We needed tough lessons as children. An occasional playground fight was expected as the norm, and if we complained to our mother that we were being teased, we were treated to this glorious aphorism: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” My mom used to say that all the time, one of the seemingly endless adages she had at her disposal to deal with any of life’s problems. To this day I think long and hard about the practical application that dogma had on my life.
The idea that you could actually choose whether or not to be hurt by words: that was huge for me. Even though it has been repeated ad nauseam for generations, “sticks and stones” really is a powerful bit of philosophy to a kid. That’s one of the great things about being a parent: you can spout nothing but clichés, and yet, to your child, you come off as one of the great thinkers in Western culture.
–from MEAN DADS FOR A BETTER AMERICA, by Tom Shillue
Going over the Gutfeld! show on DVR. Since I went over the making-of video yesterday, I thought I'd do a follow up to see how it went.
Thank you for reminding me. I wanted to talk about our post-show hangout in Memphis and here it is:
“Ensconced in ‘The Big Blue Beast’”
A derrière destroying ride from Idaho falls ID, 366 miles in just under 5 hours, of seat time,
The same ride on Thursday was 8 hours of seat time because of the rain.
We both put in earplugs, because the scoot ‘roars’ at 80mph, which was the posted speed for 75% of the ride. My ears are ringing anyway.
At a one stop, a woman said to @The_CINC ;
“I can’t believe you are wearing all that leather in this heat! I can’t even wear jeans!”
My loves response?
“You dress for the ‘slide’ not the ride!”
She’s doing much better today, but she is going to schedule an appointment with a gastroenterologist for when we get to Atlanta. She’s even considering canceling all of our stops and just going straight to Atlanta.
By the way, I would recommend @tomshillue ‘s live performance for a good date night out.
Would I ride 1154 miles to see him again?
No, no I wouldn’t…
🤣😂🤣😂😂
Tomorrow we finish final preparations and take this show on the road Wednesday.
Tom Shillue is on "Outnumbered" today (Mon - Labor Day)
Is it just me or did they overdo his makeup and he looks a little bit too orange?
Of course it could be that Tom or Fox News is reacting to Greg G always saying he looks too "white"...or maybe Tom is getting ready to start doing impersonations of President Trump?
(Don't worry, Tom, as Joe Blue House still loves you.....) - Michael
