Sam: Stories

A Story in the Sam Universe
Sometimes friendship and time one knows another do not corelate. There are old friends, new friends, good friends, bad friends and some you wish you never had known. This is a story about friends and I'll let you decide what moniker to place on them.

A Story in the Sam Universe
Somethings are unplanned, yet they happen. They have a saying: 'You take the good with the bad'. Those words do not describe meeting Samantha, Ashley and Elizabeth though. Expensive to keep, yeah, bad; not on your life.

A Story in the Sam Universe
What to do? If you could change things today, but at a very high, personal price, would you?

It's never pleasant going through a divorce, well maybe it can end up better than one might expect. It can bring about new challenges, depends on how you resolve them though. What a difference a year can make though, time and a group of girls called 'The Posse' can make it all right.

A Story in the Sam Universe
Deke got tired out, or so he claimed when he told Sam he was leaving. Some higher being must have heard him since his life soon became 'very interesting'. That phrase about 'the gods laughing' may apply here. It seems fate had a way of finding out a lot more about a man than they could ever know about themselves. It also helps when a 'good woman' comes along to pick up any pieces that he might have not considered worth much. Sometimes though, the end result may come at too high a price.

Looking at things realistically, one would say 'we didn't stand a chance'. A snowball in Hell had better odds, maybe they were thinking Texas, Michigan maybe. Did I care? Did my assistants care? Did the girl's parents care? Did the girls care? Hell no! We already knew we were going to the Olympics, the question was 'Would we win any swimming or diving medals?'

A Story in the Sam Universe
I'm glad Grand father made it big, now I don't have to. I think it was easier for the family back then. By easier, I meant all the rules, restrictions, taxes, codes, permits, and hundreds of other cost-eating expenses were not in-place then. Now, if you try to do something the majority of your expenses are for legal fees, taxes, bribes and union wages to drink coffee. How many times have you driven by work (Oxymoron) crews where two men act like they are digging and 12 men stand by to watch or h