Keeping Company

Looks like Louie has done it again. I'm sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room, and I just got a note from Big Louie. He said I should tell you to "If things are tough, let a smile be your umbrella, because you're going to get soaked anyway, and grins are always good."
Big Louie is always good company. And good company is precious. If you're new to these weekly podcasts, I should explain that Big Louie is an important part of my book called Staying Happy Healthy And Hot (available at Amazon) and part of the reason for doing the podcasts is to promote the book. But that's a long way from being the only reason.
A more important reason is that some of my friends are getting old. Now I've always believed that getting old has a lot to do with how you feel about things. And how you feel about things has a lot to do with the kind of company you keep...or don't keep...and what you do...or don't do with your life. I've got another birthday coming up, and like most people who've had more than a few of those, I've noticed that some of my parts that are supposed to be stiff, occasionally aren't, which is sometimes embarrassing. And some of the things that are not supposed to be stiff ever...are. And that hurts.
Big Louie's best advice to folks like me is, "If you have any moving parts left, move 'em." I do. And I am. Even though sometimes I wake up in the morning and figure I must be dead, because nothing hurts.