if a tree tells a joke ina forest, and there are no other trees around to hear it, is the tree funny? depends on the treee, i think. oaks are never funny. eucalyptus, hilarious.

she hates to encourage my goofiness, which is probably at unhealthy levels already.

dinnertime always irritated her. me and the kids were yukking it up nonstop for 18 years. a lot of silly laughing. she felt it was too much. i see her point. she wanted some regular conversation. sometimes we had that. but it was like 15%. maybe if shed spent more time with my dad she could have seen the warning signs that there was going to be a lot of witty repartee…i mean, a lot…toxic levels…

in a way, i’m like a schizophrenic, i communicate in strange ways, but there is menaing underneath the word salad if you have the energy to toss it and you dont take things too literally…

maybe if she’d spent more time with my dad she could have seen what a cautious, conservative financial fellow i would be…

but she gets tired of salad soemtimes….always beware of and inspet the parents…avoid the excessively witty.