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\"Scott \u00a0\u00a0 Well, it happened again.\u00a0 Another milestone snuck up on me.\u00a0 No, it’s not my birthday.\u00a0 It’s also not my wife’s birthday which is this Saturday and yes, before anyone asks, I’m already prepared for that.\u00a0 The milestone I’m talking about is my 100th blahg.\u00a0 If you checked out my first blahg of this year,\u00a0THE FALSE DUCKS VIDEO BLAHG #4: OH, DIDN\u2019T I RAMBLE<\/a>, I mentioned that it was possible to complete the 100th blahg sometime in September if I doubled down and started writing two blahgs a month.\u00a0 I did that but I still came out ahead.\u00a0 I guess I didn’t count correctly back in January.\u00a0 Don’t worry, I know how to count and I’m not stupid enough to count out the corresponding number of candles for my wife’s birthday cake and then put them on there.\u00a0 I want to stay happily married.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0The first blahg that I wrote was\u00a0THE BLAHG & THE MOST HAPPY SOUND<\/a>, which I published on October 2nd, in 2011.\u00a0 I reached the 50 blahg mark on December 12th, 2015.\u00a0 Here’s what I said back then about reaching the 50 blahg mark:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Fifty blahgs in 4 years?\u00a0 I’m sure that’s not a record to boast about.\u00a0 I remember when I started this blahg that I had high ambitions.\u00a0 I deluded myself into thinking I could write two blahgs a week.\u00a0 I then amended that goal to write 50 blahgs before I turned 50.\u00a0 I turned 50 in September of 2012.\u00a0 I guess I missed that goal as well.\u00a0 To tell the truth, I’m just glad that I’m still writing; even if I don’t know if anyone is reading.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

I know for a fact that someone is reading because in the past few months I’ve been contacted about two different blahgs.\u00a0 I don’t want to talk about those because there’s a big project in the works and I’m hoping to be a part of it.\u00a0 More, hopefully, on that later.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0So, 100 hunh?\u00a0 What do I write about to commemorate that triple digit accomplishment?\u00a0 When I wrote the 50th blahg, it was long enough that I had to split it into two blahgs:\u00a0 THIS IS 50, PART ONE.<\/a>\u00a0 and\u00a0THIS IS 50, PART TWO<\/a>, I reviewed a number of topics I had covered in the first 49 and then added a few.\u00a0 It took me just over four years to reach the 50 mark and it’s taken just over five and a half years to get to 100.\u00a0 That’s almost ten years cumulatively to get to this point.\u00a0 If anyone is asking, I guess I’ve strove for quality and not quantity.\u00a0 I think this blahg should be another retrospective of this second set of 50 blahgs.\u00a0 Of course, I’ll leave off number 51 because that was\u00a0THIS IS 50, PART TWO<\/a> and was a summary of the previous 49 or 50.\u00a0 So let’s see how I do encapsulating the past blahgs in so many words.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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51.\u00a0 This is 50, Part Two.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\"Donald<\/a><\/em>I said I wasn’t going to look back on that one but I did add a few extra topics to round that one out.\u00a0 One of those was “Donald Trump”.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Little did we know that five and half years later we would finally be rid of him.\u00a0 Let’s hope, like Covid 19, we don’t see a second wave of him.\u00a0 If there is a big new wave then hopefully he’s standing in front of it.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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52.\u00a0 The Balancing Act.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>I had started a new job and was trying to balance a work and home life.\u00a0 I wasn’t doing so well.\u00a0 I was letting my wife pick up my slack.\u00a0 I hope I’ve done better since then.\u00a0 Ask me again after her Birthday.\u00a0 At least I wrote a new poem for it, “the balancing act”:<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

the balancing act<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

take a boy in a tree<\/em>
\nlegs akimbo<\/em>
\naware of sky and ground<\/em>
\ntrying to be somewhere in the middle<\/em>
\nyears pass<\/em>
\nboy becomes older<\/em>
\nbigger<\/em>
\nmaybe taller<\/em>
\nmaybe just bigger around the middle<\/em>
\nmaybe married<\/em>
\nmaybe children<\/em>
\nmaybe job<\/em>
\ntrying to stay balanced<\/em>
\non his limb<\/em>
\nhis own limbs flying<\/em>
\nflying objects in the air<\/em>
\ntrying not to let anyone or anything<\/em>
\ncome crashing down<\/em><\/h4>\n

there\u2019s no prize to keep your eyes on<\/em>
\nyou can\u2019t look away<\/em>
\nor everything falls away<\/em>
\nmaybe steal a glance here or there<\/em>
\nat other boys in the tree<\/em>
\nmore likely other girls<\/em>
\nbut don\u2019t let anyone catch you looking<\/em>
\ncertainly not the wife<\/em>
\nsometimes you get a glimpse<\/em>
\nof another part of the tree<\/em>
\nthe branch not taken<\/em>
\nand you wonder<\/em><\/h4>\n

and in that instance<\/em>
\nyou drop something<\/em>
\nyour guard<\/em>
\nyour focus<\/em>
\nand you shift<\/em>
\ndirection maybe<\/em>
\nweight to another foot<\/em>
\nand you pick up someone else\u2019s load<\/em>
\nmaybe that parent<\/em>
\nwho climbed up after you<\/em>
\nand now there\u2019s things on your shoulders<\/em>
\nmore to bear<\/em>
\nbear down<\/em>
\nstay centered<\/em><\/h4>\n

some boys jump<\/em>
\nwalk way<\/em>
\nfrom the jumble around the trunk<\/em>
\nsee the brass ring<\/em>
\nmaybe a selfish one<\/em>
\na way down<\/em>
\nhide among the bushes<\/em>
\nand be someone else<\/em>
\nanother boy<\/em><\/h4>\n

can\u2019t be that way<\/em>
\nthis boy\u2019s staked a spot<\/em>
\ndefend it<\/em>
\ncherish it<\/em>
\nwave off birds<\/em>
\nother intruders<\/em>
\nother boys<\/em>
\nthose other girls glimpsed from a distance<\/em><\/h4>\n

the balls are still in the air<\/em>
\nplates spinning<\/em>
\nhead erect<\/em>
\neyes forward<\/em>
\nno longer balancing<\/em>
\npart of the tree<\/em>
\nmaybe the tree<\/em>
\nrooted<\/em>
\nbeckoning to the other boys<\/em>
\ncatching their kites<\/em>
\nso they have to come nearer<\/em>
\nsee this boy\u2019s foliage<\/em><\/h4>\n

reaching out<\/em><\/h4>\n

calling out<\/em><\/h4>\n

climb up<\/em>
\nclimb up<\/em><\/h4>\n

stay awhile<\/em><\/h4>\n

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53.\u00a0 It’s Never Too Late.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>I finally got the Micronauts Rocket Tubes I always wanted.\u00a0 \"Sears<\/a>That was in early 2016.\u00a0 I haven’t pulled them out since.\u00a0 I guess I didn’t want it all the much.\u00a0 Still, there’s the Canadian version from Sears that had the gliders.\u00a0 I’d really like that.\u00a0 Maybe it’s still not too late.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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54.\u00a0 If I’d Be A Superman.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>I’ve always had a fascination with Superman.\u00a0 That blahg was not inspired by the film \u201cBatman V. Superman, Dawn of Justice” which came out around the same time as that blahg.\u00a0 Nor is this blahg inspired by “Justice League – The Zack Snyder Cut.”\u00a0 Earlier this year I watched the 2015 documentary, “The Death of “Superman Lives”: What Happened?”\u00a0 Fascinating story of what might have happened if Nicholas Cage and Tim Burton had got together to make a Superman film.\u00a0 Unlike my last blahg, it’s far too late for that project.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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55.\u00a0 A Class Act.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>That blahg was primarily about my experience with the band “I Fight Dragons” and trying to purchase some of their music for my daughter Abbie.\u00a0 Their lead singer Brian emailed me personally and made the transaction happen in time for Abbie’s birthday.\u00a0 Later this year, “I Fight Dragons” will release a new album “Side Quest: B-Sides And Rarities.”\u00a0 <\/i>\u00a0You can bet I’ll get that for my daughter’s birthday unless she buys it first.\u00a0 She’s still waiting for them to do a concert in Toronto but she’s still waiting on that.\u00a0 It might happen.\u00a0 It’s never too late.\u00a0 Sorry, I just had to put that in.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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56.\u00a0 R.I.P. Jerry Lewis 2017.\u00a0 Jerry Lewis also had a blahg in the first 50,\u00a0I SHINED JERRY LEWIS\u2019 SHOE<\/a>.\u00a0 This second blahg was another homage to a great comedian.\u00a0 We are lucky that a few more of his films have been released since his passing in 2017.\u00a0 In 2013, Jerry Lewis starred in the film “Max Rose”. \u00a0It has yet to be released on DVD in North America. \u00a0Here’s a trailer: \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n