Category Archives: Deep Thoughts

Good-bye Harvey Korman

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Sorry to learn of the passing of the great comedien, Harvey Korman.

Korman was a regular on the Carol Burnett show – one of my all time favorite variety shows. He and Tim Conway have done stage shows as a comedy team for 8 years, after 10 years on the Carol Burnette show and 2 years on “Mama’s Family” starring Vicki Lawrence.

Over his 45 +/- year career in addition to his TV shows he made more than 30 films, including four comedies directed by Mel Brooks.

He was a great entertainer and the world is just not as funny without Harvey Korman here.

Watercooler Stories

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Today was one of the most unproductive days at work that I can remember. Everyone was so exhausted from a busy Memorial Day weekend, that we went through coffee in the break room like string through a duck. Everyone spent an enormous amount of time walking back and forth from their desks to the coffee machine or hanging around the breakroom chatting. I wonder if anything got worked on other than reading emails and opening mail.

My secretary had one of the most exciting weekend stories to relate. She had met up with some guys that invited her to ride in the Rolling Thunder procession in downtown DC. She said it was thrilling to be a part of thousands of motorcycles thundering down Constitution Avenue Sunday afternoon.

She has been slowly getting over her divorce and back into the dating scene and was telling me about how much she likes online dating versus going out to bars to meet people. She started with a site that has a list of all the top singles and personals sites once she made up her mind to look for a dating service. This site had reviews of each dating site so she could get an idea of the process.

I’m sure by now everyone has seen the TV commercials or heard about the eHarmony site. They are oriented toward long term, serious relationships and marriage. She says that was too deep for what she wants right now.

Fresh coming off a divorce, she was more interested in just meeting people and having fun, so she wanted a more casual site, like Yahoo Personals. She found a lot of guys locally and read through dozens of profiles before setting up her own profile and starting an email relationship with them to get started. she’s traded emails with a few and even met a few, but she says she felt pressured to move too quickly and was uncomfortable with the motives of the guys she met through Yahoo.

But then she tried LavaLife and that site really clicked for her. She’s been on 3 dates with different guys that she met through that site and she says that this is the one site where she is comfortable with the type of guys and the process of sending a smile to each other before getting too deep into each other’s heads. She says it’s more natural and more like real life and that’s where she met the veteran who invited her to the Rolling Thunder ride.

Not Getting Any Younger

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Interesting how you don’t see family members for a few months at a time and then when you are thrown together again you look at each other with a very critical eye. You notice how each other is handling weight, changes in eyesight, thinning or greying hair, etc. Mother has always been thin and vital, so we have good genes to start with. I had to break down and get bifocals last year – that was tough admitting I needed those.

Brother is going to have issues with his hairline and I noticed over the weekend how thin it has gotten. Obviously guys our age are going to need to pay attention to things like thinning hair that can be prevented. Some things you can’t do anything about, but if it was my hair giving way to bald spots I would be trying Procerin and fighting to keep my hair as long as possible. I’m going to send him the link to order Procerin online so he can order a bottle and keep his hairline from receding any further. He can thank me later.

Driving in the Dark

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The trip home was uneventful, thank goodness. We deliberately left Mother’s summer house late so that the traffic would not be so bad. When we drive in the dark the kids usually fall asleep quickly and the drive is nice and quiet. Even the wife fell asleep, so I just drove along listening to my new Eagles CD and enjoyed the peaceful drive.

“Long Road Out of Eden” is a classic, mature, and long overdue collection of the Eagles with new songs and some of the best of the older ones. Each one of the guys has his moment to shine and when they sing together their harmony is awesome.

One of my favorite new cuts is “Waiting in the Weeds.” It sounds like it could have been written 10 years ago or 10 days ago – a classic Eagles song. Another one that I really like is “You Are Not Alone.” That one is very soothing and brings up all those deep thoughts that we should examine every once in a while.

Crab Feast

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The kids came back up from the dock full of excitement and chatter. They had checked the crab pots we put out over the weekend and counted up the crabs. Between the six crab pots (one for each kid!) and what they caught last night we actually have enough caught to make it worthwhile steaming a batch for lunch.

Last night was really magical. We set all the kids up with a string and a net and taught them how to crab from the dock like we used to do. Each kid tied a small piece of raw chicken to their string and dropped the string into the water just a few inches below the surface, holding one end of the string in one hand and the net in their other hand. Laying flat on their bellies on the edge of the dock planks, they peered down into the river water and watched for a crab to swim up to their baited string, then swooped him up with the net. Even the 5 year old caught three crabs and he was so excited he was practically jumping out of skin!

That was really great – sharing the experience of my own childhood with the next generation and making memories that the whole family will share with each other for all the years to come.

So now I’m off to find a big can of Old Bay seasoning and the crab pot, because we have crabs to steam.