I joke around. A lot.

One of my all time favorite scenes is the scene in Goodfellas where Tommy DeVito (played by Joe Pesci) starts to mess with Henry Hill (played by Ray Liotta) while at dinner.

You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it’s me, I’m a little fucked up maybe, but I’m funny how, I mean funny like I’m a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I’m here to fuckin’ amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?

So, when I want to be serious, It sometimes takes people a little bit to make that mental shift in their thinking that I am not trying to be funny, but trying to be serious.

I dont mind. Really, I dont.

But there are times, when I realize that sometimes the only thing that is important is just what matters. What matters to me. Seriously.

Today was a day like that. Fantastic day. Work went better than expected, still full of pressure, but diamonds arent created by petting carbon now are they?

And, at 4pm, I headed over to the Vet’s office with Billie in tow for the first of three appointments. The third appointment would be at VRCC (Veterinary Referral Clinic of Colorado) where she will have her other hip replaced.

Thats right, her second hip. She is two years old.

Many people find it funny that I have so many animals at home. Sometimes, I think its pretty funny as well. But, Billie is the first dog I have ever had.

And thats not what makes her special.

What makes her special is when I was in the process of getting healthy and sober, taking care of her, having to focus on her hip replacement and post op procedures really helped me focus and understand what was important in my life. And those morals, rules, whatever they are called have continued to stick with me. They are simple:

1) Be honest always.

2) Do right every time.

3) Do good in everything.


And more than any one living thing, that little dog taught me that.