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I traced the plumbing back into the basement, and found a pipe that was hot.

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I took an out door shower, and it was scalding hot the way I like them.

KatamaMark fiddled with the controls. It was a fancy mixing valve that included all the bells and whistles. Up selling has a lot to do with that, so we will buy more stuff, and at more inflated prices.

KM unintentionally took a second shower as he explored the controls. The jet streams from the side “all body” shower heads got him good.

“Amateur”.

He finally found the 20% of the controls that give us 80% of our results.

Just use these two dials and don’t touch anything else. Occam’s razor at work.

Km has serious brain power, but he is in the middle of a two week vacation.

His brain is probably disengaged, like mine usually is.

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Where are the signs when we need them?

For those who read them, they may help.

For the rest of us, we stumble forward, and try to help those coming behind us.

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“Watch out for the stump.”

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We were heading out to the MV fair. We had a nice time there last year. I played whac a mole with George, he downed all my lemonade when I wasn’t looking, Ruth Ellen stepped on Meg Ryan’s foot and we watched the pig races.

It was raining this year, and half way out there I said “Is this nuts or what?

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In trading, if we are going in the wrong direction, it is usually easier… (well, not easier, but more profitable) to simply reverse directions and go with the flow.

Stop losses keep us from adding more pain to the one we are already experiencing.

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We did a U turn and headed for Scoops.

We could have saved money by going to the Fair. It cost eight dollars apiece to get in, before we even counted the 2 cups of lemonade. So we are already in the hole fourteen bucks before we count the games and corn dogs.

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The experience, of course, is priceless.

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Ali saw a sign that read “Jewelry”. If Joel had seen it first, of course, he could have ordered a double scoop ice cream for Lucy at Scoops in an attempt to stall.

No such luck.

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Speaking of inflating tires: jewelry, clothing, and food all magically carry larger price tags on the Island. More so than the already normally bloated prices on the mainland. Sorry, no dementia here yet; 25 cents for a movie and about two bits for soda and pop corn when I was a kid.

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They tell me I am “lucky”: now that I am a Senior citizen I can get into the movies for “only” $7.50.

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I felt bad about our U turn; it usually saves us some cash, but this was destined to be an exercise in futility.

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We were driving to Oak Bluffs for a birthday bash for Chris. Jimmy Seas is usually up to the occaision, and tonight was no exception.

Crazy but true: On the way there, as we were midway crossing state beach, an idiot driving a black Ford 150 pick up did a U turn right in the middle of the road. If KM was tailgating, we would have had an accident. As we passed him and exchanged a few wordless glances about his lack of driving skills, he seemed offended that we did not share his perspective on his right to do as he pleases.

He does, as long as it is legal and /or doesn’t put someone else’s life in jeopordy.

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Happy Birthday!

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We were stuffed after enjoying the feast.

A short ride home, no lie, we were talking a mile a minute, and KatamateurMark, oblivious to the signal of the white posts, went past the driveway.

We did a U turn and a minute later, had already recouped the lost mileage.

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Minutes later I put on my Joey Tribiani pants. They are the ones that allow you to have a larger U turn in the waist when you are pregnant, or enjoying the Bounty of Thanksgiving.

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On the way, I was telling a story about Obamination.

At the aforementioned jewelry store, a sette was covered with a huge blanket that had multiple images of our current President.

A woman commented: “I see you are admiring this work.”

Untactfully I suggested: “No, but I am looking at it.”

She made a derogatory remark about my politics, and I did an abrupt U turn, and, remembering it was vacation, withdrew my words as fast as I could, trying to be non-confrontational.

I didn’t know if she would understand that I like the man but not his socialist politics.

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There will always be the polar opposites of darkness and light.

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We give energy to what we focus upon. When the darkness is pitch black, when our thoughts are the inkiest, more than ever we need to make a U turn to find illumination…