penneylaneonline for Saturday, October 6, 2007

Knowing a thing is not the same I've come to understand as 'really knowing' according to others more in the know than me. Personally I'd say that was splitting hairs, a semantic ruse even but there you go. What would I know! Really knowing a thing is subjective. I think it is. It's subjective based on our world view, our experiences, our opinions forged in whatever fiery furnace that life has cause to test us in. But 'really knowing' to me is simply personal. That an issue isn't personal for one... Sign in to see full entry.

From time to time the buck as they say stops with you. Of course we'd all rather it didn't, instead opting to move from under the heavy gaze of responsibility to blame-shifting. Now blame-shifting is an acquired art although children learn it with stunning alacrity right out of nappies it would seem! I had the occasion to see a two year old blame a sleeping pussycat for pulling a plate of breakfast cereal off the table after tugging on the tablecloth and theirs was not so much a diversionary... Sign in to see full entry.

Ralph Malph was the Happy Days (1974) character of my childhood. A character played by Don Most. He was the freckle-faced, red-headed 'funny guy' of the high school quartet of The Fonz, Richie Cunningham and Potsie Webber. Funnily enough it was also the name we chose to call our family dog (also a red-head) but pekinese/pomeranian by persuasion Our dog Ralph was given to my mother at Christmas one year by my cousin Jewelle. A bundle of unimaginably cute fluff that my father didn't consider a... Sign in to see full entry.