Old Friends

Got to chat today with an old friend I used to work with a long time ago, back in a restaurant called The Caddy Shack. Mark worked as a server while I was in the kitchen. We got to BS about the old days some, and also got to talking about losing weight and general fitness. He was pretty excited about it because he's dropped a lot of weight, and he was eager to talk about how he did it. Of course, since I'm in the process, I was only too happy to listen.

Did get me thinking a bit about a lot of people I've lost contact with over the years. Not just people I've known here in Alabama ( where I've lived since '90, for those who don't know ), but people I knew back in Michigan, Maryland, West Virginia, New York, New Hampshire, Indiana, and Oklahoma. ( I was too young to know anyone outside my family before Oklahoma. ) I've known a lot of good people in my life, and I'm lucky to still call many of them friends. Too bad I can't arrange an all encompassing reunion with everyone I've known, just to say hi and see what's up. That would be pretty cool.

Oh, and allow me a moment of your time for a quickie rant, if I may. Ladies and gentlemen, just a reminder: You don't require three car lengths of space between you and the car in front of you. Pull the f'ck up! Did you ever think that someone behind you might have wanted to get into the turn lane? Now I have to wait for the next light, asshole. Perhaps if you weren't driving an urban assault vehicle you might be able to see closer than a mile ahead of you.