Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Thursday, June 02, 2011
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Monday, May 09, 2011
Something new...
This was an interesting & 'different' night out in the 'burbs. The performers needed to manage the requests a bit better, and the venue needed to manage the audio better, and the noise from the main bar was awful...and paying for EACH diet coke was simply ridiculous. We got a wonderful hook-up with no cover charge, a special table with no minimum charge, and we got to use our own diet tonic in our drinks. It 'should have been' a nearly perfect evening, but alas, we won't book this one twice.
Friday, May 06, 2011
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Monday, May 02, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Saturday, April 09, 2011
Friday, April 08, 2011
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Sunday, April 03, 2011
I love having graphic designer friends!
under Illinois' laws regarding "Year of Manufacture" license plates,
as long as a valid Illinois Antique license plate is in the car.
Other States, are indeed allowed. I'm only 'fudging' two things - the
first being they don't technically allow 'reproduction' license
plates. I figure, regardless of my subtle plate number, how the hell
do they know who made the plate? Technically, I suppose, the plate
'should be' the type with a stamped year, but as not all states did
those, that may be a fine point, indeed. Secondarily, California
stopped issuing the black & yellow plates in '69, and my '74 Spider
would have gotten a blue & yellow plate. Bummer, I like this look!
We'll see how it goes...
Every Day Carry
Hamilton 'Khaki' Field Watch w/ Corvus NATO 'Bond-Grey' band
(Issued to me by my Uncle Samuel)
My father's signet ring (My initials, also)
Keys to my '74 Spider, house, and mailbox
Ghurka leather notecard holder w/ graph-printed cards
Mont Blanc mechanical pencil (Laser engraved serial ring specifies
EAST Germany!)
iPhone 4
iPhone earbuds in a Radio Shack headphone reel (cant figure out an
easier method to keep 'em untangled!)
My grandfather's BOKER Solingen pocketknife
Coach saddle brown leather business card holder (used as a low-profile
front-carry wallet)
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Checks & Balances
This morning as I checked off my daily goals, I thought it was high time I sent out an update.
As part of my New Year’s Resolutions, I chose to measure 13 ‘small things’ each day. The thinking was that rather than trying to do one or two BIG things this year, I’d try to affect change in my life by instilling new ‘small habits’. I’d been inspired by my own success at taking the stairs & ‘far parking’ at the office every day since we moved into our new building in early December. I figured, if I could do THAT, then why couldn’t I do a few things - all at once?
Well, as it turns out, ‘The Experts’ tell us to change just one thing at a time - for a reason! I may have chosen to bite off a little more than I could chew all at once J
To aid in my success, I tried the checkbox method used by Jerry Seinfeld. The idea was that you get one box for each day, and every day that you do the item, you get a check mark. After a few days, you don’t want to break the chain.
However, I apparently didn’t have ANY problem breaking the chain! I appreciate the idea though, as I’ve always felt you never know what little thing will put you over the tipping point.
So, you ask, how am I doing?
Probably no great shock, but some things are going better than others. The easiest items to stick with have been the ‘non-quantifiable’ items. If it’s an easy ‘Yes/No’, it’s a LOT easier to track this way. Items like following my Atkins plan, or doing a daily to-do list are a bit more…hazy. Does it count if I just look at the to-do list? I mean, I don’t need to make a new list EVERY day, do I? Some items get done, some don’t – the ‘rush of life’ get’s injected, the list gets recycled to the next day, and then it’s hard to make it a cut & dried yes or no.
So, how do I make that more easily measured? I’m not sure. I don’t want to drop that category, though.
The Atkins Plan & Junk Food daily to-do’s are perhaps best left to my daily carb tracker app. I need an uninterrupted hour to set up the favorites section on that. Hmm – maybe that should go on my to-do list…? Perhaps I could make it a check-mark that I used the tracker each day?
Early to Bed / Early to Rise - both continue to frustrate me. They stay. I need my 8 to 9 hours each night, and I seriously NEED to not be such a night owl! Getting up early enough to walk the puppy & do a bit of writing before I head to work…this…this would be seriously good. Walking the puppy after dinner may also help get my fat butt into bed at a reasonable hour. Perhaps the Puppy Walk should get broken down into two categories, one each for morning & night?
Daily Writing / Puppy Walk / Read My Book Today – these all continue to plague me. Surprisingly, I’ve not been reading a lot lately. This isn’t like me, and it needs to change, but I’ve been frustrated with ‘the Library experience’, nor do I want to continue paying for books that crowd my shelves with mediocrity. I may try an e-reader, although that feels like the literary equivalent of driving a Prius.
Drink The Water – I’m going to edit this. My intention was to drink 8 glasses of water each day, but I get a check mark for each one…making my slackness look like success.
Likewise, I need a new definition for ‘Snappy Dresser’. Wearing ‘new’ cargo pants does not mean they are ‘snappy’. Getting the lunch-stains out of my favorite polo shirts doesn’t make them ‘snappy’.
My daily ‘Fiscal Check-In’ is my big success! I am dumb-money-free so far for 2011 (meaning no late fees, no bounce fees, etc), the bill management is going well, and I’m reasonably happy with this area. Lots of room to improve my overall ‘fiscal strategy’, but that’s not what we’re looking for here.
The other big success is actually doing this list each day. I should give myself a checkmark for that…
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