well i just had a brilliant thought. i declare may 1st, 2009 a day of HALVES! in case you didn’t get that, today is the day that you may find that it is ok for you to do everything HALF as much! indulge me…

looking at the calendar, today is HALF moon day. this is great b/c we are HALF way to a full moon which is my favorite in may. that is when the bream go on the beds and you can catch those one and a HALF pound shellcrackers/redears/stumpknockers/govment bream.

World Record Shellcracker Bream-5 lb. 7.5 oz.

so today is the time to get out the ultra light fishing gear and or fly rods and get them ready for some good ole HALF day fishin’!

you also have my permission to make today a HALF day of work. it’s friday, the market is in the crapper, its spring, it’s a beautiful day, go ahead, work a HALF day and call it the weekend. you might have the opportunity to go eat a HALF sandwich/HALF soup at the atlanta bread company. you might go to CandS Oyster Bar and get some oysters on the HALF shell.
because it is a day of HALVES, spend the morning serious about work and the afternoon serious about family and or friends. go play 9 holes at the local munie instead of 18 because that’s HALF a round of golf. watch HALF the nba playoff game tonight b/c the first HALF is irrelevant in basketball.

all this HALF talk reminds me of a joke…

a man is walking down the beach when he comes across an old rusty/dirty bottle. he picks it up and starts dusting it off when out pops a genie. the genie says to him, “hello master, because you have summoned the great and most generous genie, i grant you three wishes but you must know that whatever you wish for, you get HALF and your wife gets the full amount”. the man says “fair enough!” he spends a few moments drawing in the sand and says, “ok, my first wish is for 20 million dollars to set me up for the rest of my life!” the genie replies, “wish granted, your wife gets twenty million and you get ten million!” then the man says, “for my second wish i would like a 2,000 acre estate so i can hunt, fish, grow gardens, and enjoy for the rest of my life!” again, the genie replies “granted, you get 1,000 acres and your wife gets 2,000. “and for my third and final wish…” the genie interrupts and say’s, “remember, this is your last wish! so make it a good one and don’t forget, your wife gets the full amount and you get HALF!” the man takes a deep breath and really studies the thoughts going through his head and says, “ok, for my third and final wish, i would really appreciate it if you would pick up that broken oar lying over there in the sand and beat me HALF to death!”

enjoy your HALF day!