New Year's Resolutions?

January 01, 2018, 10:31 PM

One of the disagreeable incidents of this pulmonary fibrosis is oxygen deprivation which among other consequences seems to exacerbate memory loss. I have been struggling more and more with memory issues.

I’ve never had an excellent memory, but I have had more and more problems recently. Part of it might be aging, of course.

I have been reviewing my very extensive collection of quotes, for old times sake, to recall some of the “oldies but goodies” that I have long enjoyed. I ran into one this weekend that has promise for easing my problems with declining memory.

It is a quote from Mark Twain. “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”

As much as I hate to do it, it seems like it will be worth a try.

I’m giving up lying. That way I don't have to remember anything. Easy!

Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.

When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson

"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown

January 02, 2018, 06:42 AM

arfmel

quote:
Originally posted by V-Tail:
Well, here it is, just after 9:00 am on January 1, and my first resolution is to finish throwing up before 10:30.

Horking is an unpleasant but effective way to lose weight.

January 02, 2018, 07:13 AM

V-Tail

quote:
Originally posted by arfmel:
quote:
Originally posted by V-Tail:
Well, here it is, just after 9:00 am on January 1, and my first resolution is to finish throwing up before 10:30.
Horking is an unpleasant but effective way to lose weight.

What I said, is sort of an "in joke."

A musician friend of mine wrote and performed the theme song for a kids' TV show. He used to say that he never caught his music on TV, because on Saturday mornings he usually didn't finish throwing up until 10:30.

Those were comments that he made from the stage when he performed at some of the local bars that featured live music.