RAMBLINGS VOL. I

RAMBLINGS VOL. I

I love how seeing a familiar face in an unfamiliar place can make everything OK.

Look a person in the eye.  You can see who has given up the fight.

I’m back up to about 215 lbs.  Hooray!  Will I stop growing now?  Stopping would be nice.

It’s very important to me that I run a marathon.  It would be a big confidence boost.

I have a serious jones for a steak at The Old Homestead.  And some of those marinated bell peppers on the side.  When I get the chance, I think I’ll go for the porterhouse, medium-rare.  That’s a lot of money, but I’ll have a pretty big doggie bag to take home.

Keep working on that body!  But don’t leave your mind behind.

Writing is its own reward.

Profile Pictures Folder:  Hot Cars, Top Cat, Grandpa Munster, Yogi Bear, Lion, Dino

Keep your photography out of the house!  Start carrying camera with you.

2012 Resolutions:  1) Learn to swim.  2) Buy a truck.  3) Think hard about this one.

When things appear to be going well, focus on continuation.  (small details, follow-ups, forgotten causes)

STAY HUMBLE.  STAY HUMBLE.  STAY HUMBLE.  Repeat after me –

“Call on me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things you do not know.”  Jeremiah 33:3

What can be done with gift cards that have less than $1.00 on them?

What’s the big whoops about identity theft?  I wish someone would steal mine!  I can’t get on the freaking bus with my identity.  I can’t give the thing away!  Try stealing my identity and using it to buy something.  Anything.  You’ll be in police custody within half an hour.  I don’t get no respect, I’m tellin’ ya….

Write a story about upgrading to Android.  Allow 6 weeks to aggregate data.

Chess Q&A:  1) What is the threat?  2) Can I ignore it?  3) How do I defend it?

Job I would rather not have:  Secretary of Defense.

See if closed captioning works at home.

OK – I’ve proven that you can find happiness without having money.  Now, if you don’t mind, I’d like to find happiness WITH some money….

How can Amazon possibly know where my Kindle is?  Answer:  MAC address.  But how does it know where the MAC is?  Answer:  the Kindle broadcasts its location to the Amazon brain via IP.

5/8/11 2:36AM:  I swear that I will not post anything in Facebook for one week.  Comments to other people’s posts are OK.  Status “Like”s are OK.  Web page “Like”s are not OK.  Facebook page “Like”s are not OK.  Recommendations are not OK.  Sharing is not OK.  Photos are not OK (you can upload them, but you cannot share them yet).  Notes and docs are not OK.  Private messages are not OK (but replying is OK).  Chatting is not OK (but replying is OK).  I just want to see if I can keep my mouth shut for that long. 

My smartphone is making me smarter already.

There’s nothing worse than a bad hairpiece.

This is one of those months where I think it’s the previous month.  I’ve been writing 4/8 instead of 5/8 all day.  Same thing yesterday, and the day before, etc.  I don’t know why that happens, but it does every once in a while.

In chess and in life, do your best to think through every option.

5/9/11:  Had a horrible post-snack dream this morning.  The details usually blur pretty quickly after waking up, but it definitely involved working.  Bad idea?  In any event, I was really happy when I woke up.

Commercials I love:  Zoosk, Virginia Lottery? (the one where someone shook the hell out of the poor guy’s soda can and he sits down with his lunch and whooooshhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

5/9/11:  damn, that was an excellent breakfast!  Two scrambled, two turkey sausage patties, two pieces of toast w/ I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, and one glass of grape Kool-Aid.  Actually, it was the same ol’ breakfast except for the Kool-Aid.

Not posting in Facebook is great fun!  I still get to communicate in volumes via “Like”ing other people’s posts and commenting on same.  NOTE:  Publishing directly to one of my blogs does not count as a Facebook post!!!

When in the hell did underwear start costing $25.00 a pair?  And the thing is, you have to pony up, otherwise you’ll be stuck wearing saggy briefs like Phillip on “Survivor”.  No way!!!!

Two words:  Harry Carson.

I am enjoying these days to the fullest.  I feel great, I don’t have to clock in yet, the weather is super.  I know it won’t last.  Did I mention that, for a couple of hours anyway, I am not flat broke? JJJJ

Shoeless Joe Jackson has the same birth date as Mom.

Chaz Bono?!?!?!?  WTF???????

Don’t be afraid to treat yourself.  But don’t waste money doing it!

If a guy brought you flowers and you were pretty sure he didn’t pay for them, what would you think?  How would you react?

Take nothing for granted!  Always read the fine print.

Kathy Griffin’s impersonation of Whitney Houston is some funny sh*t. 

BOBB-AAAAAY!!!

******* Never, ever, ever, ever, ever browse for porn.  Ever.  Well, at least not on my PC.

5/10 2:49PM:  so far, nothing is going right today.  Chin up, chin up!  Make something good happen!  J

Doing the right thing is hard work!

Every day brings a new opportunity to do good.

For Mom:  The Missouri River is the longest river in North America.  It is the second-largest tributary to the Mississippi River (the Ohio River is the largest).  The Mississippi watershed is the third-largest in the world.  (I’m sure the Amazon is the largest.  Second largest – I’m not so sure.  My guess would be the Nile.  Could be the Yangtze.)

Windows System Restore works like a charm!!!!

My smartphone is worth its weight in titanium.

OK, exactly how many Norberto men are there?