June 18, 2010
Rest In Peace Mudbone

We lost a good one this week; John Taylor passed away Monday night in Rocky Mount. He was not only a good friend and husband to my cousin, but truly someone with whom you always had fun; whether he was telling you a Richard Pryor story for the 50th time, or giving sage advice. We relied on him much more than we could ever thank him for helping with our parents, especially over the past few years. Betty Ruth and John were in Morehead last week to chauffeur Dink to Jackson's graduation, and again, we truly enjoyed their company. I can not remember ever being with John when I didn't enjoy his slightly offbeat and off color point of view, and usually with sore sides from laughing so hard. There is a big hole in my heart; he will be missed.

So I looked for a good picture of John, and decided on this one from his Facebook page. I like it for its simplicity; it looks like John is just sitting there waiting for the next bus; which I guess is what he has figuratively been doing this week.

During John's funeral one of the pastors asked forgiveness for doing something that might be a bit different for a funeral service. He said that if we were not willing to forgive him then we were welcome to leave right then. Therefore in John's memory, the humor in this blog is going to get a little rougher than normal, so I suggest that if you can not forgive my indiscretion in John's memory, then you should perhaps surf on over to another web site right now. Might I suggest www.screwyouifyoucanttakeajoke.com

FYI, I cleaned that joke up for you prudes

And, you are welcome to participate in the fun; there will be audience participation later.

On to other events; Jay and family were here last weekend; here is a shot of Cooper at the wheel of Nana's boat.

And a shot of Jackson a couple of years ago, notice any resemblance? Cooper's orange hat is a hand-me-down from his father to Jackson and now to Cooper. Years ago we would let our boys wander around Duke football games with that same hat on; no matter where they went in the stands we always knew where they were.
Cooper later petered out, and was doing this at 25 knots. Don't know if he's going to have salt in his blood or not, but we're trying.
Are you still there? Speaking of petering, OK, time for audience participation; insert your caption here.

Also from Pennsylvania, another funny sign. I've made a few of these, but never considered cooking with the energy generated by a few Heineken's, some pinto beans and onions; or whatever your personal magic recipe is. Again, any more ideas on captions are welcome.

So that's it from here on that old eastern shore. Get your red cups and Sharpies out, next week is Beach Week for the in-laws. OK, last chance to insert your caption here also. Terri has a seminar scheduled (how did she do that?) Should be real

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Don't forget to insert your own captions, and next week I'll clean it up a little, maybe