Last thought as I go to bed ™ - "If I Were To Die Tomorrow" edition.
Know this. If you've never believed a word I've ever said, know this one thing. If ever you've heard the words "I love you" from me, I meant it. I meant it then. I mean it now. Even if we have beef. Even if there is separation and ought between us. Even if your response to this is to tell me to burn in hell......I love you.
Goodnight, you little bastards.
I FUCKING LOVE YOU ALL.
YES, even you. Whoever you are.
March 13, 2020
Last Thought As I go To Bed™️
- Someone accused me of not having long patience.
I read “My People” by Aba Eban. All of it. Every last word. Don’t tell ME I don’t have patience lol
I have read “Night” by Elie Wiesel, but it occurs to me that I’ve actually never read “The Diary Of Anne Frank”
I’m in the middle of “Through The Storm” by Tom Clancy and General Fred Franks Jr (USA ret.), and I have on deck “Thunderbolt” by Lewis Sorley about General Creighton Abrams, and “Rommel: The Trail of the Fox” by David Irving. I will get a copy of Anne Frank and put it in the lineup as well.
Sometimes I ramble. Don’t judge me.
Goodnigh, you little bastards.
I love you all.
M
- Lion
Know this. If you've never believed a word I've ever said, know this one thing. If ever you've heard the words "I love you" from me, I meant it. I meant it then. I mean it now. Even if we have beef. Even if there is separation and ought between us. Even if your response to this is to tell me to burn in hell......I love you.
Goodnight, you little bastards.
I FUCKING LOVE YOU ALL.
YES, even you. Whoever you are.
Last thought as I go to bed ™. Fathers, remember this.
Sometimes, all your kid needs is your words of encouragement and wisdom.
Goodnight, you little bastards. I love you all.
March 13, 2020
Last Thought As I go To Bed™️
- Someone accused me of not having long patience.
I read “My People” by Aba Eban. All of it. Every last word. Don’t tell ME I don’t have patience lol
I have read “Night” by Elie Wiesel, but it occurs to me that I’ve actually never read “The Diary Of Anne Frank”
I’m in the middle of “Through The Storm” by Tom Clancy and General Fred Franks Jr (USA ret.), and I have on deck “Thunderbolt” by Lewis Sorley about General Creighton Abrams, and “Rommel: The Trail of the Fox” by David Irving. I will get a copy of Anne Frank and put it in the lineup as well.
Sometimes I ramble. Don’t judge me.
Goodnigh, you little bastards.
I love you all.
M
- Lion
Tonight,
my patented "Last thought as I go to bed ™" is targeted at ONE
individual who will actually laugh at this like i did. If my humor
typically offends you, now would be the best time to piss off. Ojo Taylor,
this one is for you. Thanks for being REAL and being who YOU are, not
what others expect of you. I love you, bro. Thanks for the years you've
influenced my life for the good. Back before I knew you, but loved your
music, and now that we've gotten to know each other a bit.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Last thought as I go to bed ™
I get "humility".
Everyone tells others to "be humble". When is the last time someone told you "Be EXCELLENT!"? When is the last time someone said "if they can't see your vision, then they're too small minded. Keep moving forward and if they fall off, let them."?
I have dealt with many adversities in my life. Some were of my own doing, others weren't.
I've been homeless, addicted to drugs, drowning in alcohol, put in jail, placed on house arrest...I've fallen face-first into massive piles of shit....but what I've never done, was stop moving forward.
So, stay humble? Fuck that. I will instead, choose to remember where I came from and never allow myself to go back.
I choose excellence. I will voice my opinions, I will take up arms, I will combat injustices. That is who I am, head to toe.
I expect those I associate with, to do the same. Iron sharpens iron.
Goodnight, you little bastards. I love you all.
Yes, even you haters. It's YOU that give me the drive to prove you wrong.
I get "humility".
Everyone tells others to "be humble". When is the last time someone told you "Be EXCELLENT!"? When is the last time someone said "if they can't see your vision, then they're too small minded. Keep moving forward and if they fall off, let them."?
I have dealt with many adversities in my life. Some were of my own doing, others weren't.
I've been homeless, addicted to drugs, drowning in alcohol, put in jail, placed on house arrest...I've fallen face-first into massive piles of shit....but what I've never done, was stop moving forward.
So, stay humble? Fuck that. I will instead, choose to remember where I came from and never allow myself to go back.
I choose excellence. I will voice my opinions, I will take up arms, I will combat injustices. That is who I am, head to toe.
I expect those I associate with, to do the same. Iron sharpens iron.
Goodnight, you little bastards. I love you all.
Yes, even you haters. It's YOU that give me the drive to prove you wrong.
Last Thought As I Go To Bed ™
Sincere question, not meant as to start arguments, but just a matter of curiosity. DISCLAIMER: There is nothing in my personal life that raises this question!!!
I have seen a lot on social media about sexual expectations in relationships and marriages lately. The primary focus being along the lines of “your S/O is under no obligation to have sex with you” or words to that effect.
Fair enough.
But my question then becomes, if you feel no obligation to have a sexual component to your relationship, or even to only engage when YOU want to, With I’ll-regard for the needs of your S/O, do YOU still have an expectation of fidelity from that partner? Are THEY obligated to remain faithful when you choose to be sexless?
Discuss!
In the meantime, goodnight, you little bastards. I love you all.
Sincere question, not meant as to start arguments, but just a matter of curiosity. DISCLAIMER: There is nothing in my personal life that raises this question!!!
I have seen a lot on social media about sexual expectations in relationships and marriages lately. The primary focus being along the lines of “your S/O is under no obligation to have sex with you” or words to that effect.
Fair enough.
But my question then becomes, if you feel no obligation to have a sexual component to your relationship, or even to only engage when YOU want to, With I’ll-regard for the needs of your S/O, do YOU still have an expectation of fidelity from that partner? Are THEY obligated to remain faithful when you choose to be sexless?
Discuss!
In the meantime, goodnight, you little bastards. I love you all.
Last Thought As I Go To Bed™
Not directed at any one person, as I see this a lot, and I’m all about just letting people have fun...but what is it with this “challenge” craze the last couple of years?? We must have cured ALS because the Ice Bucket Challenge left just as quickly as everyone could grab a towel and get into warm, dry clothes. Everything is a “challenge”. And the scary thing is, things like this lead many of these impressionable social lemmings to follow the masses into the Blue Whale Challenge. And while we are doing the stare at the sun challenge, we seem to forget about our 22 veterans per day committing suicide. How about THAT for a challenge. The Reach Out And Check On a Vet, Whether You Served Or Not Challenge....
I’m going to sleep now, but first, take the color of your mom’s bra, the first song that pops in your head, and the 27th letter of the alphabet to find out your Psychedelic-Star-Wars-Human-Sacrifice-Space-Monkey-Deviled-Egg-Worship-Sex-Armadillo name.
Lastly, remember, taco truck food and LSD cure cancer.
Goodnight, you little bastards. I love you all.
Not directed at any one person, as I see this a lot, and I’m all about just letting people have fun...but what is it with this “challenge” craze the last couple of years?? We must have cured ALS because the Ice Bucket Challenge left just as quickly as everyone could grab a towel and get into warm, dry clothes. Everything is a “challenge”. And the scary thing is, things like this lead many of these impressionable social lemmings to follow the masses into the Blue Whale Challenge. And while we are doing the stare at the sun challenge, we seem to forget about our 22 veterans per day committing suicide. How about THAT for a challenge. The Reach Out And Check On a Vet, Whether You Served Or Not Challenge....
I’m going to sleep now, but first, take the color of your mom’s bra, the first song that pops in your head, and the 27th letter of the alphabet to find out your Psychedelic-Star-Wars-Human-Sacrifice-Space-Monkey-Deviled-Egg-Worship-Sex-Armadillo name.
Lastly, remember, taco truck food and LSD cure cancer.
Goodnight, you little bastards. I love you all.
Last Thought as I go to sleep:
If you remember nothing else, please remember this....we are ALL Marco from Trapoja
Goodnight, you little bastards. I love you all.
If you remember nothing else, please remember this....we are ALL Marco from Trapoja
Goodnight, you little bastards. I love you all.
Last Thought Before I Go To Sleep ™️ - Coheed and Cambria edition:
Cause when the rug gets pulled out from underneath,just embrace the fall.......
Good night, you little bastards. I love you all.
Cause when the rug gets pulled out from underneath,just embrace the fall.......
Good night, you little bastards. I love you all.
A little bit rambled, but here it is., my Final Thoughts As I Go To Bed™️
There is something that happens to you when you surround yourself with
excellent people. They tend to expect and even demand excellence from
you. How can you go wrong with that? The opposite is equally true. When
you surround yourself with negative people you tend to begin to absorb
that and immerse yourself in negativity. The biggest problem there, is
that that same negativity will drive away the people who could have a
positive impact. It all comes down to the choices we make, in our
personal orchard. Anyone who has spent any time around trees knows that
if you have a branch that isn't producing fruit, you have to cut it
off, lest it kill the entire tree. This is a life principle as well. If
you have read my writings, you know that I firmly believe that. You
see, iron sharpens iron. It may seem like a bit of a played cliche, but
it's an undeniable fact.
More importantly is your position, or as we called it in the Army, your "situational awareness". You have to be aware and beware of those in your life who have a tendency to wallow in misery. It's something that some people can't seem to live without. The saddest part is that they are so firmly entrenched in their misery, that they will sabotage their own happiness AND attempt the same with yours. When you start to stand up, they want to pull you back down. As the OTHER cliche goes, misery loves company.
All of this seems like rambling a bit. Chalk it up to me being tired. The bottom line is this. IF you want to succeed, surround yourself with successful people and emulate their habits. But for G-d's sake, get rid of the negative influences on your life, and demand excellence from YOURSELF!
It's all a choice.
"There are those who look for ways to succeed, and those who look for excuses NOT to."
- Sir Mixalot
Goodnight, you little bastards. I love you all
More importantly is your position, or as we called it in the Army, your "situational awareness". You have to be aware and beware of those in your life who have a tendency to wallow in misery. It's something that some people can't seem to live without. The saddest part is that they are so firmly entrenched in their misery, that they will sabotage their own happiness AND attempt the same with yours. When you start to stand up, they want to pull you back down. As the OTHER cliche goes, misery loves company.
All of this seems like rambling a bit. Chalk it up to me being tired. The bottom line is this. IF you want to succeed, surround yourself with successful people and emulate their habits. But for G-d's sake, get rid of the negative influences on your life, and demand excellence from YOURSELF!
It's all a choice.
"There are those who look for ways to succeed, and those who look for excuses NOT to."
- Sir Mixalot
Goodnight, you little bastards. I love you all
Last Thought As I go To Bed™️
I started playing guitar in 1978. Between my chord chart and watching my dad and sometimes my dad play and uncle Charles play together, I taught myself to play. Eventually, after many years, I learned how to play very basic leads and riffs. But all of it hard rock and metal, save what Dad and Tio played.
40 years later, I am JUST discovering The Blues. Don’t be stupid, of COURSE I’ve always KNOWN about the blues. But I’ve never really listened to the blues, nor have I played the blues....until today. And what have I learned today? My fingers don’t fly on the fretboard like my brother Joe Feingold, but I can play and riff blues like I was born to it. I may have just finally found my wheelhouse.
Goodnight, you little bastards. I love you all. Especially you, BB King. Rest well, wherever you are.
I started playing guitar in 1978. Between my chord chart and watching my dad and sometimes my dad play and uncle Charles play together, I taught myself to play. Eventually, after many years, I learned how to play very basic leads and riffs. But all of it hard rock and metal, save what Dad and Tio played.
40 years later, I am JUST discovering The Blues. Don’t be stupid, of COURSE I’ve always KNOWN about the blues. But I’ve never really listened to the blues, nor have I played the blues....until today. And what have I learned today? My fingers don’t fly on the fretboard like my brother Joe Feingold, but I can play and riff blues like I was born to it. I may have just finally found my wheelhouse.
Goodnight, you little bastards. I love you all. Especially you, BB King. Rest well, wherever you are.
Last Thought As I go To Bed™️
If you’re ever curious, I’m not THIS dedicated to ANY cause. “Set myself on fire? Listen, let’s take a break, sleep on this, and come back tomorrow and try again..”
Goodnight you little bastards. I love you all
Even you, Johnny Storm. RIP
If you’re ever curious, I’m not THIS dedicated to ANY cause. “Set myself on fire? Listen, let’s take a break, sleep on this, and come back tomorrow and try again..”
Goodnight you little bastards. I love you all
Even you, Johnny Storm. RIP
Last Thought As I go To Bed™️
Typically anymore, when I can’t sleep, I’ll go out and spread a sheet on the couch, turn on my thunderstorm and that drowns out my brain and i drift off to sleep.
Not tonight....
The sound of gentle rolling thunder and a decent pouring of rain is playing, when W.A.D.E BrainRadio decides to go with the flow. I hear a familiar voice begin to mournfully sing
“What is this, that stands beeefore me? Figure in black, which points at meeee....”
So much for sleep tonight. Tomorrow is going to be SUCH a long day
Good night, you little bastards. I love you all
And goodnight to you, Mr. Osbourne, wherever you are.
Typically anymore, when I can’t sleep, I’ll go out and spread a sheet on the couch, turn on my thunderstorm and that drowns out my brain and i drift off to sleep.
Not tonight....
The sound of gentle rolling thunder and a decent pouring of rain is playing, when W.A.D.E BrainRadio decides to go with the flow. I hear a familiar voice begin to mournfully sing
“What is this, that stands beeefore me? Figure in black, which points at meeee....”
So much for sleep tonight. Tomorrow is going to be SUCH a long day
Good night, you little bastards. I love you all
And goodnight to you, Mr. Osbourne, wherever you are.
Last Thought As I go To Bed™️
Ya know, I’ve spent the day thinking about my current profile pic and the time in my life in which it was taken. A fresh kid who had spent the last 3 years of his life in a mixture of living on the street, bouncing couch to couch, sometimes walking around all night half strung out or drunk. Until one night my mom (Roberta Funes) asked me to come home and just have supper with the family. I got there and mom let me in the house, told me to go get a shower, which I did. Wrapped in a robe I stepped out of the bathroom to the laundry room where my mom was washing my clothes. I’ll never forget the conversation that took place.
Mom -“Your dad and i were talking last night”
Me - “Oh? About what?”
Mom - “About a son that we love who has a drug problem, but just might want to get clean”
We had never talked about it, but there it was. I broke down crying because I wanted help, and my mom and dad just wanted their son back. It took a bit to get clean, but eventually when I knew I could pass a piss test, I headed to the navy recruiter. As I was walking towards his office, the army recruiter stepped in front of me.
Recruiter - “Can I show you something?”
Me - “Sure”
We stepped into his office and he pointed to a poster on his wall, and there she was. She was beautiful, she was sexy, and I was in love. Her name was
The M60A3 (TTS) Main Battle Tank
Recruiter - “Ever thought about doing that? Do you think you have what it takes to be a Tanker?”
Me - “Yes!!”
I took my ASVAB. A few days later I went to San Diego MEPS and went through my physical passed it all, and took my oath of enlistment.
Recruiter - “You’ll be heading out to Ft Knox, Kentucky, the home of armor for your basic and AIT. You’ll do it all at once, what we call OSUT (One Station Unit attaining). When do you want to leave?”
Me - “I want to be on yellow footprints yesterday!”
I swore In August 26, 1988.
I arrived at Ft. Knox September 19, 1988
And THAT is where my life truly began. Thank you Roaddogs (C 3/81) and all our cadre for being such an important part of me becoming a man, and having the honor of being called A Tanker.
I would stand at the very mouth of hell with all of you tomorrow, ready for whatever comes, because without y’all, there would have been no me.
RIP SSG Richard Gardner
RIP SSG Duffy
Thank you for all you did for us.
Goodnight you little bastards. I love you all.
Even you,
DS Larry Hester,
DS Melvin Keithley Jr.
DS ROBY
DS Chaucey
DS Gardner
DS Duffy
Senior DS Rohlman
ARMOR! UP FRONT!!
Ya know, I’ve spent the day thinking about my current profile pic and the time in my life in which it was taken. A fresh kid who had spent the last 3 years of his life in a mixture of living on the street, bouncing couch to couch, sometimes walking around all night half strung out or drunk. Until one night my mom (Roberta Funes) asked me to come home and just have supper with the family. I got there and mom let me in the house, told me to go get a shower, which I did. Wrapped in a robe I stepped out of the bathroom to the laundry room where my mom was washing my clothes. I’ll never forget the conversation that took place.
Mom -“Your dad and i were talking last night”
Me - “Oh? About what?”
Mom - “About a son that we love who has a drug problem, but just might want to get clean”
We had never talked about it, but there it was. I broke down crying because I wanted help, and my mom and dad just wanted their son back. It took a bit to get clean, but eventually when I knew I could pass a piss test, I headed to the navy recruiter. As I was walking towards his office, the army recruiter stepped in front of me.
Recruiter - “Can I show you something?”
Me - “Sure”
We stepped into his office and he pointed to a poster on his wall, and there she was. She was beautiful, she was sexy, and I was in love. Her name was
The M60A3 (TTS) Main Battle Tank
Recruiter - “Ever thought about doing that? Do you think you have what it takes to be a Tanker?”
Me - “Yes!!”
I took my ASVAB. A few days later I went to San Diego MEPS and went through my physical passed it all, and took my oath of enlistment.
Recruiter - “You’ll be heading out to Ft Knox, Kentucky, the home of armor for your basic and AIT. You’ll do it all at once, what we call OSUT (One Station Unit attaining). When do you want to leave?”
Me - “I want to be on yellow footprints yesterday!”
I swore In August 26, 1988.
I arrived at Ft. Knox September 19, 1988
And THAT is where my life truly began. Thank you Roaddogs (C 3/81) and all our cadre for being such an important part of me becoming a man, and having the honor of being called A Tanker.
I would stand at the very mouth of hell with all of you tomorrow, ready for whatever comes, because without y’all, there would have been no me.
RIP SSG Richard Gardner
RIP SSG Duffy
Thank you for all you did for us.
Goodnight you little bastards. I love you all.
Even you,
DS Larry Hester,
DS Melvin Keithley Jr.
DS ROBY
DS Chaucey
DS Gardner
DS Duffy
Senior DS Rohlman
ARMOR! UP FRONT!!
