Well, I am back from a great trip to Mississippi (a state I dearly love), looking out the window at the Florida sunshine. I find myself reflecting on all my old friends I saw there and remembering a few of the conversations.
I am thinking of one such conversation that seemed to lead to a deeper meaning than I might have expected.  It went something like; “Bryan, tell me what are you up to, what’s going on”?   Oh I know they didn’t need to know all that soon flowed from my internal, mangled mind calendar… and most likely they didn’t care. But I opened slowly and turned the valve on this free flowing faucet to let the thoughts in my brain out.  Oh, and not so much for them.. but much more for me.. to help me remember just what I am up to!  So, off I went, “Well,  as you know we are shooting the Toe Roaster DVD here this week, I have a new CD just out, I have a new book just out, I am headed back to Florida for a speaking engagement, then back here to Mississippi in two weeks to gig with Rivers Rutherford and brother Gordon, then on to Texas to play with Deryl Dodd, then to Tennessee to Toe Roast again, then down to the Keys for Toe Roasting on the Royal Caribbean Cruise ship”.  You would think that would cover it right?  Then came my big surprise after all of that.  My friend responded with, “Good, Good, so what else is going on”?  I laughed to myself and thought “I hope nothing”!  But, feeling like I had let them down, like I didn’t have enough going on… a phrase came to my mind.  It rattled around my brain as I stared at my friend while we were both wondering was about to come out?  The phrase rose up almost like a secret I didn’t know yet. It crept its way to my tongue and then unfolded between my lips and formed the words… “Oh, I’ve been blogging”.
Geesh.. Even writing the word now sort of scares me. Blogging?  Was that me that said that?  How did I become a blogger?  Hmmm…  Marla Carter, that’s how!  “Why I oughta…..”  She started all of this. (www.marlaandshane.com)  And now look at me.
I mean I’m a blogger?  Really?
Now, I will admit since I began this form of communication, I am a bit more comfortable with actually writing a blog, and I do find it to be a great opportunity to share. So, for sure I  applaud the format, and of course Marla…whom I dearly love.  However, I don’t know that I will ever become comfortable with the word itself… BLOG. It sounds so… ?  Well, it sounds like you should excuse yourself from the table if you were to ‘blog’.  I would for sure place it in my uncomfortable or strange word category.  I am thinking it should be seated (for all of you pun lovers) right next to the word ‘Futon’.
There is something about these two words that just do not exactly ring true with my life style, past or present.  I mean can you picture a man on a tractor, or even a man with a guitar on stage being a blogger, or using the word blog, or futon for any reason?
But, take a word like ‘CLOG’… now that would seem to fit me much better… as I seem to have my thoughts gathering in a wad to do just that.. CLOG.  But, futon?  I don’t know?
Now I try to be an honest man so, I guess you should know that I own one.. a futon that is. But I still like to think of it.. AND call it, a fold out couch.
Well, my protest of using the word doesn’t keep my mind from clogging when it comes to something that has been on my mind for a long while.  And that is; why there seems to be no such thing as a ‘Futon Potato’. Does this mean those that sit on a Futon are active people?  I find it hard to believe that there are no lazy people sitting on their futon…(see that doesn’t sound right). But you have to admit there are no women saying they are married or dating a Futon Potato.  And there are no guys that I know of that are fessing up to being one, and to tell you the truth.. if I were one, I wouldn’t say it either.  I can’t blame them.  I am sure there are worse things to be called, but a Futon Potato has to rank pretty high.
I feel much better now realizing I can clog sitting on my couch.  Thanks for reading!  World Peace.

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