Good Night

For reasons I'll tell you a little later on, I have to stop Podcast Production for a couple of weeks, so I'm going to have to repeat a couple of them. Some people would say, "These are the best of." I think that's up to you to decide. So I'll just tell you these are podcasts I personally like.

"Chrissy Girl" listens to these podcasts. And she says they make her feel "safe, relaxed, and beautiful." That's what I wanted to do on the radio. And if I can do it with these podcasts, I will feel like I'm getting something worth while done with my life. Please give a listen and let me know what you think. My Email is Dick@DickSummer.com.

"THEY" are telling us, "DON'T SIT DOWN." I say, "Sit, eat, enjoy." Get up early in the morning and go for a good, brisk sit. Eating helps the farmers. And what's the most comfortable way to eat? SITTING. THEY say "Sitting is like smoking. It'll make you dies young." I'm sitting. I'm a Louie Louie Generation guy. Too late for me to die young. Sit. Eat. Enjoy.

There are now almost 700 Good Night podcasts. So far, this is my favorite. It features ME...foiling an attack on my Lady Wonder Wench by a two inch, three ounce monster in the middle of the night. When it was over, she didn't sigh, "Oh my hero." She said something even better. Give a listen please.

There's a sign on the wall of a hanger where I used to keep my little plane. It says VOLUMES. "Don' let the boy die before the man" is the message. Testosterone toting guys seem to have more toys than the more estrogen enriched among us. That's because the Lord knows we need them more than they need us.

I like back rubs more than I should. There's a confession in this podcast. I'm confessing that I'm seriously thinking about going bald, so when my Lady Wonder Wench gives me a back rub, she won't have to stop at my neck.

Can't help the years going by. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO FALL INTO THE TRAP OF MATURING! Maturing is B O O R I N G. I tried it once. Big failure. Today's podcast gives you a couple of much more interesting possibilities.

"Once upon a time" are some of my favorite words. If you feel the same way about stories, this podcast is for you. If I don't tell some stories every day, my pimples would come back and my wrinkles would start to hurt.

We're WAYYY too busy, and this podcast has a solution to that problem. There must be some ladies out there who were so busy that they said no when George Clooney went chasing after them. So BIg Louie says, "Take a don't do what you don't want to do day...doo wah, doo wah" Give it a listen...when you find some time.

This podcast is a reminder to hold your head high if you drive a "Klunker." "Klunker" is an expressive word. It's the sound your engine makes when you're stopped at a stop light. "Klunker," klunker, klunker"...is your engine's sound. It's a contented sound that translates to, "I'm a car that has demonstrated the ability to make it all the way home lots of times." The guy next to you in the new red Corvette has an engine going, "Vroom, vroom, vroom" which translates to "slurp, slurp, slurp, get me to the gas station fast." There is a big difference between a klunker and a junker. A klunker always has some value...for somebody.

If you are a "Louie Louie Generation" gentleman, DO NOT LOOK AT YOURSELF SIDEWAYS IN A MIRROR. You are in danger of suffering from "Pre-Cotious Ab Deflation." The definition of that word and all your other questions are answered in this podcast. Dig in!

This is a whole lot of story about Adam & Eve & Desiree. They claim "Nothing Happened." Ha.

I like being comfortable. That's why I am sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable black leather poppa chair in my living room...and this IS a POPPA chair. Poppa...as in manly. Comfortable. More and more people seem to be un-comfortable with exactly what being manly means now. Legitimate colleges and universities are giving actual courses with titles like "Overcoming your toxic masculinity." Seriously. Brown University has a course in quote, "creating safe spaces for men to unpack all of the things they have learned about masculinity and what it means to be a man" end quote. Seriously. I like my masculinity. I've had it for a long time. I'm very comfortable with it. And it's never seemed toxic to me. My Lady Wonder Wench seems to like it too. In fact I think my masculinity is one of the biggest reasons why my Lady Wonder Wench is the star of my most inappropriate and not safe for work thoughts. I like my masculinity. I'm very comfortable being a man. That's what this podcast is all about.

This is about the night sounds of the summer. Hard to believe that all that soft sound is made by some one ounce crickets. Seems to me that they'd have to be about 100 pounds to make all that soft sound. And a 100 pound cricket is an ugly thought. There are lots of giggles in this podcast. And giggles are good.

I'm grateful for lots of the big things we have, but we sometimes take for granted...like dependable electricity, enough food and clean water. But I'm grateful for lots of little things too. Like the ice cream sandwich with the little flakes of dark chocolate I had last night, walking on the beach with my Lady Wonder Wench, and holding her hand. We shared a bag of hot, buttered popcorn when we got home. How about flinging a Frisbee with my buddy Randy next door. How about the sound of ice cubes bouncing against a glass full of fizzy soda, or the word y'all in a sentence that goes something like, "We're sure glad to see y'all. That's what my brother Jeff said when we went to visit him in Texas. Little things that make life good. Like the chuckle I got when I saw an ad for a ladies clothing store that said, "Ladies, make his day. Take 80% off." I immediately started thinking, hey, that's a great idea. See? Gratitude Attitude. That's what this podcast is all about.

"Stop biting your toe nails." How often have you heard that one? Today's podcast explains why you might hear somebody say it to you in church. So be careful if you go to church wearing flip flops.

"If you obey all the rules, you will miss an awful lot of the fun." That's one of Big Louie's best observations. I am sitting here in my big, comfortable, manly, black leather poppa chair in my living room...in shock. To say nothing of dismay. I have just learned that the Miss Universe Pageant has eliminated the bathing suit competition in an embarrassing nod to political correctness. It's their new rules. Listen people. Pay attention to Big Louie when he says "If you obey all the rules you will miss an awful lot of the fun." I consider this to be a terrible sneak attack on love itself. Here's what I mean. "If love is blind how come bikinis are so popular." What's next? Streakers beware?. After all, this may mean your end is in sight...so to speak...streakers. Why are they doing this to us. By us, I mean Louie Louie Generation gentlemen. When a woman wearing even the tiniest string bikini walks down the beach, a Louie Louie generation guy watches only the parts of her that are more or less covered. What is

Life is like a giant roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end, the faster it goes. Early Summer goes very fast. I think it's the fastest season of all. This podcast is going to help you get a little Summer loving while you still have time.

This was recorded on my back deck, while enjoying a back yard swing, with shoes off. Early Summer has the most precious moments of the year for me. Early Summer is a woman. She's not here for long. Way too soon watermealoning changes to apple bobbing, then there's September Song, and before you know it you're singing Jingle Bells again...and hoping another another Early Summer gets here soon. Minute by minute, the Summer slips away. The best we can do is catch her before she Falls.

Who, what, when, where and why are the five questions any story should answer. And the most important question is "Why?" So I'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, manly black leather poppa chair in my living room thinking about the whys in my life. For example, why do I leave the expensive house I live in, and get dressed up in expensive clothes, drive through tough traffic in a car I'm still paying for, to get to a job that I need to pay for the clothes, the car, and the house I'm not in, because I'm at work? And is the reason it's called work because all the other four letter words were taken? And on the subject of words, why should I trust that the words in the dictionary aren't misspelled? And why are loneliness and cheeseburgers such a dangerous combination? Why don't we just quit voting to see if the politicians will all just go away? If stop lights are timed for 35 mph, why doesn't that mean they're also timed for 70mph? If sex is so dirty and shameful, why are we supposed to save it for someone