About Last Night…

I guess my cosmic timing was off.

I went to my dad’s house last night and worked on my printer, which set my schedule (if you can call it that) off.  I couldn’t seem to get into the TV show I was watching, the printer work was frustrating me beyond belief, and I didn’t leave Dad’s until about 11:30. Well, that last part was the only “normal” thing.

Anyhow, I left Dad’s and headed home. Half a mile – 8 blocks – from home, I run out of gas.  I thought to myself, “If this was a game of darts, I’d be on the inner ring, right next to the bull’s-eye.”  I’ve run out before, 2 miles, 3 miles, 5 miles from home, but to run dry that close? Never happen again in a million years.

Finally, with help from Mom, I make it home.  I usually post a birthday list on Facebook around midnight or so, but that didn’t get posted until 1.  I then proceeded to stay up until nearly 4 (usually in bed asleep by 2:30).  And then I woke up at 8 (see previous entries).

Well, I guess the cosmos is telling me something.

Breaking News

Andrew Koenig, the actor famous for his role as "Richard “Boner” Stabone on the TV series “Growing Pains”, was found dead Thursday in a park in Vancouver, British Columbia.  My deepest sympathies to Walter and Judith Koenig on their loss.  Full story here.

Too Early To Get Up; Or, “I’m Not Taking THAT Call”

I have no idea why I woke up this morning.  Strike that, I know why. I’m up because I got not one, not two, but three phone calls this morning, all from the same number.  But I didn’t answer.  I took one look at my phone, saw that there were eight digits instead of the usual seven, ten, or eleven, and hit the “reject” button. 

Normally, I could just roll over and go back to sleep once I had determined that I had not missed an important call, but not today.  Instead, my brain was jerked from a period of recharging straight into the “on” mode.  It didn’t matter that I’d only had about four hours of sleep.  It didn’t help that my bedroom is on the south side of the house, either.  Even if I had wanted to, I wouldn’t have been able to return to peaceful slumber.

So starts yet another day in the life of yours truly.  I hope your day started off better than mine.

Long Time, No See!

So it’s been nearly 3 years since I last posted here. I’m sorry. I got all caught up in the “new media”: Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, you know, the things that everyone is using these days. Lately, though, I’ve felt the need to step away from that, to “step back inside my mind” if you will.

I’ve been listening to quite a number of podcasts, and I started thinking about doing my own. But then I thought, “What would I talk about?” Listening to news isn’t all that interesting unless you happen to live or know people in the area. I could just play music, but then I would have to be extremely careful about the music I choose, copyright laws, licensing issues, and it’s all just too much to handle. I even thought about just talking about whatever happened to pop into my head, but seriously, who would want to hear that?

Anyway, I’m going to try to keep up with my blogging more, update my life as my views change. I’m going to find that which makes me happiest and achieve it.

I’m still thinking about the podcast, though. For an idea, check out Radio Free Burrito from Wil Wheaton, or SModcast from Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier. I may never be as successful as they, but I can still try.