which part was a lie

There's an old saying that, "you can know someone all your life, and yet not truly know them".
The hardest lessons in life are never filtered or censored - they are raw and unfettered...

game on...

If life is a game - I don't know the cheat codes.

words I lived by

I used to have a simple saying I used at work...conceive it, believe it, achieve it...

and the beak shall inherit the earth?

pain the glass

There's that old (very old) analogy of how some people see the glass as being half empty, and others as seeing it (the glass) being half full..
To me...I just saw it as the glass being broken or intact...

Norah Jones - What Am I To You?

Beautiful....and mirrors my heart..for so very long..

catching more flies? why?

The old expression goes, "You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar”.
Wait, I usually see flies congregating around trash or feces or such...?

it's in the numbers

The true friends I can count on, I can count on one hand.
Whereas, those I cannot count on - requires but one finger..........

Bon Jovi - 99 In The Shade

It's funny that back in the mid 80s, I referred to Bon Jovi as "Bon Jersey"...

Afterall a mere few years later, New Jersey would become "home" to me. In fact, New Jersey will always be my "home". It's hard to live somewhere that isn't home - especially when it's the area I grew up in.

But as far as the song itself, it starts with a hint of late 50s early 60s harmonies, and builds into a full blown rockin' 80s party song.

Sorry, but any song with a chorus that includes the lyrics, "I got a party in my pocket you know I just got paid and I'm feelin' fine it's 99 in the shade..." HAS to be a good party or traveling tune in my book.

how was I born?

My Mom used to tell one of the best stories about my Dad.
When they were dating, my Dad told my Mom, "I don't know if you were thinking about marriage, as I come from a family of bachelors"......

Small Faces - Itchycoo Park (1967)

something a little "trippy" for an early sunday morning....
I first heard this song as a child via a teenage neighbor girl.I do believe she was my first crush. She'd let me sing along with her transistor radio.

plan to work

I've never yet heard anyone exclaim, "I credit my success with being unprepared".