“Roadside America”

My beautiful bride has an app entitled ‘Roadside America’.
It has all kinds of weird things to stop and see.
For instance ‘The world’s largest wooden nickel’, the ‘Largest ball of twine’, the ‘toilet paper man statue’, and a statue dedicated to the ‘cotton boll weevil’.

Today we visited the site of the killing of a rampaging Indian elephant from a circus named ‘Mary’.
The elephants had been denied water, it was over 100 degrees that day.
Mary broke loose desperately looking for water.
She shattered several of the storefront windows on Main St, they believe the shimmering glass looked like water.
The handlers finally got to her and calmed her down. Unfortunately, there was a garage nearby where they were washing cars.
Mary smelled the water and made a dash for it terrifying the people at the garage whom ran for their lives.

The mayor Dr. Braddock, who happened to be an accomplished big game hunter, had retrieved a rifle, he shot Mary in the garage as she ...

“Epictetus”

“If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.”

— Epictetus

This quote is my reality. Folks get bent out of shape because of the way I eat.

“That can’t be good for you!”

Even my darling bride sometimes will ask before an event;

“Why don’t you just get some food and push it around your plate?”

“Because I don’t want to.”

I know, that if you have to say it, it probably isn’t true, but;
“I’m a grown ass man, I can take care of myself.”