Time to leave 2009 in the rear view mirror

This year is almost wrapped up & I'm not quite sure where it went or what i accomplished but I didn't die, didn't get arrested & didn't declare bankruptcy; 3 things I try not to do every year! So 2009 is gone & I am staring over the horizon & feeling real good about 2010. I've already written down my list of 2010 New Year resolutions which I believe is a necessity for anyone working to improve & get more out of their life. I will not be sharing the entire list as I don't need anyone up in my business too much but I will share a few. #4 Swim 4 miles per week(my belly & fat throat must go) #9 purchase a new vehicle & buy a handgun(Cutlass is restored, Cherokee is on last leg & must protect myself from Democrats) & #1 Get to Cuba(i like living on the edge). This list is on my cell phone so I can refer to it, revise it & check these items off when completed. I am not a pack rat by any means but i still occasionally stumble upon past lists & laugh at how much or how little I accomplished that particular year. For instance 2006 #2 Win Noble Peace Prize after i would bring about College Football playoff for National Champion. Didn't do it yet so i figured you couldn't win it until you actually did something but then Obuma won it for what he might do...I feel robbed. What I'm most excited about is going back to Australia then on to New Zealand for my first official buying trip for OnMeWay,Inc. I will be gone for 6-8 weeks, exploring new lands & buying one of a kind treasure to import back to NashVegas. What fun will be had by the world's tallest treasure hunter! I can't wait to work for myself & build my own company from the ground up. Oh & quit wearing ties like the one I have strangling me right now! I am also excited about being single for awhile & just having fun! I plan to be traveling quite a bit for the rest of my life so a committed relationship just wouldn't be fair to anyone. (Notice the disclaimer statement) O.K. so bring on 2010 & let it be one of the best years ever! Pictured is the river view of the skyline of my town Nashville TN...but i will share!
Cheers,
Rip Pewett list maker

Have you ever intentionally hurt somebody?

I have never hurt anyone intentionally. I have broken my fair share of hearts, disappointed hundreds of times, & pissed off over a 1000 people but i never intentionally hurt someone. So when I see people hurt people for their own selfish reasons, it confuses me, it troubles me & to be perfectly honest...it pisses me off! I believe one of the reasons life is hard is because of events that happen to you that you never saw coming or can't believe happened to you. When these things happen you struggle to find the answers to explain why another person would maliciously hurt you. 9 times out of 10 it is usually for their own selfish reasons. People who can justify their action no matter what are dangerous in my eyes. The ability to justify any action will lead a person to continuously hurt others with no regard to the consequences or feelings of others. I was taught to treat everyone as I wanted to be treated & try to make peoples lives better when possible. I also have been the person who when he makes a mistake or hurts someone to say I'm sorry, it won't happen again. If you make a mistake or do something stupid.....take a look in the mirror & look yourself in the eyes, take responsibility for your actions. It is the way I hold myself accountable for my actions. I learn from my mistakes & I move on. There is no reason to linger on the pain of it. Sadly if you are the victim(i hate that word) person who has been wronged, it is sometimes hard to move on when the other person or persons are unwilling to say they are sorry or if they are continuing on with the hurt. Some people may never get over it. In my personal life I have had many relationships that have ended poorly. Do they really end any other way? It is ultimately one person saying, I don't want to be with you for whatever reason. Sadly, some of my favorite people want absolutely nothing to do with me. I didn't beat them, steal from them, some I did cheat on( i get that part) but they hold a grudge & it may last till the day they die. What I haven't done is go out to hurt them further & I'm amazed when people do this very thing. Learn from the mistakes that were made & try not to make them again. If you choose only crazy girls like your mother....then at some point you have to realize the pattern & quit dating crazy girls(even though they are the best sexual trapeze artists, just my opinion). O.K. I think you get my point......Quit being selfish & quit hurting people. Karma is a bitch & payback is hell!
The picture is of Bigboy drinking himself into a stupor before a UT game. I have been known to do the same when I'm trying to explain why someone would hurt me for no reason.
Cheers,
Rip Pewett barstool psychiatrist

You never really know if you are middle aged

I had a sweet young vixen ask me how I was handling my middle age & i burst into laughter. I told her that if I'm middle aged then I will live to be 86. I came to the realization a long time ago with my St Bernard Elvis that big dogs & big guys don't live as long as the normal size dogs or people. I've embraced it as my call to get busy living instead of getting busy dying. We all have friends that will ultimately look back on their lives and wish they had done anything besides bitch about their plight. I won't be that guy! Sure, I will have things on the list that didn't get checked off but it won't be from a lack of trying, it will be because I burned out....not rusted out;). I wonder if they(University of whomever's hospital) will do a study that links having a positive attitude & sense of humor to longevity over people who are negative, rude & zero sense of humor. I should get a grant & do the study myself! What a great way to spend our hard earned tax dollars. I'm on it.

Wouldn't it be great if you were notified in the email by God that you had reached middle age & you currently were or were not getting into heaven? Maybe even break it down into percentile so you could see where you rank with everybody else. It would probably have an advertisement on it for a new coke product & a link for suggestions on getting into heaven which you had to pay for by credit card. Well it isn't going to happen so I plow on by trying to JBN (just be nice) to people & see how I score at the end of my run. I am coming to the end of 2009 & haven't checked many things off my list but no worries...2010 is right around the corner & with it new adventures. So it goes for me & I embrace it. If I make it to 86 then yes I am middle-aged right now. Furthermore, if I make it to 86 i will be f____in amazed! I am bigger than the average bear as the saying goes & i still go hard in all areas of my life. The picture is of my father's grave. He died when he was 45, so middle aged to him was 22 1/2. Some of our soldiers have died at 18, 9 was there middle age. So, we will never know if we are middle aged so go out there today & have fun...the grim reaper will find you eventually. Always remember "Don't worry about dying today as it is already tomorrow in Australia" Charles Schultz

Cheers,

Rip Pewett young man