I’ve been away from DL for a few days, so believe it or not, I’ve caught back up again.  This issue, which I’m building today, Saturday, April 19th, will go out the day after Easter on Monday, 21 April.  The reason I’ve been away and the reason I wanted to get so far ahead was that I was studying for and taking my first FBI test for this semester.  I wanted to get further ahead because this coming week is a BIG exercise on the base, my second and third test all coming right up.  So…this is my last weekend off for a little while, so I’m going to try to get a bit ahead again.  

I did get a bunch of last minute Easter cartoons that I’ll throw in for the day after Easter since most of them were pretty good.

I may also address some of the responses to my confession of depression that I’m dealing with.  It’s going to depend on how chatty I feel about it.

Oh, and since someone’s going to ask.  My first test was on Theology and I got a 94.  I think last semester I got a 98 on Theology…so…downward trending.  But then again, if you remember, I did semester 6 last time semester and semester 1 this semester, so maybe what I’m doing is upward trending, just not in the right order.  I could get a 95 for semester 2, a 96 for semester 3, … see what I mean?  That way I top out at a 98 for the final semester that I just happened to do first.

Okay, so now that my head hurts, …

Pete sent that one to me with the following explanation.  That’s Pete, not Aussie Pete.

Howdy Bob!  Here are a couple Easter ones for you, I made that first one so, I figure I have already sent it to you but, it is that time and I am kinda proud of it.  LOL  The words are from Bill and Gloria Gaither’s song “It Is Finished” I will include a youtube at the bottom.

Pete

I included the youtube as well.

Yes!  Yes, it SHOULD be every day!

I’m telling you right up front, this one is from Joe!

What goes “krab, krab, krab”? 

A dog barking in a mirror.

That really isn’t a bad idea…

Someone told me the other day that they are planning on not making any more pennies.  So what we have in circulation is all we’ll ever have because it costs so much more to make them then they are worth.  When I was stationed over in Germany WAY back in the early 80’s, the BX and Commissary on base didn’t use pennies.  Everything was rounded off to the closest nickel.  That was because it cost them more to ship pennies over than the pennies were worth.  It worked out fine for us, I don’t see why it wouldn’t work out fine for the whole country….just sayin’.

The problem is, with so many absentee fathers, what would that statue look like?

The 8th grade science teacher, Mrs. Parks, asked her class, “Which human body part increases to 7 times its normal size when stimulated?” 

No one answered until little Mary stood up, angry, and said, “You should not be asking 8th graders a question like that! I’m going to tell my parents, and they will go and tell the principal, who will then fire you!” 

With a sneer on her face, she then sat back down. Mrs. Parks ignored her and asked the question again, “Which body part increases to 7 times its normal size when stimulated?” 

Little Mary’s mouth fell open; then she said to those around her, Boy, is she gonna get in big trouble!” 

The teacher continued to ignore her and said to the class, “Anybody?” 

Finally, Kevin stood up, looked around nervously, and said, “The body part that increases 7 times its size when stimulated is the pupil of the eye.” 

Mrs. Parks said, “Very good, Kevin,” then turned to Mary and continued, “As for you, young lady, I have three things to say: 

(1) you have a dirty mind, 
(2) you didn’t read your homework ; and 
(3) one day you are going to be very, very disappointed.”

Two women, who are dog owners, are arguing which dog is smarter: 

First woman:  My dog is so smart.  Every morning he waits for a paper boy to come around and then he takes a newspaper and brings it to me. 

Second woman: I know 

First one:  How? 

Second one:  My dog told me

The last Easter pic and it was sent in by Leah with a little note at the end…

That last line reminds me of what Buddy said today, that God didn’t have the Book of Revelation included in the Bible to warn you to build a bunker, hoard food and buy guns; He did it to tell you to get a bigger table.

Well, I don’t know about the rest of you, but I don’t plan on being here when most of Revelation comes to pass.  I hope and pray that none of the rest of you do, either.

Okay, so to say that that last one cracked me up is a bit of an understatement.

Now ain’t that impressive as all get out!

That’s me, third one back.

So true…so very, very true.

During the minister’s prayer one Sunday, there was a loud whistle from one of the back pews. 

Gary’s mother was horrified. She pinched him into silence, and after church asked: “Gary, whatever made you do such a thing?” 

Gary answered soberly: “I asked God to teach me to whistle… and He just then did!” 

And that’s exactly the sort of thing my Whelpling would have done.

Oh, so very, very true.  Makes me want to cry.

Really, Really, REALLY gotta get one of those for Izzy.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it 

-Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

That is so cool looking!  Like it opens the sky up and vents out into space!

That is actually an awesome idea!

I’m thinking about getting married.  I looked up the word “engaged” in the dictionary. 

It said, “To do battle with the enemy.” 

Then I looked up mother-in-law.  It said, “See engaged.” 

I want to say thanks to all the campers who wrote in with encouraging words for my depression.  Some of you urged me to seek professional services and such and I appreciate your concern.  Let me make a couple of things clear, if I can, and like I tried to the first time I wrote.

For me, write is cathartic.  But, I have to have someone that I’m writing to or it doesn’t work.  That is actually what Dragon Laffs started out as; what my essays are meant to do; and all my writing projects.  They are meant to drain all the build up garbage that accumulates inside of my veins and in my head.  

I’ve been dealing with this for a long time.  

Mary would tell me, “Bob, just go and write for a while, would you please!  You’re becoming a pain in the ass!”  And I think one of my problems lately is I haven’t had the time to really write or really read because I’ve been busy with other things.  I’ve been busy with good things, but other things.  And like I said, if I don’t write, then that garbage starts building up in my head and it gets clogged up.

Dragon Laffs helps a little, but you guys know as well as I do that Dragon Laffs isn’t real writing.  Oh, I get pinches and dashes of it in here and there, like wiggling around in your chair to get comfortable in the middle of a 3 hour lecture.

And more importantly, I know what the root cause is. 

I’m in pain…24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks out of the year.

All

The

Time

And I’m alone.  Or better expressed, I’m lonely. 

But I understand both of these issues, so therefore I understand the depression, know where it comes from and I deal with it.  Just like I deal with the pain.  They won’t let me have the pain pills any more because OTHER people can’t handle opioids, so those of us who are grownups have to suffer.  Well, it’s just pain.  I’m sick and darn tired of it, but it’s still just pain.  I’m just about to the point where I’m going to have to start walking with a cane again because of my hip, but it’s JUST PAIN.

Does anyone out there understand where I’m coming from?  

This life here on earth is so small and so fleeting, we can put up with just about anything for the short amount of time we are here.

And that’s all I have by way of explanation.  I hope you all had a Great Easter, a Great Resurrection Day.  May God Bless you with eternal love  and happiness, faith and understanding, all the days of your life.