i should have had kids. several parents over the years told me out of the blue I would have made a
great father. i'm guessing because of how much i connected with their kids. i'm always on the side of
youth because i've never forgotten the struggles of mine. for whatever reason i married two women
who didn't want kids because of their careers and when i heard my mum saying on the phone a few
weeks ago "thank god i don't have grandchildren"...i guess it's my karma. what i do is treat every kid
like he or she is mine. no i don't kidnap them but when i see them with their parents in the elevator i
say something to them like, "Your dad is a great guy. I'm guessing he's your hero" or "you're going to
school? you can be anything you dream. believe in yourself". sometimes they look at me oddly but
usually they smile and say thank you or something positive. those are the small ones. the
teenagers...i listen to them and encourage them in whatever way i can to let them know they are
great. it's a bit of a phenomena that in pubs people in their 20s come up to me out of the blue and
start talking to me, asking me for my opinion on something or other and we wind up engaged in
conversation until they or i leave. in a way it's most puzzling but it's most delightful. i remember my
first Orbital concert. the first band had played and the Crystal Method crew was setting up as they
were the last band before Orbital. i think my ears are still ringing from that set lol. they did their Vegas
cd. was awesome. but anyway a girl who was maybe 20 came up to me and my friend and asked
who i was. she asked if she could ask me some questions. she then excused herself and said she
would come back. i saw her walk over to her friends and talk to them for a moment. then she came
back. she was very sweet. i'm honored and happy that i connect with younger generations and i
learn at least as much from them as they learn from me. if my life has been worth anything i think
that it's encouraging young people to believe in themselves and it's gratifying to see them soak that
encouragement up like sponges. i know what it was like. well plus i love electronic dance music.
that's a bonus. awright enough with my diatribe but it's true and i want to share that with you bums.