Real Life Adventures by Gary Wise and Lance Aldrich for March 28, 2019

from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Let the court records show the defendant answered “no”.

“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players.”

I just wrote that. It’s like it just came to me.

The wheel is turning and you can’t slow down.

You can’t let go and you can’t hold on.

You can’t go back and you can’t stand still.

If the thunder don’t get you then the lightning will.

And once it’s been put on a web site or blog somewhere there will always be a record of it, even decades later.

He just had to ask. Didn’t he?

SEE! SEE!! He apologizes and what does he get?? SCORN! Do you know how HARD that was for him (OK, never mind. He has to apologize ALL the TIME so its no longer a big deal).But at least he is making an effort to make up. She sits there all high and mighty like SHE couldn’t POSSIBLY have gotten a dent in the car. Like she KNOWS where all the posts are around town and, oh…ummm. nevermind

Fitzgerald translation, High school literature standard. another common line: a jug of wine, loaf of bread and thou beside me in the wilderness—(or back seat of large buick)

Similar to Ramses in the 10 Commandments: Let it be so written, let it be so done.