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Anyone who knows me knows I've never been one to revel in the past. I'm the last one to cast a misty-eyed glance back at the "good old days". In my experience the people who take this angle are usually the ones who weren't there. Whatever mistakes, false starts and missed opportunities I've had the pleasure of having, I was wherever I was for better or worse.

This blog is not meant to romanticize any choices I made or any particular era. It's simply a place where I share stories and take stock of where I've been as a way to figure out where I might want to go next. I'll celebrate some people along the way, some of them you'll know or know of, others will be new to you. I'm glad to have known every one of them.

The posts are in no thematic or chronological order. The date at the end of the post's title refers to how the content of the post relates to me personally. I make no claim about the accuracy of my recollections I only promise that I'll be as honest and accurate as I can be. If you were there and you remember things differently than I do, or you find evidence that contradicts my memory (I wouldn't be surprised or upset) feel free to let me know.

Rather than editing the posts for historical accuracy, I'll put ( * ) next to any parts that have been challenged or updated for that reason.

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June 4, 2012

THUS SPAKE SRI RAMAKRISHNA BOOK FROM GARY FLOYD SAN FRANCISCO 1990

Gary Floyd is one of the sweetest human beings I’ve ever known. I love the man.

It’s funny how now that I’m in my forties, the majority of people I hang out with on a regular basis are younger than I am. Many of them in their twenties. When I was in my late teens and early twenties I didn’t seem to have any friends that weren’t at least a generation, and usually a few generations, ahead of me. Gary Floyd is one of those older, wiser friends I cherished so much at that time of my life and still cherish to this day even though I only ever see him nowadays on Facebook. Whatever its faults, thank gosh for Facebook, huh?

I’d like to share with my readers the news that Gary is having a stent put in near his heart today at 2:00pm Pacific Time. Gary has always been a big believer and powerful practitioner of spiritual energetics (meaning: he likes and gives GOOD VIBES ). So I’m posting this today as a way to rally and urge all who love him to focus your best thoughts, prayers, and intentions out into the world and toward the man in his hour of physical challenge.

If you don’t know Gary, his legacy of true rebellion, free spirited conscious living, and music make today your Get Acquainted with Gary Floyd Day! You’ll be glad you did!

(Sri Ramakrishna booklet given to me by Gary Floyd in 1988)

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