an r.j. trilogy

i have to share one more profound thing my father said. this one really got me thinking and i am confident it will have the same effect on you. it was a stormy afternoon in nashville, georgia (making it even gloomier than usual there) and a big fat bolt of lightening struck and the power was out. prior to that bolt of lightening, randy joe had been relaxing (as much as his personality allows) in his lazy boy watching the golf channel (or "this here tournament" as it is often called). well now that was all ruined. he got up and kind of paced around the house a bit. then he tried turning the tv on again - to no avail. he paced some more. then attempted to turn on the lamp beside his lazy boy - again, with no success. he left the room and returned and then he stopped. and i knew something big was coming. something that would capture the mood that everyone on our same power grid was feeling at that very moment - and he did not disappoint me. he looked up at no one in particular and said "you know, you ain't got electricity.... you ain't got shit." and almost every time i have been without power since that day, i have thought those very same words - even said them a few times.