It's OK, I Have the Right Glasses

Tonight's a cognac night.  Does that make sense to anyone but me?

 - E

Understatement

It's been a really long year.

For that matter, I can barely believe that it's been just over a month.

At any rate, long week ahead.  Need to do laundry, take a run and prepare for a funeral.

Update:  I came within a hair's breadth of my first seven minute mile.  Everyone jump to the thirteen second mark with me...

Random Thought for the Day

Cheeseburger without a bun: poor man's steak or rich man's meatloaf?

Whew!

I did it.  For the first time in I-don't-know how long, I just ran an honest-to-god eight-minute mile.  Outside, heat and humidity, up and down hills, no stopping, no skimping on time - the works.  And it feels great.

Yay me.

Blind Satellite Bloggage

We've been jumping back into recording pretty fervently within the last week and have decided to take a unique - and public - approach this time around.


Head on over to http://blindsatellite.blogspot.com/ to read (and hear) what it's all about.


 - E

E.T., Home Phone

My cellphone just rang with a promotional call from my cable company. They first tried so sell me expanded digital cable packages, which I politely turned down since I don't actually, you know, watch TV (the cable is just for internet access). The kind saleswoman then tried to sell me on their digital phone service, which I also turned down. When she asked about my existing land line company, I told her that I had none. Surprised, she asked how I was able to survive without a telephone.

"Well, you're talking to me on the phone now, aren't you?"

So a Guy Walks into a (Coffee) Bar...

After running errands last night, I decided to stop in at Starbucks for an evening treat. As I walked through the door, a couple of teenagers were playing the What-Can-We-Tell-About-A-Total-Stranger-At-First-Glance game. One turned to the other, nodded her head my way and, in a total failure to whisper, declared, "wealthy gomer."

I stopped, turned my head and replied, "people living with their parents."

The barista comp-ed my cappuccino.

A few months ago, this kind of comment would have destroyed me. Now, it gets me free coffee.