AUG 27 2017 THE   ART OF OVER  SIMPLIFICATION  FOR COMIC PURPOSES  GOT ME ONE COMMENT ABOUT NOT SHOWING RESPECT FOR THE ARMED FORCES..--- I HAVE THE ULTIMATE RESPECT FOR THE MILITARY   I WORK VERY HARD TO BE ABLE TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR A FEW OF THEM-- BUT THAT SHOULD NOT PREVENT ME FOR HAVING FUN WITH HUMANITY IN GENERAL--  THE CONCEPT OF DOING EVERYTHING PERFECTLY IS A FIGMENT OF  TEH IMAGINATION... IF IT INVOLVES A GROUP OF PEOPLE...  EVEN IN TH OPERATION ROOM THEY NOW COUNT THE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT BEFORE CLOSING-- NOT BECAUSE OF THE COST OF REPLACING THEM  BUT SOMEEWHERE SOMETIME  SOMEONE REPLACED A GALL BLADDER WITH A GAUZE SPONGE.... A VERY  BRIGHT FRIEND  ONCE TOLD ME WHATEVER SOPHISTICATED SYSTEM THERE IS,  GOD WILL EVENTUALLY SEE TO POINT OUT A MINOR FLAW.   FROM OPERATING ROOMS TO OIL RIGS   TO  REFRIGERATION ON SHIPS--  TO IGNORE THE FOOLISH  POSIBILITY IS REALLLLLLLLLLY FOOLISH. SO...I DON'T HAVE TO BOTHER WITH THE CONGRESS/ POLITICAL SCENE-- I WILL LEAVE THAT TO SAT NITE LIVE...   BUT CLOSE AT HAND IS ---ADI--- WHICH  FOR ACCREDITATION TO TRAIN DOGS....HAS TEH RULE ALL DOORS MUST HAVE AN EXIT SIGN--- SO WE HHAVE ONE IN THE T TENT... WHICH HAS NO WALLS???.. THE "THIS PAGE LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK" ON  IRS NOTICES  ON PAPER CAREFULLY LABLELD  "PLEASE  RECYCLE..." "PLEASE DON'T LET YOUR CHILD SWALLOW THE CAP TO THIS WATER BOTTLE." "READ THIS WARNING" SOMEBODY WROTE A BOOK ABOUT THE $400 TOILET SEAT THE ARMY BOUGHT--- LEAVING OUT DETAILS IS VERY EFFECTIVE. IT IS RAINING IN HOUSTON?   THE BIG DEAL IS ... IT IS NOT STOPPING TO RAIN IN HOUSTON...  JUST SO I DON'T LEAVE OUT THE AIRFORCE,   I DO KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT AN AIRFORCE PILOT DECIDED TO FLY FROM TEXAS TO FLORIDA TO GET SOME ORANGE JUICE.  NAVY  ACCIDENT FACT STILL REMAINS... THE BUMPOR WAS A 900 FOOT LONG COMMERCIAL VEHICLE WAS BEING STEERED FROM  910 FEET  AWAY AND AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE  BUMPEE ( US NAVY SHIP)- THERE IS A BASIC CONCEPT THERE THAT I DON 'T UNDERSTAND... ***** TEH RELATIONSHIP TO DOG TRAININBG IS OBTUSE....  WE CAN DO ALL WE CAN TO RAISE PUPPIES  PERFECTLY THEN  FATE SENDS US MASTITIS.. OR PARVO...----    IF WE ARE OUT AND AROUND  AND 2 DOGS GET IN A FIGHT... IT IS ALWAYS THE BIG ONE THAT WAS WRONG... ALWAYS... **** THERE ARE SOLUTIONS... I LOVE SAN FRANCISCO'S ATTENTION TO THE ON-COMING RALLY OF SOME GROUP THEY DON'T WANT -- SO THEY HAVE ADVIC=SED ALL DOG OWNERS -- HUNDREDS OF THEM.....TO GO TO THIIS MEETING PLACE WITH THEIR DOGS... AND WHEN THEY DO WHAT DOGS DO,,, DON'T PICK IT UP..  GOTTA LOVE CREATIVITY !! ***** MOVING ON---- MARINI'S CORN IS IN-- IT IS CRIMINAL NOT TO EAT IT WHEN IT IS  FOR SALE  3 MILES AWAY...--IT IS PERFECT--- HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT THEY PUT ON THE FIELDS... BUT  IT IS CORN OF THE FIRST ORDER. I DO REMEMBER... MY FATHER HAD A SMALL PATCH OF CORN AND A FARMER GAVE HIM A BALL JAR FILLED WITH WHITE DUST-- FO RHIN TO SPRINKLE BECAUSE IT WOUL D ONLY LET CORBN GROW...  NO WEEDS... NO NOTHING.  JUST CORN WHY DON'T WE SPRINKLE AFGHANISTAN  WITH IT?  THEN THEY COUDL NOT GROW POPPIES AND WOULD NOT STARVE BECASUE E  THEY COULD GROW CORN? ****** THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THIS EASY/FAST WAY TO COOK SWEET CORN FOR A CROWD - WE TRIED IT & IT DOES WORK. SHUCK CORN & PLACE EARS IN CLEAN COOLER. ADD 2 QTS BOILING WATER PER EACH DOZEN EARS OF CORN OR ENOUGH TO COVER THE CORN. PUT LID ON COOLER. LET IT SIT 30 - 45 MINUTES. DRAIN WATER. PUT LID BACK ON COOLER. CORN WILL STAY WARM UP TO 2 HOURS. MIGHT SAVE SOME TIME FOR YOU AT DOGFEST. I HAVE DONE THIS... AND IT WORKS... ************ HI CARLENE, YESTERDAY, GRONK CONQUERED MOUNT TOM. HE OFTEN SPRINTED BACK DOWN THE TRAIL TO RETRIEVE ME WHEN I FELL BEHIND, AND BACK UP THE PATH TO LEAD THE WAY. THIS HIKE WAS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A BARRIER BREAKING DOWN IN MY LIFE SINCE MEETING MY NOW 2 YEAR OLD FRIEND. BEFORE MEETING GRONK, SUCH AN ADVENTURE SEEMED LIKE AN IMPOSSIBLE FEAT. MY INJURIES MADE EVERYDAY LIFE A CHALLENGE FOR ME AND MY WIFE, AND MY PTSD SYMPTOMS WERE ISOLATING ME AND KEEPING ME FROM TRULY LIVING. THAT CHANGED IN APRIL 2016 WHEN I RECEIVED THE CALL FROM STEVE, TELLING ME THAT THERE WAS A DOG NAMED ‘GRONK’ (I IMMEDIATELY EXCLAIMED “NO WAY!” AS I AM A LIFELONG PATRIOTS FAN) WHO WAS GETTING BORED AND WAS READY TO WORK. THAT WEEKEND MY WIFE AND I HEADED TO THE FARM, AND GRONK HAS BEEN A PART OF OUR FAMILY EVER SINCE. GRONK HAS MORE PERSONALITY THAN MOST HUMANS I KNOW. HE KNOWS HOW TO PUSH MY BUTTONS AND PULL MY STRINGS, BUT HE ALSO KNOWS HOW TO COMFORT ME AND SHOWS ME HOW TO ENJOY LIFE. I NEVER APPRECIATED HOW NICE IT IS TO SIMPLY SIT OUTSIDE ON THE GRASS ON A SUMMER DAY UNTIL GRONK GRUMBLED AT ME TO TAKE HIM OUT ONE DAY, AND PLOPPED DOWN BENEATH OUR MAPLE TREE. I COULDN’T STAY PRESENT AND CALM UNTIL GRONK INSTRUCTED ME IN THE AGE-OLD ART OF THE BELLY RUB. I DIDN’T KNOW I WAS REALLY CAPABLE OF TAKING CARE OF ANYONE OR ANYTHING UNTIL I GAVE GRONK HIS MEDICINE WHEN HE TESTED FOR LYME. BEFORE I MET GRONK I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO WITH MY LIFE. NOW, I AM WORKING ON MY WRITING AGAIN AND STUDYING GERMAN AS WE PREPARE TO MOVE TO EUROPE ONCE LISA FINISHES COLLEGE. I PLAN ON APPLYING TO A FEW M.F.A. PROGRAMS AS I GET MY SEA-LEGS BACK. PUT SIMPLY, THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT GRONK. HE BRINGS SOMETHING INTANGIBLE INTO MY LIFE THAT DOESN’T NEED TO BE EXPLAINED, IT JUST WORKS. I AM INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO SDP FOR HELPING ME IN SO GREAT A WAY AND INTRODUCING ME TO MY BEST FRIEND. I THINK GRONK IS PRETTY GRATEFUL, TOO. THANKS,