Friends

I was playing around on youtube this afternoon (one of the guilty pleasures of having a few days off) and I rediscovered the old mid-1970's song by Andrew Gold entitled "Thank You For Being A Friend." My friends have been on my mind a lot lately, both old and new, and the more I thought about it the more I thought that "sometimes the true measure of a friend lies in that they are there for you when you need them as well as when you don't need them." My beautiful new lady friend and I were talking the other night and she brought up the old show "Friends." It was a comedy but it was really about the dynamic that existed between a group of friends and how they interacted on a daily basis. Shakespeare said "All the world's a stage and we are merely players" and your friends are on that stage with you. Bringing up that television show got us to reminiscing about what we did with our friends when we were younger and her stories revolved around hitting the bars with her friends and drinking and that kind of thing and mine revolved around my college days with my friends. I dared not confess too much and I am not about to put them on here but I would love to get all of my friends together and have a "Friends" reunion of my own. Some of these guys (and women) I have not seen in 20 years and I really have no idea how many kegs of beer I would need but I do know it would be one hell of a party. I would want to ask all of the guys one question- How much did you confess to your wives about everything you have done? Some secrets according to man law you have to take to the grave.