Beer

I spent a while with a friend tonight, celebrating his wife's new job over a few beers. Whether you like it or not, beer is an excellent celebratory juice.

The Measure of Love

If we could measure love, what would that measure tell us?

Late News

First RunKeeper Walk

This map shows the route I took on this morning's walk, the first one I measured using RunKeeper. It's a pretty slick application. I like it.  Click on the map to enlarge it.

TV

When I turn on the television, I feel like I'm connecting to an utterly absurd perception of the world. It makes me angry.  But then I realize I won't change it, so I relax and curse and have another sip of a strong drink.

Fantasies I Have Owned

Alternative Futures:

1. Create and own a "charismatic" hot dog diner (this will, in some future post, be explained in detail; it's probably not what you're thinking...or maybe it is).
2. Establish a series of "pop-up" restaurants with a constantly changing set of foodie entrepreneur partners.
3. Write schlock fiction for schlock publishers and schlock-loving readers.
4. Become an indentured (of sorts) gardener for an attractive and wealthy woman who enjoys hardscaping instead of landscaping.
5. Paint houses while the owners/residents are away on vacation, thereby creating untold levels of distress in innocent or not-so-innocent people.
6. Write and cultivate a fervent following (call it a cult) for a new economic manifesto involving social justice and nudity.
7. Buy or, failing that, become CEO of Greyhound Lines, Inc. and introduce what currently appears to be lacking...service attitude and true customer appreciation to the company...thereby making the lives of nearly 25 million passengers each year considerably more pleasant.
8. Live with someone new once a month and write about it for a grocery store tabloid.
9. Adopt the persona of Clyde Barrow and find just the right Bonnie to join me in robbing banks.
10. Invade an island nation, or convince the inhabitants an irrepressible invasion is underway, and take over as benevolent ruler.