Thanksgiving

On this day, I want to remind everyone that your family isn't only your blood. Family includes people who treat you like their son, daughter, sister, brother, etc. After my mother passed away in 2014, I disowned 90% of my blood family because they began treating me like shit. It turned out they were only nice to me because of my mother. Once she was gone, they looked at me as the rebellious punk rock teenager I once was 20 years earlier. They couldn't get past the old stuff and realize I am a grown man, who now had to take on the role of being my fathers caretaker and critically judged any and every decision I made. Had any other person made the same decisions, there would not have been a peep out of them.

 I dropped everything and left my job and my home for 4 months to help my father who has brain damage and can't live alone, clean up, throw out, auction, and donate things, sell his house and move over 700 miles to live with me. Not one family member came to help out. An old friend of 20+ years drove 3 hours and did one day though. So did some neighbors of my fathers. I found out who my true family is.

There are complete strangers out there who have been kinder to me than my own blood family since then, and even in recent months, weeks, and days.

So even if you're alone in the sense of other physical bodies around you today... remember, you are NOT alone.

Much love and hugs to every one of you on this Thanksgiving Day. I am thankful for all of you.

- Steve <3

Fresh Water

Want a good laugh? Back in 1988 in 6th grade I was 12 and I started my first band called "Fresh Water". It was just me singing & a drummer. We had like 5 band practices and then called it quits.

"Guns & Roses" Appetite For Destruction was really popular and "Welcome to the Jungle" was all over the radio.

We lived in "Hightstown, NJ" and decided to make our own version. Lyrics are below since its from an over 25 year old cassette.  LOLZ. Enjoy!

https://soundcloud.com/steveneurotic/fresh-water-welcome-to-hightstown-1988

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WELCOME TO HIGHTSTOWN

Welcome to Hightstown it has a funny name
You can do anything you want, you can even do cocaine
But when the cops catch up to you, they'll make you wanna puke
They'll throw you in the jail cell and they won't give you any food

Hightstown, welcome to Hightstown Oh...
Sha na na na na na na na neeze neeze
Man I wanna make you sneeze (Ach-oo!)

Welcome to Hightstown we live here every day
We will surely take your money honey in every single way
But when you're asking for your food, they'll treat you like so crude
They even might, hell they even might made you nude.

Hightstown, welcome to Hightstown Oh...
Sha na na na na na na na neeze neeze
Man I wanna make you sneeze sneeze sneeze! (Ach-oo! Ach-oo! Ach-oo!)