tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408858764761620479.post3285374187081295324..comments2024-03-27T20:09:11.399-06:00Comments on Unabashedly American: The Real Cowboy WayDarrell Michaelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05474956372325309461noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408858764761620479.post-83303146843837773502014-06-02T09:52:52.546-06:002014-06-02T09:52:52.546-06:00John I have truly missed your wit and sense of hum...John I have truly missed your wit and sense of humor during my writing hiatus! <br /><br />I do like your version of “you can’t unsay a cruel thing”. Your brother gave you good advice. <br /><br />All of that said, you really should make it a point to hang out on special occasions with a cowboy or two. I think you’d find you have a lot more in common then what you think you might. That is unless they are Dallas Cowboys. They are pretty worthless, but after watching the last NFL season they are also pretty harmless. Cheers to you, my friend!<br />Darrell Michaelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474956372325309461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408858764761620479.post-18801125415943148682014-06-01T11:11:00.638-06:002014-06-01T11:11:00.638-06:00"Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a..."Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance." This appeals to my agnostic nature. <br /><br />"If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'." This appeals to my debating strategy. <br /><br />"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment." I always tell people, if it is complex enough, you have to program it wrong before you can program it right. They ask things like "what if you were a surgeon?" I wearily explain that surgeons generally don't program at all. <br /><br />"Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in." To paraphrase Ole Whathisname Shaw, if you can't keep your skeleton in the closet, you may as well dance with it. <br /><br />"You can't unsay a cruel thing." My brother was giving me advice when I got married, and the number one thing he said was to think before I speak, because it takes an instance to say something, and more than a lifetime to take it back. <br /><br /><br />Some of these were good, but I could not endure intentionally exposing myself to cowboys to encounter them, so thank you, sir. <br />John Mystehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16263634313238599515noreply@blogger.com