Thought Sausage

Sorry for the lack of updates this week. I had a twist in the road that derailed my plans. My grandfather died on Tuesday...he was 82 (they celebrated his 83rd birthday but that actually would have occured on Thursday). So I've been in Madison since Wednesday. It was certainly one of those things where it "was time" if ya know what I mean. The man was literally hanging on just to breathe. Suffice to say, the way he was the last few months certainly wasn't the way I'll remember him 20 years from now. So while its always sad to see somebody you care about go, sometimes you just gotta face the facts. He was a WWII vet so there was a military burial service. I've never seen that in person before. And if you haven't seen one, allz I can say is HOLY FUCKING SHIT. I was a paul bearer, as was my brothers and my oldest male cousins. From that you get a Naval Officer (Anapolis Grad...my bro) and an Army Officer (Westpoint grad) and both wore their dress blues (don't know if that's the proper term for the Army uniform). So to say this funeral had a tinge of military is a vast understatement. You wouldn't think a bunch of dudes from the VFW on a Friday morning could muster that much intensity and respect, but when its your grandpa and they fold that flag and give it to your grandma, it makes everybody else in your life who thinks they are "important" look like a fucking chump. You can't buy that kind of admiration.

I'll be back in Chicago tomorrow too meet up with everybody for some much needed boozing and debauchary. Sorry to anybody I missed over the past week or bailed on plans. Will resume to normal scheduled programming tomorrow