Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Come Monday (Belated)...Not Looking So Good

“Come Monday…” is a weekly series that will involve a review of, or commentary about,  websites, movies, documentaries, television shows, sports, music, and whatever else may tickle my fancy at the time.  Be assured that these reviews will be generally positive, as in accordance to the Jimmy Buffett song “Come Monday.”  This is subject to change, however.  In fact, I would be most derelict in my duties to neglect going on a rant every once in a while.  For rants promote change, and change can be good—right?  Therefore, since good is generally considered as being a positive force in 99.3% of the parallel universes that I am aware of, even a rant could be considered as being something positive, and a genuine hissy-fit would be even better (so I’m told).

One of my all-time favorite “tales” is about a big-shot Texas rancher trying to take advantage of a down on his luck (so to speak) vaquero (Mexican cowboy) by offering him far less than he should for one of the vaquero’s horses.  For despite fully realizing that the Texas rancher was wanting to take advantage of his financial circumstances, the vaquero wanted to stay to true to being an honorable man at heart by insisting that the horse didn’t look so good every time the Texas rancher went to stick some money in his shirt pocket and insist back that he knew horses and that the horse looked just fine to him.  After going back and forth like that for a while, the vaquero finally gave in and accepted the rancher’s money, and the rancher then took the horse to his ranch, which was located on top of a high mesa.  Upon arrival, the horse too off at a full gallop toward the sheer cliff at the eastern boundary of the ranch and he didn’t break stride as plunged off of the edge to certain death at the bottom of the 100-foot drop.  After watching all of that take place, the rancher headed back over to the vaquero’s place and started screaming at him about selling him a blind horse, to which the vaquero replied, ”But mister, I kept trying to tell you that he didn’t look so good!”

Be assured that I find that “tale” more ironic than humorous now that I am the one who is not looking so good.  Be also assured that it is for this reason why I have not resumed leaving comments yet.  I don’t know if I may have suffered a minor stroke.  For on top of having blurry vision in my left eye, the rest of my left side is not working right, which may mean that my online efforts are at an end for now.  For it has taken me well over an hour to just publish this.  Hopefully, I will be able to resume later on (at least on a limited basis) with the help of my wife.    

10 comments:

  1. I do hope, and I am assuming, you have sought out medical assistance. If it were a stroke it should have been treated ASAP...Do take care of yourself!

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  2. Forget the comments and blog for now, take care of yourself. I'll be thinking of you and sending good thoughts your way.

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  3. Yikes! I sure hope you went to the hospital, pally. Don't mess around with those signs!! I hope you are okay and not suffering a stroke.

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  4. Heard via Adullamite that you're not doing well. Praying for you.

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  5. I am sorry. I know it's been a while since you posted this. Go to the hospital. My husband waited, and it really didn't help matters as he'd had a stroke. Get better soon!

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  6. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Grace!!! Thank you also for your concern. My wife is a trained nurse, and she is sure that my current problems are diabetic-related--not a stroke. It has still thrown me for quite a loop. Hopefully, I will be back to pestering you before too much longer.

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  7. Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Ann!!! Be assured that your concern is greatly appreciated. I could sure use Duke to help keep the kitties from taking advantage of me. I think our pups are in league with them.

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  8. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Robert!!! Please tell Adullamite that my wife and her mother haven't finished me off yet.

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  9. Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Lin!!! Did you or Ann slip something into my coffee again?

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  10. Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Tonya!!! I am sorry to hear that about your husband. As I told Grace, my wife is fairly sure that it isn't a stroke, and I go see the doctor Thursday (6/21).

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