So I reach the end of the 3rd calendar year since I started posting, and the previous 2 years I have written long year-ending entries. I'm happy to announce that I'm too busy today to write a long entry, because if I sat here long enough to make one, I would probably doze off and not finish what I want to finish ( Read more... )

This Christmas Eve has been a pretty good one. It's not cold, which I don't like, and there's no snow on the ground, which I also don't like, but at least it's not raining. It's clear, crisp, & cool outside this evening. It was windy today, and while running a few errands with my son we saw a red balloon blowing along the road and bouncing off cars ( Read more... )

Wanted to update several times during the past several days - didn't, for one reason or another, each time. But here it is ( Read more... )

The volume of things I wanted to get done today pretty well exceeded what was accomplished. :-P Ah well, spillover time.

I feel more in control now than I did 24 hours ago. :-)

Brian, what are you doing typing on your computer when there's work to be done?! Get off your ass and get moving boy!

I had a ton of stuff I wanted to post about the past few days, but I think I forgot it all. Or at least most of it. Ah well! I guess one thing I can mention is the weather excitement I'm following. It got very warm today (upper 60s), and is staying pretty warm tonight. Tomorrow is going to be warm as well, but turning much wetter as it gets showery ( Read more... )

I'd dread going back to work tomorrow but the psycho is on vacation all week, and the boss is off Tuesday & Friday, so the mood should be fairly relaxed ( Read more... )

I have the next 5 days off, which I am thankful for. I have things I want to be around for. I've got a bit of a cold, which I believe is going away even tho I sound worse today than yesterday. But anyway that becomes so insignificant in comparison to an old friend of mine (we were friends back in the 70s & 80s but haven't seen much of each other ( Read more... )

My brother Dinny would have been 54 today. Thinking about him and missing him. This day also marks the half way point in my birth-year. Can 40 be exactly 6 months away? You bet.