Bill Zuckert
15 December 1915-23 January 1997
8 February
As you may see, I have decided to add some things back from the old version of this page. I missed some of my jokes. I do not, however, think that I will go back to any of the rest of it. I kind of like the simplicity as it is now.
Heard last night on The Simpsons:
Sherry Bobbins: "Hello, I'm Sherry Bobbins."
Homer: "Did you say Mary Poppins?"
Sherry Bobbins: "No, I did not! I am an original creation, like Ricky Rouse or Lonald Luck."
One thing that I learned from my Da dying is that I now have a different attitude towards sickness. If I hear that someone old has been ill and had gotten better, I think "What on earth does it matter? They're going to die anyway." And, of course, when my father almost died Thanksgiving 1995, I was so thankful that he didn't, and I had another whole year with him, so I would never have thought that then, but now it's like seeing the future.
I don't know, it's difficult to articulate.
It's like yesterday, when Kelly left work early so that she could go visit her mother, who has pneumonia. I really had to bite my tongue so that I wouldn't say "my father died of pneumonia", which would have been a rotten thing to say, but I was thinking "If she doesn't die now, she'll die eventually, so what does it matter?"
Every time I think I'm done with being sad, something happens.
I got a phone call from my friend Michelle who had just heard what happened, and she was so sweet and loving and concerned in her message that I just burst into tears.
My friends are golden.
Yesterday's best was when the contractors came back this morning, and The Greek God came over and gave me a hug. I really need more of this worship from Greek Gods--it's awfully good for the ego.
The worst was...I don't know if there was a worst.
But there has to be a worst...
I guess the worst was when I got all sad over Daddy again.
The first Christmas picture, 1965,
and the last Christmas picture, 1996.
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