"It's quarter to three..."

[AverageJoe]

Well, it's actually about twenty till five, but I've been up since three. My two year old woke up and I got up with him to let my wife sleep. It took just over an hour to get him back to dreamland and by then I was so keyed up that I couldn't get back to sleep. I went back to bed for a few minutes but realized that sleep was futile.

Ah, well.

I've got the best little boy in the world and a wonderful wife.

So I got myself a slice of cold pizza and a beer and I'm here in the lounge, most likely alone. Just thought I'd say hello to all you wonderful progressives out there, scattered as you are--as we are--around the world.

Isn't this technology amazing? Things change so fast. When I was in college, back in the late 1970s, early 1980s, personal computers were unknown, at least to me. Typewriters were the height of communication, slow as they were. Type a page and maybe somebody might look at it some time. Now, I type these words and hit a button and--bam!--the message is out there for untold numbers of people I'll never lay eyes on to read. It really makes no sense to me, just how much the world has changed.

Anyhow, I'm just rambling. I truly shouldn't be drinking a beer at what is now 4:47 a.m. The alarm is still going to ring at 6:00 and I'm still going to have to go to work.

But just this momement, sitting here with you, my son asleep, my wife asleep, both of them safe and warm, I am content and happy. I lift my drink to you, yes you personally, and hope that where ever you are your life is good and fine and that the world is spinning for you as it should.

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One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
From the RKO Picture The Sky's The Limit
Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Performed by Fred Astaire

It's quarter to three, there's no one in the place except you and me
So, set 'em up, Joe, I got a little story you oughta know
We're drinkin', my friend, to the end of a brief episode
Make it one for my baby and one more for the road

I got the routine, so drop another nickel in the machine
I'm feelin' so bad, wish you'd make the music pretty and sad
Could tell you a lot, but you've got to be true to your code
So, make it one for my baby and one more for the road

You'd never know it, but buddy I'm a kind of poet
And I got a lot of things to say
And when I'm gloomy, you simply gotta listen to me
Till it's talked away

(bridge)

Well that's how it goes and Joe, I know your gettin' pretty anxious to close
So, thanks for the cheer, I hope you didn't mind my bendin' your ear
Don't let it be said, little Freddie can't carry his load
So, make it one for my baby and one more for the road

[ffm172]

1. you are not alone here

how sweet of you to take care of little AveageJoe.

And I can't imagine a life without computers and internet anymore.

[AverageJoe]

2. Thanks for the reply

Yeah, I know what you mean. It seems like computers and the Internet have been with us always, now. But it was a different world not so very long ago.

Jesus, when I was in college I took a computer class that used punch cards and look at me now.

Little AverageJoe is such a sweet little boy, just the best. He's in a cycle lately where he wakes up once a night. He usually goes right back to sleep, but tonight it was a little bit of a struggle. Well, that's the way it goes. The way I look at it, that was just a bit more time I got to spend with him.

[ffm172]

3. for me the Internet is just great

I am here in Germany but can communicate with you guys in the States. It is improving my English. and it is fun to be part of DU

[AverageJoe]

4. Ah, guten morgen

Meine deutch ist sehr schwer....

As you can see. I hope that what I wrote translates into, "My German is very bad."

Great to be in touch with you in Germany, though!

Okay, it's time for my alarm to go off and I want to get to it before it wakes my wife. I'll shwower and let her sleep a few minutes more.

Auf weidersehen!

[ffm172]

5. your German is not too bad

I understood what you wanted to say. The right way is "Mein Deutsch ist nicht sehr gut" though. But compared to my English before I was in the States to learn it ....

Have a great day

[AverageJoe]

8. You have a great day, too

Very nice chatting with you!

[tjwmason]

6. I'm glad to hear that you are content and happy

The lounge is certainly quiet at this time of day, with just a few of us in Europe (England here) getting bored at work.

I think that's it's incredible of you to look after your son (of whom you seem to be rightly very proud), allowing your wife some sleep. A guy looking after his son is one of the sweetest things around - just make sure you raise him to be as fine as man as you are.

[AverageJoe]

7. Many thanks, tjwmason

I appreciate your kind words, especially now when I'm sleepy and trying to gear up for the day. My son and my wife are worth every second of missed sleep, though.

I hope you have a great day in England!

[Freebird12004]

9. You're a peach! You're wife's one lucky Lady!

Thanks for the song ~ it's one of my old favorites! :toast:

[AverageJoe]

10. Thanks, Freebird12004!

I think she'd agree with you about half the time. :-)

Now, off to work. You have a great day.