A group I used to hang out with at Brown’s BMW met every Saturday at the dealership before going to lunch.\u00a0 There were some cool characters there and the conversation was always lively.\u00a0 One guy was constant talk (let’s call him Mr. NeverShutUp), and he just went on and on, on any topic.\u00a0 Motorcycles.\u00a0 Politics (mostly politics, actually).\u00a0 Guns.\u00a0 Cars.\u00a0 It didn’t matter.\u00a0 Another guy was mostly quiet (let’s call him Mr. Quiet), and he mostly sat through the pre-lunch gathering without saying a word.\u00a0 One day Mr. NeverShutUp finally did (shut up, that is), concluding his endless-soliloquy-du-jour with “I don’t what else to say.”\u00a0 Mr. Quiet’s response was immediate.\u00a0 He looked up and said, “Keep talking…you’ll think of something…”<\/p>\n
So, why that little story?\u00a0 Because it’s kind of like writing a blog.\u00a0 Over the last few years of grinding out stories (although it wasn’t really grinding; for me and I expect for the others it was fun).\u00a0 It just seemed like I would keep writing and the next story would pop into my mind, or Gresh’s mind, or Huber’s mind, or Surber’s mind, or some of our earlier contributors’ minds (Armenta, Lewis, Welker, Berkuta, Benjamins, Miner, Morgan, and maybe a few others I can’t remember).\u00a0 I\/we just kept writing, knowing we’d think of something.\u00a0 Then things slowed.\u00a0 I had run out of topics, and apparently so had most of the other folks.\u00a0 Then my physical condition deteriorated, and it really took a nosedive a few months ago (and maybe that’s why the ideas slowed).\u00a0 For the last few weeks, I couldn’t walk more than a few feet, and I couldn’t stand for more than a minute or two.\u00a0 That mandated the back surgery I wrote about in the last blog.<\/p>\n
The surgery was yesterday.\u00a0 I walked out of the hospital. and although I’m armed with a bottle of opioid pills, I’ve not needed them (and no, I’m not interested in selling them).\u00a0 Tylenol is doing the trick for me, and I’m feeling good.\u00a0 I’m going for a walk after I post this blog.<\/p>\n
So that’s it for now. I have a few more ideas percolating.\u00a0 The blogs may be at a reduced frequency.\u00a0 Or they may not.\u00a0 We’ll see.\u00a0 And that Pepsi Rolex you see in the above photo?\u00a0 It’s the topic of the next blog.\u00a0 Stay tuned.<\/p>\n