Sunday, September 3

[chochiyo_sama]

Sunday, September 3

DeAnn and I zoomed today.  It was a short but good conversation.  Before the zoom, my sister Tammy called me.  She was on her way home from her horse show.  She said it wasn’t as much fun as the other horse shows she’s participated in, but her horse loves to perform.  He’s very pretty, and he knows it.  He preens and prances and tosses his mane around like a starlet trying to attract a sugar daddy.

She figured it was worth the money for the registration to give her horse that pleasure.

I’ve been writing a little since the zoom, but mostly I have been holding and cuddling the cats.  I was gone most of the day yesterday, so they need lots of attention now.

Today I ran across a quote made by a train robber who was waiting to be hung.  The people set to hang him were having issues with the gallows, and the hanging kept getting delayed.  Finally, aggravated and tired of waiting, he said, “Can’t we hurry this up, boys?  I hear dinner is served promptly at noon in hell, and I don’t aim to be late.”

I was pretty impressed by the enormous chutzpah this guy must have had.  I’d be peeing my pants and crying my eyes out if I was about to be hung.  Not talking about my first dinner in hell.

His name was Tom Ketchum. 

He was hung on April 26, 1901.

 

Comments

[the_godiva]

Show dogs are like that too. They love the attention. The owners know when they’re not having fun anymore.

I did some dog cuddling of my own today. That Diana. I’ve never seen a big ass dog need so much hugging. She just stands there and leans in and wants me to put my arms around her and hold her and rub her chest. Such a delicate little flower.

Tom Ketchum sounds familiar. Looked him up. Known as Black Jack. His hanging was botched and he was decapitated because the hangman used a rope that was too long. He had quite the criminal career and seemed to have ties to all the biggies, Kid Curry, Hole in the Wall, Butch and Sundance. According to Wikipedia his last words were: “Good-bye. Please dig my grave very deep. All right; hurry up.”

Jack Elam and Howard Duff have played Tom Ketchum.

Personally, I like your quote better but it sounds like something a newspaper reporter would make up.