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Boy’s Night Out

Monday, April 20th, 2009

I go through life looking for inspirational things to write about. At first, when I started writing this blog, I wondered if I’d run out of things to talk about. No way. I’ve got a list as long as my arm.

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Cruisin’ in a 55 Chevy

Well, last night I had an inspirational night out – with the boys. I don’t do this sort of thing very often anymore. Actually it’s been years, I’m sad to say. Perhaps it’s because I’m too busy, too married, too much the loner. Whatever the reason, I’m gonna change.

I’m in my 6th decade. So I say, “Boys Night Out” with tongue in cheek. But that’s what it was. We 4 guys spent the night riding around in Terry’s old jalopy (well, actually it was his Mercedes), we went out for pizza at our old college hangout, (well, actually it was pizza and steak) and later we hit Ted Drews in St. Loo for Concrete Blizzards (that’s some pretty serious ice cream shakes).

We didn’t get drunk, we didn’t turn on, but we talked about girls and basketball and football, cars, the Cardinals (the name of my shake was “Cardinal Sin”), our past and our future. Just four guys driving around in a car, lookin’ for something to do on their way home from a gig.

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