The Unimportant and The Important

I had a bunch of dental work yesterday, so sorry I wasn’t here to comment on the whole Bremerton JV football Coach situation.

On the other hand, for the first time in my adult life, I made it through the entire procedure (three fillings) with (1) ZERO pain and (2) no panic attack. I was able to eat within a couple of hours, and now I am wondering what I was so worried about?

One of the greatest pleasures of what I do is the random people that it brings into my life. It seems as if I have met dozens upon dozens of folks simply by being out there who have made my life interesting and better. In some cases, they have become close friends and in other cases, people with whom I have worked on projects that were enjoyable and fun.

Despite the success at the dentist, yesterday was not a good day. Some years ago, one of the random people I met was a fellow blogger and also, a former sailor. He was a retired Asia Sailor, and his blog was dedicated to keeping the memory and fellowship of that special group alive. After a few months of talking and sharing together, he invited me to become a member of his private group of Asia Sailors. I told him that I have never been west of Midway Island, but he assured me that since he was in charge of the group, he was confident that I had the proper attitude and mindset for the group.

Yesterday he informed us that he was making his final post.
Meanwhile, I once made a friend who texted the show about a point I had made about Star Trek. we ended up meeting in person a few weeks later at the World War I 100th Anniversary commemoration. We soon became very good friends, and while we had serious political differences, we’ve never allowed those disagreements to be anything other than a starting point for long and intellectual discussion about everything from science to politics to the US Constitution.

His news wasn’t great, but it is getting better…

All that to say something that I have so often said after I lost a close friend in the very first week I sat behind the microphone for Afternoons Live…