...it's not real until the money's in the bank...

...OK - so it's a strange title! Let's call it different. Whatever you call it, it still rings true - most everyplace on this world where they honor VISA credit cards. "It is a very strange world we live in Master Jack."
     Making things happen is at once a very simple thing to do and again a very difficult thing to do at times. I feel proud that we were able to come out from under - literally - this road accident as well as we did. I still feel bad about Tuffy. I miss Tuffy still, but I sure do appreciate our new vehicle. Four years newer - approximately the same low mileage - and so many fine things and qualilties. Most of all the newness and feel of it. All leather upholstery, power everything - a seat warmer - the satellite radio - the cargo space - the ride - and I haven't even had it out of 4wd yet!! It seemed to be running a bit rough when we stopped on the I-91 overpass today - but I don't know. It was a very bad day to drive with all the black ice. I kept it close to 20 mph even on the best surfaces. Pulling out from the bank I scrunched against something - got out and checked - only low rocks and stuff that the tire went over - thank you!! We'll see. We have full power train warranty for about six years or something. Lot's of great coverage eh? And, of course, we have Corin and his Trusty crew - the in-charge of the advanced Sea Organization - good grief  - and I thought all was incredibly great already on our last cycle of - getting to know the next person better...Wow - we are doing just great...
   Have so many calls to make...

...miracles...

...miracles are what saved this ship. In fact, this ship is just about constructed of miracles. We had just about lost all contact with reality. My story, our work, simply didn't take, and not for the first time or ten thousandth time or many more either. Each time was new - each time was "it"" - the time. The time that it would take and we would be - yes - in the universe of creation, and, the difference this time was that it worked!! There's no ha ha like the last ha ha when the last ha ha is "it"...Many of you will be wondering - "what in the world is he talking about?"- so let me explain. It's what you say it is. It always is - in fact. except most of the time, what you say it is, gets mixed up with stuff that you actually didn't author at all. It gets mixed up with a nightmare you had when you were six years old and have since forgotten about. It gets mixed up with a TV commercial that hooked some of your attention and fed it back to you when you slept. It gets altered by someone who simply didn't like you and who nearly habitually nixes anything you might originate. So, you fix this up and that up and stop watching that commercial or speaking to that person who simply doesn't like you - and more - much more - and again and again - and yes, finally it's opening night and you're "on" in this universe that's moved along with our ideas - and it works. You know it when it works. It all goes right and it is very very special. This happened last night - live on a phone call that I so much wanted to hear. Like when the girl turned and smiled back at you and said what you always wanted to hear - like when your dad bought you that new bicycle you wanted so much - but much much broader and brighter - because now your magic wand - which we all have by the way - writes the truth and it happens. And what secret turned the trick you might want to ask - or should have asked - and I'll tell you. People - people are much much more than you have been going along and thinking, and in the universe of people, they are very particular about which scripts they will pick up and read and which they will not. And, when they find a story they really like - well - they'll let you know...