Back in the 1980's I was in a rock band that put out a couple of CD's. If we hadn't been so unpopular I think we could have been huge.
Our 1st CD was called, Just in time to be late (the name set the tone for how well we weren't going to do). We were going to call the 2nd CD, Only to be remembered by how quickly they were forgotten but the record company felt this would only hasten the arrival of the CD at it's ultimate and final resting place (the delete/discount bin at records stores).
The music industry measures sales success in terms of Gold and Platinum. They created a new category for us. They called it Sponge. I'm proud to say we achieved Double Sponge status.
Our initial pressing of 10 CD's sold quickly and propelled us to Single Sponge status but it would be many more months until my mom gave away the 1st 10 CD's and bought the next pressing of 10 to give away. Once all of her friends and family had copies of the CD, sales stalled.
It was during this period that I met the woman of my dreams that would one day become my wife. Not long after, my life went From Rock to Reality.
In the Bahamas they call traffic lights, Go lights instead of Stop lights. They did this to lessen the uproar from the locals when lights were installed in areas that never had traffic lights. Interesting how changing one word in a phrase can totally change you perception of it. Is the cup half empty or half full? It's all in your perception. Do you look for the positive or the negative in things? Whichever you look for, you will find.
Back in the 1980's I was in a rock band that put out a couple of CD's. If we hadn't been so unpopular I think we could have been huge.
We are going on holidays and my wife says, take the kids to the doctor and get them prescriptions for ailments they might get while we are away. I say, are you nuts, the doctor is going to think I'm crazy, he can't prescribe medicine for something they don't have. She gives me THAT LOOK and I pack up the kids and take them to the doctor. I tell the doctor why I'm there and he gives me THAT LOOK and I pack up the kids and take them home without a prescription.
Women are care givers and men are care needers. Givers need needers and needers need givers. We fill a void in each others lives. In all other areas of life, giving to the needy is a common and noble practice. Why doesn't this apply to husbands?
