asked about why his son had not been coming in?
He tried to explain to her that he had died, ended up explaining to me, the only customer in restaurant. Son was in late 20s, obese, laid around watching TV, gaming, eating. Was found dead on sofa and autopsy showed cardiac arrest, most likely due to sleep apnea untreated.
Dad had apnea and used CPAP and you could tell he blamed himself. He was talking about it to others he said to show how serious it could be.
It’s nice that we are discussing a positive note out of that unprofessional example of coroner’s report. It is difficult to tell how it has been twisted in presentation by the ghouls/journalists.
I too have one of those machines, and also have not used it for all those reasons. As a personal observation only, no blanket statement on others, I have noticed what Jackie mentions. My degree of suffering is directly related to the size of my waistline. It is not the cause, but it does affect the degree of disruption. Losing a few pounds effects a positive change. [that felt good to write]
TruckerRon, that anecdote makes me wonder again at the intertwined systems that keep us functioning upright. Creates a curiosity whether we should look beyond localized air pressure for a preventative solution.
Jackie, meant to give sympathy over the attempted surgical solution in your past. I know every case is different, but it was the few stories like yours that had me seeking lifestyle changes instead. But they are only partial solutions.
I sympathize with the disappointment you must have had, back then.
Morphy, one physician who examined me regarding the apnea told me there was no solution for me other than the CPAP. He explained that the anatomy of my oral cavity was largely to blame for my sleep apnea. The structure of my mouth made it too easy for the soft tissues to block my airway when they relaxed in sleep.
I did hear a couple of years ago that testing was being done to see if a nerve stimulator would work. The idea was that a device would be inserted into the nerves controlling the muscle tension of the mouth. A sensor would detect when the tissues began to cover your airway and send a signal to tauten up the muscle, unblocking your airway.