FREE SPEECH--STILL A REVOLUTIONARY THOUGHT TO SOME, TO MANY! GOLDEN TWINKIE. RAIDER FOOTBALL. SPLURGE. IN PRAISE OF LONG AND SHORT MARRIAGES, THE BEAUTY OF THE BLEND, AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BOTH SIDES, AND WONDERFUL KIDS THAT RESULT FROM THE UNIONS, IN ADDITION TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO EACH OTHER'S LIVES! LAST NIGHT AT DINNER AT THE POVERELLO, I NOTICED A MAN'S MAGAZINE, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE MAGAZINE, BECAUSE IT WAS FOLDED IN HALF, BUT I DID, NOTICE, THE LEAD ARTICLE OR COVER ARTICLE, THAT WAS SOMETHING LIKE: "REAL MEN, WHO ARE REAL FATHERS." I WAS HAPPY, I HAVE LONG THOUGHT, WE NEEDED A MEN'S MOVEMENT, A REBIRTH OF THE MODERN MAN, AND WHAT HE LOOKS, SMELLS, TASTES AND ACTS LIKE. RIGHT, THEN, SOME YOUNGER FEMALE RESIDENT, CAME AND SAT ACROSS THE TABLE FROM ME, AT ABOUT THE TIME, ERNIE, AN OLDER GENTLEMAN, APPROACHED THE TABLE . . . HIS WIFE, IS IN THE HOSPITAL NEARBY, SO TO SAVE MONEY, A HUMBLE MAN, DEDICATED TO HIS WIFE'S HEALTH AND REHABILITATION, SHE HAS TO LEARN TO WALK WITH SOME BRACE ON HER BACK, BUT, THE YOUNGER GIRL, ASKED HOW HIS WIFE WAS, AND HE REPORTED HER PROGRESS, HOW HIS WIFE COULD OUTWALK HIM TODAY, AND THE YOUNG WOMAN, SAID, WELL, SOUNDS, LIKE IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO TAKE YOUR WIFE HOME. HE LAUGHED AS SAID THAT WAS HER CALL. THEN, THE YOUNG LADY, REACHED UP AND HUGGED, THE MAN, AND SAID, YOUR A PRETTY GOOD OLD GUY, EARNIE. HE SAID, I WISH YOU WOULD TELL MY WIFE THAT. THEY BOTH LAUGHED, SHE SAID, YOU TELL YOUR WIFE, SOME YOUNG HOT CHICK, THINKS YOUR PRETTY COOL! LOL! AND HE IS, A GENTLEMAN, KIND, THOUGHTFUL, AND GOOD TO THE CORE, WHAT YOU WOULD CALL, THE "SALT OF THE EARTH TYPE GUY." NOTHING FLASHY, NOT RICH, JUST A MAN, WHO, LOOKS, LIKE HE WAS A KIND HUSBAND, AND PROBABLY, WAS A STEADY AND GOOD FATHER. THAT SEEMS TO BE THE THEME FOR THIS MORNING TOO, SO, I WOKE UP TO SORT OF A DREAM, WITH A SONG, ONE I PROBABLY HAVEN'T HEARD, SINCE, JUNIOR HIGH, OR HIGH SCHOOL, THIS SONG IS FROM THE BEATTLE'S FIRST ALBUM, I THINK, ON THE "RUBBER SOUL" RECORD, AND THE WORDS, "OF ALL THE FRIENDS AND LOVERS, IT IS YOU, I LOVE THE BEST" CAME TO MIND. i WAS PUZZLED, THERE DIDN'T SEEM TO BE, A MAN, OR PERSON CONNECTED TO THAT PHRASE, SO, I WENT THROUGH, ALL, THE MORE RECENT MEN, AND NOTHING SEEMED TO FIT, AND I DRIFTED BACK TO SLEEP. I HAD SEEN A PICTURE THE OTHER DAY, WHEN, PEOPLE WERE SPECULATING, AS TO WHETHER HILLARY CLINTON WOULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN, AND THERE WAS A LIVE PICTURE OF BILL AND HILLARY, WALKING, HE PUT A LOVING ARM AROUND HER BACK, AS THEY BOTH WALKED TO THE LIMO OR THE CAR THEY WERE GETTING INTO. NOW MY FIRST HUSBAND, THE FATHER OF ALL FOUR OF MY CHILDREN, THE MAN, WHO, ENCOURAGED ME TO GO TO FINISH COLLEGE, WHO BEGGED ME TO TAKE AN ENGLISH CLASS, WHO, WAS SHOCKED, IT TOOK ME ALL DAY, TO WRITE, ON FUCKING PARAGRAPH, AND PROBABLY IS A FAN AND READS MY BLOGS, BEING, AND THIS IS ANOTHER, SONG THAT, CAME AS I DRIFTED IN AND OUT OF SLEEP, "YOU ARE THE WIND BENEATH MY WINGS, THANK YOU, THANK, YOU, THANK GOD FOR YOU." IN ANOTHER, BIZARRE PART AND MINI-DREAM, I WAS LAYING BY MY EX-HUSBAND, FATHER, SAME MAN, AND I STARTED, MAKING INTIMATE MOVES ON HIM. NOW, ANYONE DIVORCED WITH A COOL, EX-SPOUSE, AND HE WAS, HOPE HE THINKS I WAS, THERE WAS NO BITTERNESS, FIGHTING, ANGER, OR EVEN WRANGLING OVER ANYTHING REALLY, BOTH, PARENTS JUST DID THEIR PART. BUT, THE INTEPRETATION, THAT CAME FROM THIS EVERY SYMBOLIC ACT, WAS NOT THAT I SHOULD BE WITH MY EX, OR, TAKE ANY ACTION TO CONTACT HIM, BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN WITH HIS NEW WIFE, LONGER, NOW THAN WE WERE MARRIED, BUT, THE THERE HAVE BEEN A SERIES OF DREAMS, THAT HAVE ALL BEEN A GRADUAL, INCREASE IN LOVE, APPRECIATION, AND ELEVATION, FROM, THE FIRST ONE, BEING ME AND HIM, SITTING IN A CAR, WITH OUR FACES, FUZZED OUT, BUT KISSING; THE SECOND ONE, WAS, ME AND HIM, YELLING, I LOVE YOU; AND THIS ONE, WAS MORE OF A SEXUAL NATURE, AND RESPONSE. NOW, THE LAST TIME, I SAW MY EX-HUSBAND, AND I HAVE ONLY SEEN HIM, LIKE TWICE IN ABOUT 17 YEARS, BUT MY DAUGHTERS, SAID, MOM, DAD REALLY LOVED YOU. I BLEW IT OFF. WHATEVER. BUT, THERE IS ONE THING, THAT, WHAT WE PULLED OFF BETWEEN THE TWO OF US, WAS AMAZING, AND THEN SOME, AS A TEAM, AS, A COUPLE, AS PARENTS. WE HAD A FOCUS ON EDUCATION, INTELLIGENCE, LEARNING, READING, FAMILY WORK AND FUN, OUTDOORS ACTIVITY. HE CONTRIBUTED TO ME AND MY LIFE, WHAT I WAS LACKING AND I, CONTRIBUTED TO HIS LIFE, WHAT HE WAS LACKING AND, AS TIME HAS, PASSED, WHAT THE OTHER SPOUSE CONTRIBUTED, IS WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY, SPENDING THE MOST TIME DOING, SO OBVIOUSLY, WE ENRICHED, EACH OTHER'S LIVES AND INTRODUCED, A LATENT INTEREST, THAT THEN, THRIVED AND TOOK PRECEDENCE. BUT, ADDING, THE CLINTON'S, LONG TERM MARRIAGE, THERE WAS EVEN A PART IN THE DREAM, SHOWING, CHILDREN'S TOYS, ON A FLOOR, TAKING ME BACK, TO, WHEN WERE WERE STILL MARRIED, AND MY EX-HUSBAND, HAS HAIR, JUST LIKE BILL CLINTONS! LOL! I THINK MY EX IS BETTER LOOKING, BUT, THEY ARE BOTH, PLEASANT TYPE PERSONALITIES, AND OF THE TWO SPOUSES, PEOPLE, WARM, MORE TO THE MALE, THAN THE FEMALE, WITH THE FEMALE, IN MY CASE, BEING PROBABLY MORE AMBITIOUS, BUT WITH THE TOTAL SUPPORT OF MY HUSBAND, AS BILL DID FOR HILLARY, AND WOULD IF SHE WERE TO RUN AGAIN! BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME, APPRECIATION, COMES LATE, TEARS OF GRATITUDE FOR THIS MAN, I REFER TO AS, "ROCK SOLID" OR THE "ROCK OF GIBRALTER" WHO, EVEN WHEN, I EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN GOING TO LAW SCHOOL, TOTALLY, SUPPORTED THAT, EVEN SAID, HE WOULD TAKE THE KIDS, FOUR YEARS BEFORE, I ACTUALLY DID GO TO LAW SCHOOL, WHEN, WE LIVED IN OGDEN, UTAH, WITH NO LAW SCHOOL CLOSE, BUT LATER MOVING TO PROVO, WHERE HE WAS A HEAD CITY PLANNER, AT THE TIME WE DIVORCED, BUT, I HAD A DREAM, TO GET A DIVORCE, SO THIS WAS NOT, A ROCK SOLID, PLAN, OR EVEN A THOUGHT, UNTIL, THAT NIGHT, AND THIS CAME AFTER, ELLIOT, LITTLE ROCKER, AND NOW GRADUATING FROM THE U OF U, WHERE MOM USED TO TEACH, AT 5, SMARTER THAN BOTH PARENTS, SAID, BEFORE THE DREAM, MOM AND DAD, ARE YOU GETTING A DIVORCE? THIS WAS BEFORE GOING TO KINDERGARDEN. WE BOTH, LOOKED AT EACHOTHER AND SAID, NO, WHY WOULD YOU THINK THAT? THE ONE AND ONLY FIGHT, OF OUR MARRIAGE, STARTED, AND WITHIN A SHORT TIME, I HAD THE DREAM, AND DURING THE 90 DAY WAITING PERIOD, ME AND ZEKE, OR RICHARD, DECIDED TO RECONCILE, AND WENT TO A MOVIE TOGETHER, BUT, NOT KNOWING WHAT THE MOVIE WAS, KATHERINE TURNER, AND WILLIAM HURT, DIVORCED, GOT TOGETHER FOR A DAUGHTER'S WEDDING, AND THEN, KIND OF REKINDLED THE OLD FLAME, AND, HAD SEX, BUT, THE NEXT DAY OR SO, THE HONEYMOON WAS OFF AGAIN . . . THEY BOTH REALIZED, THAT HE WAS WHO HE WAS, SHE WAS HERSELF, AND THEY HAD NOT CHANGED, A BIT. WE ALMOST TOOK THIS AS A SIGN, A DIVINE CONFIRMATION, ALL WE DID, WAS LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND SMILE, AND THAT WAS IT. DURING THE 90 DAY WAITING PERIOD, I HAD A DREAM TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL, GOT ACCEPTED IN TWO HOURS, THE MORNING OF THE DREAM, NO LSAT SCORES, APPLICATION OR LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION, A RARE, AND ONE TIME, ON THE SPOT, ACCEPTANCE, BUT WITH A YEAR TO WAIT, SEEING ALL THE SLOTS WERE FILLED FOR THAT, COMING YEAR. SO, WE DID OUR OWN DIVORCE PAPERWORK, WE JUST FLIPPED, CUSTUDY, WHO GOT THE HOUSE, THE KIDS AND THE CAR! FROM WHAT IT HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN, AND THAT WAS ALL THAT WAS SAID. THE SONG, ALSO CAME TO MIND: "THE UNIVERSE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME . . . I'M GLAD YOU CAME, I'M GLAD YOU CAME." I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT, THIS, VERY STEADY, SOLID MAN, WHO, STEPPED IN AND TOOK CARE OF OUR KIDS, PROVIDED, HOUSED, PROTECTED, AND CARED, IN HIS WAY, AND HOW, GREAT HIS SERVICE, SUPPORT, AND ENCOURAGEMENT, HAS AND WILL, MAKE THE UNIVERSE, NEVER THE SAME AGAIN. I THOUGHT OF HIS NEW FAMILY, AND, THE THOUGHT CAME TO MY MIND, THAT HE DID SUCH A STELLAR, JOB, ON THE FIRST FOUR, THAT HE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY, TO RAISE THREE MORE KIDS, WHO NEEDED HIM TOO! I LOVE YOU! SO, WITH THESE THOUGHTS ON MY MIND, I WAS SITTING AT ST. PATRICK'S HOSPITAL WAITING FOR THE LEARNING CENTER, TO OPEN, AND SOME OLDER GENTLEMAN, COMES AND SITS DOWN BY ME, AND WE ARE BOTH LOOKING AT A DUCK, CLEANING ITSELF, AND SHOWING OFF, THE WONDERS OF NATURE, IN THE POND, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR, AS OUR CONVERSATIONS, SHIFTED FROM, THE DUCK, TO LOVE FOR MONTANA, THE MOUNTAINS, AND BITCHING AND MOANING OVER TRUMP, WITH, ME, ADDING, THE COMBO OF THE TRUMP ADMINSTRATION, AND HIS APPOINTMENT OF, MONTANAN, RYAN ZINKE, OVER THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, I HAD TO BRAG ABOUT MY DAUGHTER, WHO IS MORE QUALIFIED, AND JUST GOT BACK FROM TRAINING AT THE BLM OR BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND SO, BEING A PROUD DADDY, HE HAD TO TELL ME ABOUT HIS TWO ADOPTED CHINESES DAUGHTERS! AMAZING. THIS GOOD MAN, HAD A BROTHER WHO LIVED IN GREAT FALLS, BUT HE WAS FROM, WEST VIRGINIA, HE CAME TO MISSOULA, SAW THE HILLS ON THE WEST OF THE VALLEY, AND IT REMINDED HIM OF HOME, WEST VIRGINIA, HOME OF THE MOUNTAINS, NOW WE ALL KNOW THAT MONTANA MEANS, MOUNTAINS, SO WHEN, HE SAW GLACIER, AND THE MISSION MOUNTAINS, ON ONE TRIP, HE WENT TO ALL HIS BUDDIES BACK HOME, AND SAID, WE NEED TO MAKE THIS STRAIGHT, WE SHOULD CHANGE THE NAME AND SYMBOL OF THE STATE, TO WEST VIRGINIA, HOME OF THE ROLLING HILLS! ALL HIS FRIENDS WERE PISSED, UNTIL, HE MOVED OUT HERE AND TOOK THEM SIGHTSEEING! LOL! I TELL MY SON-IN-LAW, FROM FLORIDA, NOW LIVING IN VIRGINIA, THAT THOSE ARE NOT MOUNTAINS, THOSE ARE "SPEED-BUMPS" COMPARED TO THE MOUNTAINS IN THE WEST! HE GETS PISSED TOO. BUT THIS MAN, AGAIN, A "SALT OF THE EARTH TYPE" NAVY MAN, WORKED IN UTILITIES, FOR 40 YEARS, RAISED TWO SONS, NOW, 56 AND LIKE LATE 40'S, AND OUT OF THE BLUE, WHEN, THEY WERE ALL GONE, HE TOLD HIS WIFE, HE WAS GOING TO CHINA, TO GET A DAUGHTER, TO ADOPT. SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE HIM. HE TOLD HER, SHE COULD COME ALONG, OR HE WOULD GO ALONE. NOW THAT IS A SOLID MARRIAGE, I MADE MAY HUSBAND GET RID OF DOGS, THAT SEEMED TOO MUCH, LIKE ANOTHER KID! LOL! BUT, EVENTUALLY, SHE BOUGHT THE IDEA, BUT HE WAS RETIRED AND HE WAS GOING TO RAISE HER. HE WENT TO CHINA, TO AN ORPHANAGE, AND FOUND A 2 AND 1/2 YEAR OLD LITTLE GIRL, AND ADOPTED HER. JAMES MOORE IS HIS NAME, AND HE SAID SHE HAS NEVER, HAD LESS THAN AN "A" IN HER LIFE, STRAIGHT UP TO COLLEGE, AND SHE PLANS ON, FIRST BECOMING A DOCTOR, BUT, SHE WANTS TO DO RESEARCH AND FIND A CURE FOR, ILLNESS AND DISEASES, THAT DON'T HAVE CURES YET! THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADDLE. WHEN, THIS GIRL WAS IN 2ND GRADE, HE DECIDED, HE WANTED, TO GIVE HER A SISTER, SO, HE TOLD HIS WIFE, AGAIN, HE WAS GOING TO, CHINA, TO FIND ANOTHER DAUGHTER, TO ADOPT! LOL! NOW, YOU HAVE TO HAND IT TO THE WIFE! AMAZING. SHE DIDN'T WANT TO GO, SO, THIS MAN, TOOK HIS DAUGHTER, WHO BY THIS TIME DIDN'T SPEAK ANY MANDRINE, OR CHINESE, BUT, SHE LOVED TO GO WITH HER DADDY, BACK TO CHINA, AND AGAIN, THEY WENT TO THE ORPHANAGE, AND THEY FOUND A LITTLE 5 YEAR OLD GIRL, AND SHE EXPRESSED, THROUGH INTERPRETERS, AN INTEREST IN GOING TO AMERICA, TO SEE WHAT IT IS LIKE. HE ASKED HIS OLDER DAUGHTER, IS SHE WOULD LIKE A BABY SISTER? YES! HE WANTED, THE GIRLS TO HAVE A SIMILAR SITUATION WITH SIBLINGS, AS HIS TWO OLDER SONS, HAD. THEY BROUGHT THIS GIRL HOME, AND OF COURSE, SHE WAS JUST IN TIME, TO GO TO SCHOOL, BUT SHE DIDN'T SPEAK A WORD OF ENGLISH, SO IT HAS BEEN HARD FOR HER, BUT SHE IS GETTING IT AND CATCHING UP WITH BIG SIS, WHO LOVES HER DEARLY. I ASKED HIM, HOW HIS SONS REACTED, HE SAID, THEY LOVE THEM SO MUCH, AND DIG HAVE LITTLE SISTERS! REAL MEN, REAL DADS! I KNOW, THAT IT IS GETTING CLOSE TO MOTHER'S DAY, BUT WE CAN'T DO OUR JOBS, WELL, FEELING, LOVED AND SUPPORTED, WITHOUT, YOU DADS! ONE OF THE GREATEST QUOTES I HAVE HEARD, WAS, "THE BEST THING A MAN CAN DO FOR HIS CHILDREN, IS TO LOVE THEIR MOTHER!" WHETHER YOU ARE LONG TIMERS, LIKE BILL AND HILLARY, OR WHERE MARRIED FOR 15 YEARS, LIKE ME AND MY HUSBAND, OR LESS, AND FROM THE MOUTH OF THIS OLDER MAN, JAMES MOORE, HE SAID, IT IS ALL ABOUT THE KIDS! THE UNIVERSE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME . . . I'M GLAD, YOU CAME, I'M GLAD YOU CAME!" YOU ARE AND WERE THE WIND BENEATH MY WINGS." AS I LAY IN BED, AND THAT SONG CAME TO MY MIND, THE REALITY OF WHERE I WAS STAYING HIT ME TOO, AND ALL THE IRONY, OF THE CLIMB, AND THEN, WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE DECLINE, OF A CAREER, BUT, IN REALITY, AGAIN, THE THOUGHT OF A WORLDWIDE, BLOG, WITH A WORLDWIDE AUDIENCE, IS FUCKING AMAZING. MY EX-HUSBAND IS A BEAUTIFUL WRITER, HE CORRECTED AND CRITIQUED, ALL MY ENGLISH PAPERS, WHILE IN UNDERGRAD, SO, I HAVE A LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR, AND WHO, KNOWS, HAD I NOT BEEN MARRIED TO HIM, WITH HIM, TRYING TO READ ME POETRY, AND ME WANTING TO SCREAM, NOT INCLINED, TO READING, POETRY, OR SITTING STILL MUCH, BUT, WITHOUT THAT, PARTICULAR PROFESSOR, WHO TALKED ABOUT, ASTRO-PROJECTION, GHOSTS, THE PARANORMAL, AND FUN, STUFF, LIKE THAT, AFTER MY HUSBAND CHALLENED ME TO TAKE JUST ONE ENGLISH CLASS, I MIGHT NEVER HAVE BEEN HOOKED, THE WRITING WAS PAINFUL, AT THAT TIME, AND WHEN I TALKED TO ONE OF MY PROFESSORS, ONCE AND I SAID, DOES WRITING EVER GET EASIER? HE SAID, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT, ERNEST HEMMINGWAY SAID ABOUT WRITING . . . HE SAID, NO WRITING IS NOT EASY, I JUST SIT AT THE TYPEWRITER, UNTIL I SWEAT BLOOD! I AM HEAR TO TELL YOU, THAT, EVERYTHING I DO, I LEARNED, FROM GRAMMAR TO USING ATTENTION GRABBERS, AND IF I CAN LEARN TO WRITE, ANYONE CAN, NOW I CAN DO IT IN MY SLEEP, HAVE WRITTEN FOR THE TOP EDUCATED IN THE NATION, FROM DOCTORS TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREMEM COURT . . . THE POWER AND BEAUTY OF AN EDUCATION. I REMEMBER WHEN, I WAS GRADUATING, AND ONE OF THE SPEAKERS, YEAH, WE LISTEN, SAID THE GREAT THING ABOUT GETTING AN EDUCATION OR COLLEGE DEGREE, IS IT EXPOSES AND TEACHES, YOU JUST HOW MUCH, YOU DON'T KNOW! THAT IS SO TRUE. EDUCATION MATTERS, WHETHER, FORMAL OR INFORMAL, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO START, GRADUATION MATTERS! I REMEMBER, MY MOTHER TELLING ME, THAT, MANY EMPLOYERS, DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR DEGREE IS IN, IT JUST SHOWS THAT YOU CAN STICK WITH SOMETHING LONG ENOUGH TO GET A DEGREE! EDUCATION COME IN MANY FORMS AND IN MANY WAYS! IN ALL YOUR KNOWLEDGE, GET WISDOM, OR APPLIED KNOWLEDGE! GREAT CARTOON, IN THE MISSOULIAN, THIS MORNING, DIDN'T CATCH THE CARTOONIST'S NAME, BUT IT SHOWED, GEORGE WASHINGTON, OR ONE OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS, AND HE WAS HOLDING A PARCHMENT PIECE OF PAPER, OLD SCHOOL, AND ON IT, IT SAID, "FREE SPEECH" AND IN HIS MIND AND THE THOUGHT BUBBLE, IT SAID, "APPARENTLY, TO SOME, THIS IS STILL A REVOLUTIONARY THOUGHT!" MARCHES ON, IMMIGRAITON, LABOR, IN SUPPORT OF WORKERS, A PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT FOR CLIMATE, AND OTHERS! THE UNIVERSE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME . . . I'M GLAD YOU CAME! YOU ARE THE WIND BENEATH MY WINGS! THANK YOU TO THE STAFF AND JACQUELINE FEE, APRN, WHNP, I THINK THAT IS SOME, ACRONYMS, FOR A HOPPED UP, PHYISICAN'S ASSISTANT? A BIT ABOVE A NURSE, BUT BELOW A DOCTOR . . . BUT, I HAD THIS STRANGE, SCAB ON MY ARM, AND THE POVERELLO CENTER, CONVENIENTLY, FOR ME AND OTHERS, HAS A "PARTNERSHIP CLINIC" RIGHT IN THE BUILDING, WITH A FRIENDLY AND VERY COMPETENT STAFF. BUT, I FEARED THAT I HAD SKIN CANCER, AND TOOK THE APPROACH, THAT IF I JUST PRETENDED THIS SCAB, THAT DIDN'T HEAL FOR TWO YEARS, AND WAS STARTING TO RESEMBLE A "STUD" STICKING OUT OF MY ARM, OR A SMALL, INCISOR TOOTH, THE FANG LOOKING ONES, OR EVEN THE START OF A UNICORN'S HORN, OF LATE, HAD STARTED TO GROW, TO A POINT AND STARTED TO PINCH, AND GET IRRITATED, SO, I THOUGHT, I WOULD BRAVE A VISIT TO THE CLINIC, I COULD ALWAYS SAY NO, WHEN, THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO AMPUTATE MY ARM . . . I HAD SOME LADY WHO WORKED WITH ME AT THE UTAH ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE, WHO HAD A SMALL, SPOT OF SKIN CANCER ON HER FACE, BEING HER SUPERVISOR, SHE NEEDED SOME TIME OFF, AND WHEN SHE CAME BACK, THIS GORGEOUS WOMEN, WAS MISSING A FORTH OF HER FACE!!!!!! SCREAM, NEVER! SO, I WENT, WITH TRIPIDATION, YESTERDAY, TO SEE, JACQUELINE FEE, AND HER ASSISTANT, WHO IS "PARTNERSHIP CLINICS, EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH" SO IN GOOD HANDS, WITH BOTH, AND HE RESERVED JUDGEMENT, JACKIE ON THE OTHER HAND, LOOKED AT THIS CRAZY ASS THING, AND SAID, I DON'T THINK THAT IS CANCER, BUT WE NEED A BIOPTSY, TO MAKE SURE AND SEND IT TO THE LAB. BUT, THIS CHICK, WAS SMART, AND SHE SAID, SHOWING ME A BOOK, I THINK IT MIGHT BE, THIS MEDICAL TERM, WITH, KEROTINITUS, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN IT, AND SHE SHOWED ME, THE MANY FORMS, AN ABNORMAL, BUILD UP OF SKIN, CAN TAKE, AND IN THE 50 OR SO PICTURES, THERE WAS ONE PERSON, WHO, HAD A STUD, LIKE MINE . . . I TOLD HER I THOUGHT THAT WAS RIGHT! PERFECT. THEN, BEING AFRAID OF ANY PHYSICAL PAIN, SHOTS, IV'S, AND DISCOMFORT, WHATSOEVER, SHE TOLD ME, AND I NEVER THOUGHT THIS FAR, SOMEONE TOLD ME, I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO GET IT BURNED OF, IF IT WAS SKIN CANCER, POV DOCS! BUT JACKIE TOLD ME, THAT SHE WAS GOING TO NUMB, THE AREA OF MY ARM, THEN GIVE ME A SMALL SHOT, TO DEADEN, THE SCAB AND OPERATING AREA, THEN, SHE WOULD CUT THE GROWTH OFF, AS I AM GETTING MORE AND MORE FAINT, WEASY, AND LIGHT HEADED, I HAD TO GET SMELLING SALT, AND A BAG OVER MY FACE, FEET ELEVATED, JUST GIVING BLOOD, SO, SHE HAD ME LAY DOWN, WHICH IS A GOOD IDEA, AND, JUST LIKE MAGIC, THE WHOLE PROCEDURE, WAS OVER, WITH LITTLE PAIN, THE RECEPTIONIST DUDE, TOLD ME SHE WAS GOOD, AT SCRAPING FOR LAB MATERIAL, OR DOING A BIOPTSY, SO HE PUT ME AT EASE A BIT, BUT SHE WAS EVEN BETTER, THAN, MY WORSE, THOUGHTS, I WAS CONJURING UP, THINKING, NOBODY TO ME, I HAD TO GET A SHOT, AND NOW I AM STUCK! LOL! I CAN TAKE ANY MENTAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL PRESSURE AND PAIN, BUT, PHYSICAL, ABSOLUTELY, NO TOLERANCE FOR PAIN! BUT, SHE PUT THE SAMPLE IN A LITTLE MEDICAL BOTTLE, TO GO TO THE LAB, RESULTS IN A WEEK OR SO, BUT, JUST A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND A PROFESSIONAL STAFF! I HAVE A SMALL, LITTLE SORE, BUT, IT FEELS SO MUCH BETTER ALREADY, GLAD TO NOT GET THE THING CAUGHT ON MY BACKPACK, WHILE TAKING IT OFF, OR STUCK, UNDER MY SHIRT . . . IT WAS GETTING JUST BIG ENOUGH, GROSS I KNOW, BUT TO GET IRRITATED, IF IT GOT TOUCHED! I AM A HUGE ASS PROPONENT OF, MEDICAL CLINICS, AND HAVE TAKEN MY KIDS, TO THEM, SINCE BIRTH, LOVE THE CONVENIENCE, GENERALLY, IN GOOD LOCATIONS, AND I HAVE ALWAYS FOUND, THE STAFFS, EVERY BIT AS GOOD, IF NOT BETTER THAN, GOING TO THE HOSPITAL, THESE ARE DOCS AND NURSE, LIKE ME . . . NOT IN MEDICINE OR LAW, FOR THE MONEY, BUT TO SERVE, WITH LICENSES TO SERVE . . . SOMETIMES YOU GET MORE THAN YOU PAY FOR, WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THEIR ART AND PROFESSION, FOR LOVE! MS. FEE, HAD BEAUTIFUL SKIN, HERSELF! MY EX, I JUST WROTE ABOUT, HAD GREAT INSURANCE, SO DID I, AFTER, I STARTED WORKING FOR THE STATE OF UTAH, BUT, I STILL, LOVED THE CLINICS, I AM A SIMPLE PERSON, AND THE LESS, COMPLICATED, LESS HASSLE, LEAST EFFORT, THE BETTER FOR ME! SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL CLINICS, GREAT SERVICE, MOVES AND KEEPS THE COMMUNITY HEALTHY! I SAW A GREAT TRUCK, PULL OUT OF FRESH MARKET ON BROADWAY, YESTERDAY, THAT HAD A BIG RED APPLE ON IT, AND IT SAID, "NATURE'S MOST AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE!" AN APPLE A DAY, KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY . . . PRESIDENT OBAMA, WAS NEVER SICK, FROM WHAT I SAW, AND I READ ABOUT HIM, HE LITERALLY, EATS AN APPLE A DAY! THE BEST WAY TO LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS, IS TO EAT, EXERCISE, AND GET ENOUGH SLEEP, ALL THE THINGS, YOU LEARNED IN JUNIOR AND HIGH SCHOOL HEALTH CLASSES! BUT, THANKS TO ALL THE MEDICAL PERSONNEL, WHO ARE THERE FOR US, WHEN, WE HAVE WEIRD THINGS, GROWING ON OUR ARM, AND THE VANITY OF SUMMER IS COMING! HAVE A GREAT DAY! LOVE YOUR LIFE . . . LIFE IS GOOD, AND GREAT PEOPLE, MAKE IT EVEN BETTER! THE SLICE AND DICE GANG, NICK NAME FOR DOCS, STILL APLLIES, BUT NICE JOB, JACQUELINE! KISSES! THANKS, FEELS SO MUCH BETTER, WITHOUT THE PINCH! HAVE A GOOD ONE!

P.S., correction, the clinic, is called, Partnership Health Center, Missoula Community Health Center.  As, I was, looking at the business card, Jackie, I assume she goes by that, gave me . . . with the card, falling in my "The U.S. Constitution and Fascinating Facts About it" . . . I found, three quotes, I wanted to use, for the last few weeks, and would totally forget.  But in light of the FREE SPEECH cartoon, I thought, I would put this quotes in today's blog:

"Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution.  That must be maintained , for it is the only safeguard of our liberties." --Abraham Lincoln

"In free countries, every man is entitled to express his opinions and every other man is entitled not to listen."  --Norman Collie

"The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution is a miracle; their example a hope of Liberty throughout the world."  --James Madison