New Year's Catch Up

To the hundreds of readers I have on this blog, I thought I would post an update since my last post, which was three days before Christmas 2011.

My concerns over Christmas turned out to not be concerns after all.  Amazing what growing a set of balls and standing one's ground on their feeling and emotions will do.  Christmas day was drama free and I had a nice day with my family.

As for 2012 so far, it's going.  I went to CES in Las Vegas and had a great week filled with seeing gadgets and winning gadgets.  My wife even had some of her own winning at the slot machines.

I've been pushing myself to get the gym more often.  It's a basic gym that costs less than $11 a month and it's close to home.  A good feeling that I know is helping me feel better.

Proposition 8 was ruled unconstitutional this week in the state of California.  I posted over on my main blog about what this has done for the state since it passed.  What gets me is the amount of money and time that is put into this by people this does not affect, yet their impact on the lives of others they don't give two shits about is the end result of denying them the right to marry.  Equally puzzling is the Mormon church, who up until 1890, supported a marriage that wasn't "only between a man and a woman."  Now they are against any "non-traditional" form of marriage - except of course after they die and can practice polygamy without that pesky government getting involved with their "godly laws." A bit hypocritical, if you ask me.

Last October, I had a physical where the doctor told me my blood sugar was a bit high.  He put me on these pills called metFormin, which are used to help control the amount of insulin that my body produces. I need to go get my blood checked again soon to see if they made a difference.

After nine years with the same car, I traded it in for a brand new 2012 Nissan Sentra SR Special Edition.  It's my first new car in over 25 years and it feels fucking fantastic (to borrow a line from Lily Allen' "The Fear").  Of course, I enjoyed no car payment (not counting the repair bills I put on my Midas card) for 4 years.

And that's a wrap.  Let's see if I can come back here at least once a month with some more words of wisdom (not related to the religion I no longer believe in).

All Is Quiet On New Year's Day

Well, that really wasn't true for me.  You see, I was at a party with about 20 others, having many adult beverages.  But sometime around 2am, it became quiet once my head hit the pillow.

Seems the proper way to ring in the new year is to cheer, shout and clap - putting the drink down for that brief moment of celebration - and then say your thanks and goodbyes to the host of the party.

As we get older, we tend to shorten our celebrations.  Once a year is fine.  A birthday is another occasion, but is almost always a quieter affair than the stroke of midnight on Jan 1st.

But cheer and joy and laughter, regardless of the time of the year, should never be silenced.  There should always be something to smile about in your life.

And that's the general idea of what I want to make happen in 2011.  So when the clock hits 11:59pm on Dec. 31, 2011, I want to have more cheers and not so many tears.