Seeking Samadhi

Today I’m tired and blue. So far even puppies and ice cream haven’t helped much. I’m adding a couple of episodes of ‘Home Improvement’ to the mix and hoping that will give me a bit of a giggle. I recently started TiVoing re-runs; I’d almost forgotten how much I enjoyed it. Part of it is because I’m from Michigan, so it feels like home… but most of it is that Dad always compared himself to Tim Taylor. He wasn’t quite as accident-prone as Tim, but it was close. And he had the same sort of man-thing going on. Whatever the reason, I can relate and somehow the silliness of Tim’s accidents and over-the-top density make me laugh, rather than cringe. Unusual, since I’m not often into the slapstick thing. The other night there was an episode where Tim was supposed to be working on his book, but he was procrastinating and having writer’s block. So he daydreamed about the book signing and cleaned the house… I could definitely relate. And he made the frustration much funnier than it is to be in the middle of it.