run on sentences

Back in the early 80's I got hooked on the TV series "Dallas".  I was a lot younger then and so were the characters.  On Friday nights, I put my kids to bed early so that I could treat myself to the trials and tribulations of the Ewings and drink Squirt and whiskey and eat popcorn.  At the time, Bruce was working at the Tinderbox and on Friday night, he volunteered for KRCL, a local radio station.  So Dallas was my secret Friday night indulgence. This is what the characters looked like back then - Jock Ewing, the patriach is missing from this photo.  But Miss Ellie ruled the roost anyway. I was never one for soap operas but for some reason,  I loved watching this show and seeing what people with unlimited funds lived like.  There was a definite theme - JR was the bad guy, his wife Sue Ellen was the long suffering wife who put up with a husband who screwed any pretty girl he could.   JR always drank Bourbon and branch water - whatever that i...

 I have been working on this post for a few weeks.  It was going to be called "detours"  But I took too many detours and went into too much rambling about what I wanted to say and then I never said it.  I really just need to spit it out so here goes. What I really wanted to say is that sometimes life sucks.  I hate that my dog has a tumor the size of the Great Salt Lake in his liver.  I hate that my neighbor and good friend has three tumor in hers as well.  She has a bag that is draining bright yellow liver juice from her liver.  Jack is just pooping bright yellow liver juice in splotches on the lawn or sidewalk.  Interestingly enough, they both are getting the same treatment - anti nausea meds and pain pills.  They are  around the same age.  I think Jack is doing better because he is a dog and doesn't know he is dying.  On days when he feels good he follows me around till I take him walking.  On other days when he ...