- So it got to be 10:30 Monday morning before I actively looked for coffee, and deciding there was value in the accidental head-start, I quit caffeine. That hasn’t been fun, though yesterday was a little better than Tuesday. I want to stay off long enough to get a solid read on whether and to what degree it affects my blood pressure and anxiety level. That answer will determine the degree to which I resume.
- I quit drinking for Lent.
- Seen the trailer for Prometheus yet? Wow. I’m pumped.
- Too many people whose musical tastes I respect are singing the praises of the Van Halen record. Probably for me now it’s a matter of when, not if.
- There are only five ovals on the 2012 IndyCar Series season schedule. I hope this is a low, and that the series can support a few more for 2013. (Of course, the question everyone’s afraid to ask is how much is Danica Patrick’s departure going to hurt?)
- Nathan’s anxious about severe weather season. I understand, because I’m anxious about severe weather season. Sigh. I love being able to say things like “no, son, ghosts will never get you because they aren’t real.” This isn’t one of those, is it?
- You know, whether it’s a ’66 Chevelle that won’t start, a dead left rear channel in your home theater, or perplexing supercollider experiment results, sometimes the answer is the same.
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Feb 162012
- Rock of Ages this weekend. Looking forward to it.
- I hope that when Tim Tebow has a special friend he keeps it to himself, and I hope when the press hounds him about it he tells them to mind their own business.
- I’m escalating the attack on my weight again. I’m still 17 pounds of my high, but I was 32 off. Details to follow. Hate this shit. Wish me luck.
- The Anheuser-Busch rep was at Publix last weekend, so I made buddies and asked him about the recent absence of Budweiser American Ale. They weren’t moving enough of it, so they don’t get it anymore. That’s too bad; it’s actually quite a nice beer. He talked me into buying a sixer of Bud Light Platinum, which unfortunately might be the most disgusting beer I’ve ever tasted. It’s cloying, with a huge off-aftertaste. After I had two—the second to confirm my initial opinion, though much colder—I gave two of the remainders to my dad (who had it watching the Super Bowl and actually liked it) and the other two to a colleague (who teased me about it). Avoid.
- You know those computer-generated images that just look like a bunch of nothing, but then you can look at them in a certain way and three-dimensional images begin popping out of them? I’ve never once been able to see one of those.
- Lots of people who should know better are fawning over the “new” “Van Halen” record. This is a bad case of the emperor’s new clothes, folks.
- Nathan is beginning to get the whole “brevity is the soul of wit” thing; that if one time is funny, then four times is not necessarily hilarious. In addition to his father’s counsel, I credit his fanhood of Seinfeld and The Three Stooges.
Feb 092012
Headed back toward seasonal weather this weekend. I haven’t had my coat on in two weeks. Beginning next week, each little boy who lives at our house gets 10 hours per week of video game time, as measured on a countdown timer. (That’s any video game: handheld, console, or PC.) More than one person has [...]
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Feb 022012
My Google+ profile is on the ropes. In fact, as soon as I get out of my Android phone, I may see if I can go Google-free. I think I’ve decided that Microsoft is my faceless megacorp of choice. It’s another #1 class for Alabama (and by the way, the Tide signed 8% of the [...]
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