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The Election

It's over. My guy didn't win. It's gonna be a L-O-N-G four years. Some wise person once said "Sometime's you have to suffer through a Jimmy Carter before you can get a Ronald Reagan."

My Thirty Year High School Reunion

I decided to go. My observations:

1. D@mn! Some of y'all got old!

2. No big surprises. Anyone that was in the closet stayed in or stayed home. Everyone that was a guy when I graduated was still a guy and everyone that was a girl when I graduated was still a girl.

3. To the organizers: Next time, you might want to consider not opening the cash bar until *AFTER* the class picture has been taken.

4. To the class picture photographer: I guess it was a good idea to take 6 pictures after all. (I was afraid to look....did Jimmy, Ray, and Randy really hang a moon in the last picture?)

5. Funniest Moment: When Roger nominated Larry as "Least Changed Female".

6. Best Surprise: Seeing Mrs. Kolter! Best English teacher ever and still just as sweet.

7. Huh?: I looked in the class directory and noticed the majority of addresses were in Acworth, Marietta, Hiram, Dallas, Douglasville. And the reunion was at the Hilton in NORCROSS????

8. What y'all waiting on?: To the few that are still living in Mableton and Austell, I have but one question. WHY?????

9. Second funniest moment: OK...this one takes some explaining. Two classmates had gotten married about 20 years ago and got divorced about 15 years ago. The guy was there with his current wife. Someone asked him if his ex was coming. He said, "I'll tell you EXACTLY what she told me. She said....and I quote.....I didn't like a lot of those folks when I was GOING to school so WHY would I want to PAY to see them now?" The person that asked the question said "Well, screw her!" Current wife says, "Why don't I call her so you can tell her in person?" Ex-husband agrees to it and gathers 20 or so people over while current wife dials the phone. Connie answers...Randy says "I'm here at the reunion and everyone here wants to tell you something" then holds up the phone. Crowd shouts "SCREW YOU!" (It was a joke....Connie thought it was hysterical....but I'm sure Randy and Dana will pay for it later.)

10. All in all.....I'm glad I went.