My Neighbor Kenny

7-1-04 Crazy….This neighbor of mine Kenny has got hard luck, or maybe he had it coming to him. If you believe in a form of Karma I guess you could say that he had bad Karma. He is basically 50 some odd years old. He just started a mechanic job two days ago. Before that he was so poor he could not afford bread. So now he has this mechanic job, I am not sure how much he’s getting paid or anything but I know that he now has to give 28% of his paycheck to his ex and her boyfriend and 22% to the government. That comes out to cleanly be 50% of his paycheck gone before he even gets to touch it. On top of that He is an alcoholic who is off the wagon and lives on demoral to control his seizures. And to top it all off his dad died about two or 3 weeks ago and now he is left in the house his dad lived in and left to fight his siblings over the crap his dad left him. Now some would say that “Man that guy is a loser” but if I was in his shoes I cant imagine myself any better. I would probably drink too…every chance I got. My life is great now and I drink like a fish…God only knows what would happen if I had the same challenges…….
I am not really concerned about my dad right now, which is odd because he usually never escapes my thoughs. But I have within the last hour have been concerned with Kenny’s problems and how I can make things better for him. It’s like that old joke where someone get’s kicked in the balls to keep them from complaining about there headache….I am preoccupied.