FALLING FAR FROM THE TREE
Irecently had a work-related nightmare, and I was so happy that it wasn’t real when I woke up. I dreamt that it was a Tuesday and I was on deadline and I didn’t have any news for the front page.
That has never happened, but I must worry about it subconsciously.
In the dream I walked back to our production guru, Shannon Whorton, and asked him if we could just not have a front page this week. He looked at me like I had suddenly grown another head and told me, “We have to have a front page!”
I don’t know if this is the case at other newspapers, but we call the front-page PI. That’s not P1 like you’d think (as in page one) but PI. Letter I. No one knows why we call it that. Shannon has been working here for nearly 40 years and he said it was called that when he started working here.
So I went home and asked Dad why we call it PI and he said exactly the same thing. It was called PI when he started working here in 1959. Since my grandfather and great-grandfather are gone there is no one who can solve this mystery. A trueto- life case of “we’ve always done it this way.”
Speaking of my dad, the countdown has begun for him to have his hip replacement surgery on Friday. He is looking forward to it as are the rest of us. Please say a prayer for him if you are so inclined. —kwc— I was a little disappointed in Rockdalians this weekend when more of you didn’t show up for Rocktoberfest at East Bell Taphouse. I went three different times on Saturday to take photos. A crowd did show up for Brooke Graham so that’s good.
A lot of work goes into the planning of events in town. We should all be attending them.
Speaking of events, planning has already started for next year’s celebration of Rockdale’s sesquicentennial. To be a part of the planning, contact city manager Barbara Holly. —kwc— Lastly, here is some old hillbilly wisdom, and a lot of it makes perfect sense to me. I must be a hillbilly.
Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor. Don’t be banging your shin on a stool that’s not in the way.
Words that soak into your ears are whispered, not yelled.
Silence is sometimes the best answer.
If you don’t take the time to do it right, you’ll find the time to do it twice.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
Don’t corner something that is meaner than you.
You cannot unsay a cruel word.
Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.
When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
Most o f t he s tuff p eople worry about ain’t never gonna happen anyway.
Every path has a few puddles.
Don’t judge folks by their relatives.
The biggest troublemaker you’ll ever have to deal with watches you from the mirror every mornin’.
Good judgment comes from experience, and most of that comes from bad judgment.
Lettin’ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin’ it back in.
Most times, it just gets down to common sense.
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