Photo by Steve Buss circa early 80s<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now that I\u2019m all grown up and realize that I\nwant to be a writer I\u2019ve taken to keeping a notebook at my bedside to record\nthe thoughts I wake up to. Freud taught this, as part of his dream analysis. I\nused to do the same when I was in my 20s, and just talked about wanting to be a\nwriter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve gone back to some of those old\nnotebooks, reading my waking thoughts, and I came to a grand conclusion: I was\nstupid then. Drinking Papa Jim (Beam) and smoking Mama Mary (Jane) did little \u2013\nif anything \u2013 to make me smarter. But I sure wasted a lot of time thinking that\nit did, or would – somehow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No regrets, though. In no small way it made\nme what I am today. I\u2019m older, that\u2019s for sure; and I hope to the Greater Power\nthat I\u2019m a bit wiser (not just bud wiser.) I think the jury\u2019s still out on that\none, but the bailiff\u2019s going to summon them now…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Photo by Steve Buss circa early 80s Now that I\u2019m all grown up and realize that I want to be a writer I\u2019ve taken to keeping a notebook at my bedside to record the thoughts I wake up to. Freud taught this, as part of his dream analysis. I used to do the same […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[14,129],"class_list":["post-1481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-kurt-buss","tag-new-years-revelation"],"yoast_head":"\n