{"id":9719,"date":"2009-09-11T13:41:12","date_gmt":"2009-09-11T20:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=9719"},"modified":"2018-02-03T07:09:37","modified_gmt":"2018-02-03T14:09:37","slug":"whack-job-and-other-freezer-burned-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/9719\/whack-job-and-other-freezer-burned-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"WhAcK JoB (and other freezer burned ideas)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finally,\u00a0 a bloggable thought!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let me attempt to serve up something\u00a0 palatable on the fine tapas Chinette<\/em> as I poke through the\u00a0 leftovers in the upstairs icebox. I know, it’s been a month of Sundays since I’ve broken literary bread with the family.<\/p>\n

Hey, what’s this here?<\/p>\n

Some freezer burned Zig Zigler?\u00a0 Better check the expiration date on this mentally recorded morsel: 1976?\u00a0 Hmmm…perhaps I’ll just let it thaw and feed it to the hounds with the dry food…<\/p>\n

Insert\u00a0 frosty Beta<\/em> into Radarange <\/em>and press PLAY
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

‘So there’s this Chinese bamboo tree that doesn’t grow an inch for four years, barely pokes its stem out of the dirt, then, in one amazing swing around the Sun, in year five,\u00a0 it shoots up ten feet…..’ <\/em>and\u00a0 so I paraphrase the Zig man and countless other soap box derby wearers. It’s an old story.
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve tripped across many versions of the above Eastern yarn over motivational time and space; some prophets claim seven<\/em> years for the phenomenon, some claim five<\/em>, still others\u00a0 declare overnight!<\/em> The same question is always begged….does a bamboo tree (Chinese or otherwise) really grow ten feet in any<\/em> amount of time (save a little daily watering) after laying\u00a0 dormant for 1500 days ?\u00a0 And if so, why?<\/p>\n

Oh hell, we’re all pretty smart dogs around here. We all know why.<\/p>\n

Personally, it took this mutt over thirty years to complete and submit for publication, a written project that was greater in length than a thousand words and didn’t involve an iPhone<\/em> snapshot. The notion struck me like a branding iron as I sat at my desk\u00a0 completing the final U.S. Copyright\u00a0 and Writers Guild of America keystrokes (along with credit card info, of course) into my tired machine.\u00a0 I can only hope that after 60 days and nights of finger pecking toil (not to mention the 30 years below the soil), what I sent off , paid for, copyrighted, and registered, is even worth stealing.<\/p>\n

So anyway, here’s a sample of what my bamboo tree just sprouted:<\/p>\n

SCOTTY takes two more shot glasses off the tray and hands one
\nto CAT CHOW who reluctantly accepts the offering.<\/strong><\/p>\n

CAT CHOW
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Finally,\u00a0 a bloggable thought! Let me attempt to serve up something\u00a0 palatable on the fine tapas Chinette as I poke through the\u00a0 leftovers in the upstairs icebox. I know, it’s been a month of Sundays since I’ve broken literary bread with the family. Hey, what’s this here? 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