......will only make you stronger

Everything we do, that is harder, makes us stronger. You build up physical strength by ever increasing the weight you exercise with or distance you run. You build your mental capacities by studying materials of an ever increasing intellect.

You are not stronger because you sit on your backside replaying the same video game day after day! Nor are you helping yourself if you suffer in silence. Others will never know how you are affected by their ignorance. Life becomes a never ending "video game" with no input coming from your controller.

So my message is "Do It". Whatever it takes that will move you forward, that will help you be stronger, both physically and in spirit. You must be able to lift yourself up and while helping others to do the same.


My love to all.........DadPatt

A brisk and beautiful Fall day

All the ingredients are here. Temps in the 50's, a chilly North wind and commercials for high ranked college football games for Saturday.

If you like that kind of thing (attending football games) you had better take a blanket or two. It's fun for awhile but when you can't feel your toes and swear one touch to your nose would break it right off your face.

No thanks. That's why they invented television and central heating systems. Although I will admit to having been tempted to, against my better judgement, attend a game or two in my younger days. To add insult to injury there is not a stadium seat made that will fit my frame. So with leg cramps in permafrost muscles I say again......No Thanks! I'll try and not yell too loudly from the family room!

My love to all...........DadPatt

Oh, just get over it! I am

Easier said than done. Ever been told to get over something? We all know that life isn't fair, but wow this can be really hard.

Humans seem to carry things around. Keep information, anger, emotional pain and all the other baggage locked up inside. Bad things bumping around inside your head, and even worse inside your heart. Things boiling around for years and even decades, ready to spill out. And when it does find a  way to the surface (often at inopportune times) it will eat steel as would battery acid.

So with whatever methods you need  to  employ  "get over it". By that I mean with all my heart.... don't carry that stuff  around with you. Work it out, talk it out, cry it out. Do anything you need to so you are free of the burdens you have placed on your own back. Life is too short and too beautiful to miss some of it counting your burdens.

My love to all.......... DadPatt

Is this a great country or what?

Yes it is! I was up at a little after 5  this morning so I could go to the polls when they opened at 6:30, wait in line and still make it to work on time.

Maybe in the storm of political wrangling a single vote looks "lost at sea". I do however totally believe that it is a God given right and a privilege purchased with the blood and the lives of brave men and women who founded, built and protected this great nation so myself and my family can try and find the best and brightest to honor the Constitution through elected office.

I appeal to you to participate in this wonderful public/private process. Put in your two cents worth when circumstances dictate. Protect the privilege.

My love to all......... DadPatt

not a matter of time

What a nice treat. We forgot to "fall back" last evening. We didn't set our clocks back to keep in sync with the world as we know it. 

So,  when I was awakened to my body clock's normal timekeeping,  I was pleasantly surprised to remember the benefits of man's tinkering and manipulation.   

Then,  after enjoying the extra hour of stolen slumber, I was greeted with rays of sunshine through the bathroom window   Much more fun than the darkness that has ruled that time slot. Hope it was as good  for you  too. 

Love to you all....... DadPatt 

November First

This date marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping/holiday season. Am I not right? I noticed it first thing this morning when I turned on the TV, right in the middle of Santa Clause pitching the pleasures of purchasing a new luxury model foreign car.

They could employ fake elves to try and convince you to vote for an equally fake candidate in next Tuesday's elections. Really put credibility to the test

The weather has cooperated and cooled to a seasonal 47 degrees (as opposed to the 81 degrees just a few days ago). So maybe I should cool down and learn to live with the idiocy we call life in America today.

With Love to all.........DadPatt

Complaint Department

I'd like to lodge a complaint!
I'M SICK AND TIRED OF ALL THE POLITICAL ADS ON TV.

It's so irritating, and never ending. What a shame. A pox upon their houses.

I  know they will be over soon but spending over $100 million on political ads in one state for a Senatorial seat is almost criminal.

As of next week we can get back to our regular commercials. No,  I guess that's not going to happen.... It's time to crank up the wine, jewelry and perfume commercials for THE CHRISTMAS SEASON!

My love to all.            DadPatt