"Men willingly believe what they wish." (Julius Caesar)

.....Yesterday in my blog I discussed "misconceived perceptions", and it got me to consider what people think when they notice that for a long time I have worn replicas of my combat aircrew wings and my Air and DFC medals on my suspenders and on my hats. I can imagine that some may think that I am taking too much notice of myself by that practice. If so, that is a fine example of a misconceived perception--and one that is completely wrong. The fact is that I have done that to honor comrades who never made it back, and that has been my sole purpose. The strange thing is that I can't recall anyone ever asking me the reason for displaying those replicas; so, if anyone misconceives the purpose of my wearing them, I can hardly blame them. I am fairly certain that no one would think of the truth; I wear them to memorialize my buddies. After the coming Memorial Day, however, I will discontinue the practice--except on my hat. I just can't go out without a hat. Don't ask me why. And don't wish anyone a "Happy Memorial Day".

.....Today Rhoda came with me to the VA Hospital because I was having my eyes dilated for a retinal examination. A resent blood test showed that my blood sugar was high and somehow, I don't know why, a retinal exam is required if one is borderline diabetic. What that has to do with my retinas is a medical mystery which I will research on "google". Google knows everything. Of course, that belies Socrate's belief that the only thing he knows is that he knows nothing. Nevertheless, Socrates never had the advantage of googling when he wanted to know something. Inevitably, when you google anything it takes you right to the Wikepedia Online Encyclopedia. I don't know what I would do without it.

.....Since my eyes were dilated, Rhoda drove almost all the way home. We stopped at a plaza where you can get a Nathan's hot dog and fries. I had the hot dog and she had a strawberry smoothie. She always opts for the healthy food, not that I'm aware if a smoothie is healthy, but probably beats a hot dog. It was a mid-afternoon snack, and tonite we are going to Duffy's where I can indulge myself in their lobster bisque, perhaps not so healthy by Rhoda's standards, but I'll have it anyway and have something healthy tomorrow like baby back ribs, maybe.

.....This summer is very hot and we are in the rainy season. You don't want to get caught driving in a rain storm down here; very scary and dangerous. We really don't want to hang around here all summer, so we may just drive to Biloxi and stay at the Beau Rivage, a hotel and casino that we like very much. We took this trip once before and enjoyed it. So we have no qualms about doing it again. (I'll have to look up "qualms"). You may have suspected that I'm really struggling with this blog. I felt like writing something--anything--and so I have. None of the paragraphs have anything to do with each other. Each is a separate entity. And so to sup.