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The real question is...
19:52 Jun 30 2009
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...have we mourned enough yet to start back in with the Michael Jackson jokes?

The sadness and reality...
06:25 Jun 30 2009
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...Jimi Hendrix died in a pool of his own vomit.



Any idea how much you have to puke to fill a pool?

Eggshells...
14:43 Jun 29 2009
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...sometimes I feel that is what I'm walking on everywhere in my life. Even here.



I've tried to be insensitive and just not care about how people feel but I can't do it.



So I constantly hold back from saying or doing things that I know might hurt or upset others, even if it stops me from... feeling better, being happy, making improvements in my life... whatever.



I'm still figuring out how to balance this...

Oh yeah.... and....
04:16 Jun 29 2009
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...this was a trying weekend and the scotch is going down like candy.



I can't be responsible for what I say from here on out...

PRIVATE ENTRY
22:24 Jun 25 2009
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Why I can't give up my D40X...
19:25 Jun 25 2009
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...I'm jonesin' to get a D90, but if I did I would absolutely not take it out into a storm just to see if I can get pictures of lightning.



I figure the D40X has grown gills at this point...

Tummy rumbles...
18:52 Jun 25 2009
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..I shouldn't comment in journals when I'm having lunch...

Kismets are too short....
19:38 Jun 24 2009
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...and I'm not sorry for any 6's I've given over the years. 6 isn't a bad rate. It's slightly above average.



It's like the brunch of rates...



"It's not quite breakfast, it's not quite lunch, but it comes with a slice of cantaloupe at the end. You don't get completely what you would at breakfast, but you get a good meal!"

College?
19:53 Jun 23 2009
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Pondering my college education today... how much did it really help me get to where I am?



When I was graduating from high school everyone advised going right into college... "If you don't go now while you're still adjusted to being in school every day, in a few years time you won't want to go!"



So I went.



Today I think back and wonder if that was the right direction. Maybe I needed to spend some time getting to know life before spending more time in school. Maybe travelling back then with less responsibility... trying different jobs... living other places... I lost that opportunity and honestly I could probably go to college now and learn just fine. It's not like I need to be in any kind of mental adjustment to it...



I don't know... sometimes I think colleges pay into public education and part of their marketing plan is to have the schools "sell" going to college... I realize it's value. I wouldn't give up the degree I've earned and it's made me a better, more educated person... but...



...was it necessary to go then as opposed to waiting?

New directions...
03:03 Jun 21 2009
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...so last year I decided on Father's Day I wanted to spend the day WITH my kids. Just us. I was in the middle of extended trips to Kentucky so have the chance to spend a lot of time with them was awesome.



And really, I play golf so infrequently these days, what is the difference if I don't play one more day?



Despite the fact I haven't travelled since February, tomorrow will be more of the same. The middle child asked to go to the science museum (www.sciencebuff.org) which suits me just fine. Looking up their hours for tomorrow I discovered the "Body Works" exhibit will be at the museum starting July 9th.



I've been wanting to see this exhibit for a long time - this is its first stop in Buffalo. Awesomeness abounds and I probably wouldn't have even realized it was going to be here if my son didn't ask to go to the museum.



All because he wants to see the Mummy. Heh.



So, tomorrow will be a good day. :)

WOOT!
21:52 Jun 19 2009
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Got my new Blackjack II. I'm stoked to have a new phone. The first one is getting a bit beat up and the batteries only give me about 20-30 minutes of talk time... Loved my first one though - a real road-warrior, especially when not in America.



Let's face it, AT&T wireless is just as good as Verizon, which is just as good as Sprint/Nextel... etc... they all have their pros & cons, strong signal areas and weak signal areas... but the rest of the world is basically on the GSM standard and their cellular infrastructures blow America's away...



I did work at a hospital in Montreal and had to work in the lower level basement... basically, two stories below ground in a concrete foundation.



I had four bars of signal everywhere I went on Rogers network.



In Australia, it didn't matter where I was. I never had less than 3 bars...



I go into my local grocery store on the edge of the I-90, with a cell tower visible from their parking lot... I'm lucky to get 1 bar, if any.



So I refuse to blame the phone. It was a trusty companion for almost three years of travel. But, it's day is done. On with the new!

Trying to heed the advice...
20:52 Jun 17 2009
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...Morri says I need less coffee and more good stuff in my diet.



So I'm trying this fruit drink she enjoys... it's all natural.. very tasty.



But the consistency is... like... drinking latex paint. I think it actually coats the glass better than paint would.



It is tasty though.

Writer's block?
05:49 Jun 13 2009
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Maybe I've just lost the ability to say the things I want to say in a form that resembles poetry more than just out right complaining...



...my creativity is a bit lost these days behind the daily tasks and necessities...



...I'm hoping I get past this sooner than later.

Good times.
01:22 Jun 07 2009
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I got to spend my Saturday afternoon hanging out with cute, undressed chicks in the sun… I figured I’d take some pictures and share them here.

And we had an unexpected guest run through…

















All in a day’s work.



The chicks were actually part of helping my daughter with her homework for the weekend. It’s the end of their “stick eggs in a warm tank and see what happens” science module. And apparently, at least 4 or 5 of these buggers are coming home with her permanently when they’re done.



So… I have to build a coop.



Yay.



She has already given them all cute names like Millie, Fluffy, Snowball, Buddy… etc… foregoing my suggestions of… Fajita, Cordon Bleu and Quesadilla…

Mmmm... Scotch.
02:18 Jun 04 2009
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What else is there to say other than... if I could talk to life itself I would reassure it that its sense of irony is not lost on me...



...not by a long shot.



Thanks for the unexpected reminders...

Mmmm... wine.
02:54 Jun 02 2009
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So I go to the local corner liquor store tonight to get wine. All the wine in my house... was gone. As was the scotch, so I got some of that too.



Long story shortened; the store is owned by the elderly Russian man who has had this store there as long as I can remember. I always engage him in some small talk and through his heavy accent I usually find some wisdom or at least entertainment in what he says.



He has an article near his cash register titled, "Five Foods to Keep Your Heart Healthy."



I read the list.



Fish and red wine are in the top 5.



He comments, "That is a good article, yes?"



I said, "Sure is. All stuff that I eat regularly..."



"Yes.. and the wine. Don't forget the wine!"



"Of course - it's the best thing to have with the fish!"



"Yes, at least one glass of a good, dry red wine every day... it will eat up all your cholesterol."



Sage advice from a man who has been in business for over three decades.



Drink your wine!

Time to remind myself of this...
20:17 Jun 01 2009
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....small changes over long periods of time affect great change.



The continents used to be all grouped together.



The area where I live, in the North East of the United States, that has a national reputation for harsh winters, heavy snow falls and often bitter cold temperatures.... well, 300 million years ago it was just south of the equator and under an ocean.



I have to make small changes to myself every day. To accomplish what I need to accomplish in this lifetime. In the time biology and the cosmic randomness we call life has granted me.



Not 300 million years. But today... in 24 hours. Through tomorrow... 48 hours... for this month... 30 similar days...



...in this lifetime... which is probably half over if not further already.



I have to read back and remember what it was I wanted from all of this sometimes. The road ahead is often muddied with the rains of yesterday. Obscured by the settling clouds of self-doubt and a lack of confidence.



What lies in that shrouding mist? Great peaks to be climbed or a sudden drop off I'm too blinded to see?



What is the best approach? A maddening speed, full throttle ahead to leap the chasm... or will I slam into the wall? Slow and steady to climb the mountain, or will I fall into a pit of failure?



I wish I had the answers. I've always wished I had the answers.



But since I can't see that far ahead anyway.... I think I'll just close my eyes and press on.