Round Midnight

Yes, that time again. That title does sound like an Eric Clapton song. Ok, the song for tonight then is "Wonderful Tonight." Great guitar, great vocals, even better lyrics--well with this song I think they are equally good. Check it out on YouTube--also check out "Bell Bottom Blues." Clapton is definitely a one of a kind artist.

Finished the September column for WordCatalystMagazine.com -and as usual was longer than I intended--always seems to be a bit more I want to add--until 1000-1500 words turns into 2500+ ---all well and good if I was being paid by the word--but this is something I do because a kind lady gave me a chance to do so. Check out the magazine if for no other reason than to enjoy the good work done by Shirley Allard and Harry Furness. If you write, maybe submit something. I am biased but I still think that this is one of the best put together litzines I have seen-Shirley and Harry do hours of hard work and it shows--I keep trying to talk Shirley into going print, but she knowingly points out to me that I have no clue how hard that would be (my words, not hers, she is much more diplomatic).

Me and the late night, that's gone on so long now that I think it's completely natural--well, we'll see what the sleep doctor has to say Wednesday. Then that starts a round of other doctor appointments--it's actually been just over a month since I saw a doctor--must be a kind of a record for me. My two all time favorite lines from medical folks--well, not including several very friendly nurses, but I digress--the first was from an emergency room RN who had recently been a hospice nurse and to set the scene, I was on an emergency room bed in some "distress", had been there waiting for a room for about 6 hours, and one came available so the folks with me went ahead there, so it was just me and the nurse and she announced--"I think this will be your last time, you really better make sure you have all your affairs together"--wellllllllll, first of all, I didn't have any affairs going on that I was aware of and I certainly wasn't ready to "catch the bus" --so I smiled at her and said, "we'll see"--but I did arrange for a notary public to come and put together a will for me (cost @60 bucks, but very nice lady)--of course, the temptation was to do like the brothers did in "Second Hand Lions"--their will-"give it all to the kid"---I wanted to do that but just in case she might be right, I actually did a serious will and of course was discharged from the hospital the next day. There are a lot of other favorite quotes I could give but I will limit it to one more, my favorite doctor (yes, please note the dripping sarcasm) who had the personality of Dr House, but none of his talent--his assessment--"I think you have________, but we won't really know until someone does an autopsy on you"---once I realized that he wasn't planning one that very day, I had to smile, actually to smile very big so I could keep from laughing and all I could think of to say was, "Well, Ok"---yes, I am a master of "I wish I had of said______"--believe me, I could easily fill in that last blank, the possibilities are endless-including some with the friendly nurses.

Speaking of which, the song playing now is Aimee Mann's "Save Me"--without a hesitation, I would volunteer to save her.