I do Weight Watchers (now WW, now MyWW…) with my wife, families from church, and fellow cravings enthusiasts. My mother & her best friend are also doing it back in Chicago along with my mother-in-law’s best friend out there. Every Monday night (it used to be Tuesday, and it might go back to Tuesday) we […]
Hold Me Accountable
Curbing Content Consumption
While we talked with Cassidy, the lady in the window seat, we got to chatting about the sacrifices she made to further her career. She’s worked since she was 15. The job takes her where the story is, even if it’s after 5pm on a Friday and halfway around the globe from her family during […]
30-day challenge: 02/2013
La Problema: I’m a stat checker. I’ve always been that way as a sport’s fan but it got worse at Livemercial when checking analytics and rankings. I’m so afraid of being disconnected that on bad days I’ll check analytics, indexing and rankings 6 times an hour. It’s also usually a sign that my life is […]
Reply to friends about gun control post-Newtown: Not an A/B problem.
A couple dear friends were writing about the need to either arm our teachers or use a parental / volunteer quasi-militia to defend our kids during school. After I pointed out the redundancies, they asked me to expound. Below is my response. I was going to put it on three spots on Facebook. But instead […]
I Ain’t Cuttin’ My Hair, Cuttin’ Till the Good Lord Comes. Till the Good Lord Comes.
2017-02-14 Update: I never intended to discuss Joshua James’ meaning of the song, “Coal War.” I was inspired by it and I just loved how it was used in the beginning of season 4 of “Sons of Anarchy” as I’m sure many fans were: I recall looking for interviews of Joshua James at the time […]
#holdmeaccountable Day 27: The Best Week Ever
I’m told successful people make lists. I hate lists. That should tell me something. Well, I have lists. They’re just all over the place. Then I need a master list to keep track of all the little lists I have spread out all over the place and then a list to remind myself to look […]
#holdmeaccountable Days 24-26: The Charge in Recharge
I’ve lost the last few years of my life to my own fears. I’ve spent so much time in front of the computer that I forgot why I do it. So lately I’ve been spending time away from the computer in hopes that I remember why I got into this racket in the first place. […]
#holdmeaccountable Days 21-23: Thankful It Wasn’t Worse
It was the last at-home dinner with the OldOld Man before he heads off to Southwest Florida. Now, yes, we’ll be with him for Thanksgiving, but there was still something commemorative about the experience. Anyway, he once again showered mama and I with praise for taking care of him during his recovery from Heart Valve […]
#holdmeaccountable Day 20: Makes Me Wanna Take a Back Road When the Windows Are Rolled Down
Stay the night in Duneland in my weekend bed nestled between a Tony Little Gazelle & a Red Exerciser. I woke up craving pizza and Dr. Pepper for brunch. Is that how they do it… After some Duneland fall chores me and Gag took a trip out to his brother’s – Grmm’s – place. I […]
#holdmeaccountable Day 18: Backsliding, City, Colour & the Mission Bell
Somewhere in the back of my consciousnes I hear Dr. Drew Weiss quoting Robert Burn’s, “To a Mouse.” “The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft agley,” Followed by his favorite explanation of the couplet: “Shit Happens.” So when I miss my 4,000 word goal by, well, 3,800 words, instead of gripping, I […]