2013 was a typical year, filled with ups and downs. I want to focus on the ups and jump off of those to improve 2014

• I started a new job that is free of direct reports. It isn't my dream job, but it is free of upper management who suck at people management and it challenges my brain a bit.
  
• I continued to learn to manage anxiety and depression. ( Read more... )

There doesn't seem to be much a person can do with kale that doesn't involve salad or saute with garlic. I did have it in a quinoa pilaf once, but that was at a restaurant. I don't think I could recreate the flavor. So I may give up on the kale ( Read more... )

I made a five layer vegetable strata in a slow cooker my mom bought at Montgomery Ward about 25 years ago. It works like a charm. I am amazed at the crock pot's durability. It was made in Japan in the days when people complained that Japan was taking over the world ( Read more... )

I thought for sure with Christmas over, the Michael Bolton commercials would be done. I am sad to report that I was wrong.

These are the shows that I like to watch each Christmas/winter. In no particular order.

• The Bishop's Wife (Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven)
  
• A Very Supernautral Christmas (season three episode of Supernatural. I was surprised when I realized it was written by Carver, the current showrunner)
  
• A Charlie Brown Christmas
  
• How the Grinch Stole ( Read more... )

I am enjoying the ninth season of Supernatural and I am enjoying how much the leads seem to be enjoying it. I look forward to a new episode each week ( Read more... )

Foliage pictures. It can't be helped., Sometimes, you just have to do what you have to do. Herein lie my pictures of fall 2013 in coastal New England.

A sun speckled, leafy path in Rowley, MA

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I liked that, very much. Clever, if not my preferred way for saving Sam. I like where we are going with Cas.

I'm ready for an interesting next few episodes.

Day 8 Least Favorite Character
( Excluding many of the one timers, it is a draw between the Leviathan and Crowley. )

Day 7 Favorite Angel (besides Castiel)

Joshua. He was what I expected an angel to be, faithful, powerful, decisive and not indifferent to the plight of humans. He wasn't the jerk that all of the other angels except Castiel were and yet he wasn't the sympathizer that Castiel was.

The message of hopelessness that he delivered was painful for Sam, Dean ( Read more... )