Chuck

“If I stand here, I can see the Little Red Haired girl when she comes out of her house... Of course, if she sees me peeking around this tree, she'll think I'm the dumbest person in the world... But if I don't peek around the tree, I'll never see her... Which means I probably AM the dumbest person in the world... which explains why I'm standing in a batch of poison oak.” -Charlie Brown

Good Ol' Chuck Brown.
I love this guy!

I've learned that when life gives you lemons you should make lemonade but mostly just the rich kids have the juicers.

I remember when I was about 8 years old all my friends had new BMX bikes (a must have in the early 80's) I had one too but I couldn't ride it. The gang wanted to ride around the block like they owned the place and I wanted to follow.

But of course I couldn't ride.

So naturally I ran the bike desperately behind them as if holding on to the bike somehow made me fit in.

That reminds me of a time that the neighbors across the field told me to come jump on their trampoline. I was scared and turned bright red when they called me but I went over anyway and stumbled over the fence clumsily. I kicked one leg up on the hot metal frame and rolled myself onto the trampoline.

Of course it didn't take long before the "big kids" started laughing and yelling "break the egg".

When you're a quiet 10 year old kid you don't know a lot but you know that kids twice your size yelling "break the egg" isn't a good thing.

"Curl up into a ball," said Jon (the same guy that years later threw a boulder at my head)

I curled up into a ball at their command and hoped that a shaky lower lip and a budding tear would bring mercy.
It didn't.....

"1, 2, 3......"

I landed with one leg in between the springs and one head on the grass.

A few years later it was July of 2007. My wife and I were desperatley clinging to the sharp edges of a heavy desk hauling it up the stairs of our new home.

It was the PERFECT time to buy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Your home will appreciate by $50,000.00 the minute you turn the key," exclaimed our realtor.

There was appreciation alright!
By our close friends who decided to wait until the market crashed so they could buy their dream home for ten thousand dollars.

Just my luck

I even told my wife this. "Trust me," I said. "You want to see the housing bubble burst?! I'll buy a home."

If you have a tee time it's going to rain.

If you make a birdie putt your brother will make an eagle.

If you start to catch up to your brother on the back nine he'll eagle a par 5, get a hole in one on the next hole, and birdie the following hole.

I hate golf!!!!!

Normally I pull the ball, but if there's a lake to my right I slice to my right.

Someone told me to aim at the lake then. Alright i'll aim at the damn lake.

I hit the ball in the lake.

I've hit a 3 iron square into a young tree that had a radius of 3 inches.

I was aiming at it!



Because someone told me to aim at it if I wanted to avoid it.