My Co-Pilot
People have been asking, "Rocky,
are you traveling across America all alone?" No. At least
not in the beginning. My friend Bubbles is moving back to New
Jersey. She spent a decade trying to buy into the California
Dream, but like a broken vending machine this state kept spitting back
whatever currency she offered. To her, the drive is all about
achieving a sense of demarcation.
(Bubbles would like you to know that she quit her job, she wasn't
let go after meeting with the Bobs).
I used to walk to work. Less than a block. I found that the three minutes it took to go from the front porch to the office were not enough, My psyche could not compartmentalize, and I often found myself taking the longer way around the block, past the Mercedes garage with the screaming Armenian mechanics, in order to achieve the proper emotional spacing. For Bubbles, this trip will be the Costco-size version of my walk around the block. Some transitions are too big to be made in five hours, with your tray table down, a tiny cup of Diet Coke in front of you, and "The Benchwarmers" playing on a monitor the size of my foot.
Having said that, Bubbles can test my patience, and I have the patience of a Ukrainian sniper. I've checked the map and found 14 cities near our expected route that offer direct flights to Newark. Coach Wooden would be proud of me.
(Bubbles would like you to know that she quit her job, she wasn't
let go after meeting with the Bobs).
I used to walk to work. Less than a block. I found that the three minutes it took to go from the front porch to the office were not enough, My psyche could not compartmentalize, and I often found myself taking the longer way around the block, past the Mercedes garage with the screaming Armenian mechanics, in order to achieve the proper emotional spacing. For Bubbles, this trip will be the Costco-size version of my walk around the block. Some transitions are too big to be made in five hours, with your tray table down, a tiny cup of Diet Coke in front of you, and "The Benchwarmers" playing on a monitor the size of my foot.
Having said that, Bubbles can test my patience, and I have the patience of a Ukrainian sniper. I've checked the map and found 14 cities near our expected route that offer direct flights to Newark. Coach Wooden would be proud of me.
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5/3/2007 9:27 AM
Hello Rocky Petralia wrote:
Hello Rocky, I took your advice and invested in JP Morgan Chase (JPM) at the beginning of the year. They are already flirting with the 10% gains you promised for '07. Do I stick with them, or is it time to profit take? Graham Pumphrey Eastbourne-on-Baliwick, UK Rocky Responds:Ring the register, Graham. The organization has accomplished the goals I mapped out in December:1. Digest Bank One: Final and most important step was renaming Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix Chase Field.2. Distance themselves from scandal ... -
5/3/2007 9:34 AM
Hello Rocky Petralia wrote:
Hello Rocky, I took your advice and invested in JP Morgan Chase (JPM) at the beginning of the year. They are already flirting with the 10% gains you promised for '07. Do I stick with them, or is it time to profit take? Graham Pumphrey Eastbourne-on-Baliwick, UK Rocky Responds:Ring the register, Graham. The organization has accomplished the goals I mapped out in December:1. Digest Bank One: Final and most important step was renaming Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix Chase Field.2. Distance themselves from scandal ... -
5/6/2007 7:37 PM
Hello Rocky Petralia wrote:
Hello Rocky, I took your advice and invested in JP Morgan Chase (JPM) at the beginning of the year. They are already flirting with the 10% gains you promised for '07. Do I stick with them, or is it time to profit take? Graham Pumphrey Eastbourne-on-Baliwick, UK Rocky Responds:Ring the register, Graham. The organization has accomplished the goals I mapped out in December:1. Digest Bank One: Final and most important step was renaming Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix Chase Field.2. Distance themselves from scandal ...
Happy 4th Rocky as you adventure across middle america getting back to the nation's roots. What I don't get is how you could be late living for work just a block away. Keep us up to date.
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Speaking as one of your four sisters, i can certainly attest to your patience! I can recall you remaining silent on countless trips across the desert in cars without air conditioning, enduring the whining and bitching of your sweaty sisters demandig another bathroom stop!
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Rocky,
Coach Wooden is very proud of you and wants you to remember another of his famous quotes "Be quick but never hurry." The top of your Clambake Pyramid is your goal but you must concentrate on building a strong foundation
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Rocky - Perhaps the Coach's other credo "Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do" would be more useful on your journey.
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