Estate update

1st Estate: The clergy
2nd Estate: The nobles/rich
3rd Estate: The rest of us
4th Estate:The press
Real Estate: Republicans who flip houses

poor georgie is on sabbatical

poor georgie is on sabbatical.
The almanack is back on the shelf.
Next, a book about family mythology.
The real reasons our ancestors made decisions that affect our kids.

It is never over because it never ends

poor georgie’s almanack:

Sports: It’s over when the fat lady sings.

Foreign Affairs: The fat lady is dead.

Sweat

 poor georgie’s almanack:

Don’t sweat the big stuff. 

You can’t do anything about it. 

this must be the place

poor georgie's almanack:

Seen last week in an isolated hamlet just off the road between Cape Town, where the currents and winds of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans collide, and the deserts of Nabibia.

Calvinia

poor georgie’s almanack:
In a dusty, god-forsaken, South African desert town, for two nights I laid upon my great-uncle’s ancient bed in the home he built for his bride … and dreamed of our DNA dancing among the rafters.

Ahh Haa!

August 26, 2014 

poor georgie’s almanack:

Why senior citizens are friendly:  They never Metamucil they didn’t like.

Why are they egging us on?

poor georgie’s almanack:

Eggs again have been declared “healthy.”

After all these years, it turns out, the yolk was on us.

Weighty decisions

poor georgie’s almanack:
For some it is “justice.” 
For others, “just us.”

Bush metamorphose

poor georgie’s almanack:

Famed portrait artist George W. Bush has morphed into a superb ex-president (really).  Mr. & Mrs. Bush did the best ALS ice bucket challenge so far.  He keeps his mouth shut about the reality of the world in which we now live.  W is a great example for others of his administration.  They too, should take up art.  In his present incarnation, W has become as genuinely likable as his old geezer, airplane-jumping, father.