faulker009

I have always enjoyed a party. Except for my first party of course, which came eight days into life. (If you don’t know what I am referring to, check Seinfeld’s episode five, season five.  Ouch.) Back to the party. I like birthday parties, engagement parties, fraternity parties. I even like the resolve of the Libertarian Party. Today I was invited to a high school graduation party. Well, actually I was not invited to the party, but our band was. In case you are new to my world, as a 43-year old unemployed guy, I was asked to sing in a band with three 40+ year old employed guys. After my very successful singing career in college, I had no choice but to accept.   Two weeks ago, we launched this new career at a block party. Fortunately at our golden age, we were able to remember most of the five songs we played two weeks ago, so today we played the same five songs. When the 20+ minute show was over, it was time to mingle backstage with the groupies. Well actually, there was no ba...

My wife loves kids. She loves our three kids. She loves her 400 kids. That second group is the number of children she has taught in the last 15 years as a first grade teacher. This year she has a class of 26 students, but today only 25 showed up. The absent child would have preferred to be at school, but she didn’t get that choice. Over the weekend, she attended a birthday party, where there was cake and ice cream, and a slide. Unfortunately, before the dessert was served, she fell off the slide and bumped her head. Her parents took her to get checked out and they were told their child had a mild concussion. A few hours later, the headache became a lot more serious when the little girl started throwing up. As you would expect, her parents immediately took her to the emergency room where a cat scan showed severe swelling in her head. Had the parents waited, the result could have been tragic, but thankfully, the prognosis is for a full recovery. The doctors said t...