Saturday, January 05, 2013

The Daily Photo (2013-01-05)

The Daily Photo

We wrecked this plate of nachos!



Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2013-01-05)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

Do I cheat myself of depth and vividness in my life by always trying to be in control?

Who invented restaurants?

The Daily Affirmation (2013-01-05)

The Daily Affirmation

All of my broken pedometers were repairable with the simple fix of changing the battery.

I played a great game of soccer.

I moved up a spot in my Yahoo basketball draft.

La Connexion Francaise (2013-01-05)

La Connexion Francaise

Ma oncle a morté ce matin.

Friday, January 04, 2013

Act Of Caring (2013-01-04)

Act Of Caring

I let myself be late for hockey so I could finish the drawing I was creating for a client.

La Connexion Francaise (2013-01-04)

La Connexion Francaise

Ma nièce fait moi heureux ce soir quand elle m'assise sur mes genoux.

The Daily Photo (2013-01-04)

The Daily Photo

Up-side down iPad


Just having a sit, in a box of old bills


The Daily Affirmation (2013-01-04)

The Daily Affirmation

I finished the drawing I've been trying to complete just before hockey.

Someone lent me a stick when I realized I'd forgotten mine.

I got to play hockey for the first time in three weeks and I scored a breakaway goal.

When your niece comes padding into the living room, her hair still wait from the bath, and she trots over to you, climbs up into your lap with her duck blanket, and makes herself comfortable for a little rest, its not a bad feeling.

Today I Learned . . . (2013-01-04)

Today I Learned . . .

Go hang a salami I'm a lasagna hog is the same, forward and backward.

Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2013-01-04)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

Is having weird dreams a sign of mental instability?

Today I Learned . . . (2013-01-03)

Today I Learned . . .

The original name for the show "Hannah Montana" was "Alexis Texas"

Thursday, January 03, 2013

The Daily Photo (2013-01-03)

The Daily Photo

I needed to change up my beverage choice


Andi coming over the monitor again


Act Of Caring (2013-01-03)

Act Of Caring

I had a long, revealing text conversation about personal loss with a friend today.

La Connexion Francaise (2013-01-03)

La Connexion Francaise

Une chose je n'aime pas est ma chat ne parles pas en arrière.

Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2013-01-03)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

KeSha: yes or no?

I think my desk needs cleaning.  What's the best product to accomplish this task?

I brought home a CAD file to work on this evening.  I half-way promised a consultant that I would have it done today.  Its now 10 o'clock, I've broken two copies of AutoCAD and currently have no viable way to work on this at home.  Is it unreasonable to say to myself, I've tried my best but this has to wait until the morning when I can use my work computer?

And pregnancy cause a depression?

The Daily Affirmation (2013-01-03)

The Daily Affirmation

The price of gas went down again!  Its gone down twice since the last time I had to buy any.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013

The Daily Affirmation (2013-01-02)

The Daily Affirmation

My turkey salad with bacon seems like it turned out great.

I found the printer piece I thought Andi lost on me!

La Connexion Francaise (2013-01-02)

La Connexion Francaise

J'ai fait salade de dinde avec bacon!

Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2013-01-02)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

Where can I buy a food dicer?

Do you some people actually have no other purpose beyond making another miserable?

Act Of Caring (2013-01-02)

Act Of Caring

I did some basic searching to help someone with a job hunt.

Tuesday, January 01, 2013

Hello World!


I posted a Calvin & Hobbes cartoon to this blog this evening.  I found it while searching the internet tonight.  I kinda liked it.  It said something timely, both for everyone and for me.

Today is about new beginnings.  It’s not really, because we carry the baggage of all our previous years with us.  But when the calendar turns a fresh 01/01, it’s easy to believe we can start over.

So I am again going to try and start over.  I will bring with me the lessons I’ve learned on the path I’ve travelled this far.  I will go forward with memories in my mind that can guide me on the new path I will take.  But if I am able, I will attempt to leave behind the wounds and the nightmares that I have always chosen to let plague me.

I did a lot of reading while I was on Christmas break.  And many of these books were dove-tailing towards the same concepts.  You have to learn the lessons from what you’ve experienced, but once they are over, you have to let them go.

Let them go.

I am not one to let anything go.  My mistakes haunt me forever, while I discount my successes that have occurred in the same history.  It is a sad pattern to inflict, but as I’ve learned this is not uncommon among humanity.  And the lesson that goes with it is to stop the nonsense.

Stop the nonsense.

Remember your successes as equal as you would be haunted by your failures.  Neither of which should inhibit you from following a new path into the unknown.  Live life, don’t stay at home watching re-runs of your perceived dismal failure.  You have to get out there, live life, and fill your memory with . . . Memories!  They won’t all be good but to risk failure is to attempt glory.

So I’ll try.  I began writing this blog as a method of searching my soul after waving good bye to someone.  And part of me wants to say that I never learned to live after that moment.  But I know that’s not true, and I’ve lived 10x in the 10 years since I waved good bye, than I did in the almost 30 that came before that moment.  Both pieces of knowledge I will put in the vault, then I will go out to attack this new year with a fresh vigor.

Here I go.  Reborn when I never ceased to exist.  If you happen to catch me along the way, be sure to encourage.  It’s a daring adventure I’ve promised myself but that’s not to say I wouldn’t appreciate a kind word along the way

Hello World!

Words To Live By . . .


A New Year

The Daily Photo (2013-01-01)

The Daily Photo

The blue light shines


A blue (and blurry) high-flying kitty


La Connexion Francaise (2013-01-01)

La Connexion Francaise

Je n'aime pas le Association du Soccer.  Ils font de mauvaises décisions.

Today I Learned . . . (2013-01-01)

Today I Learned . . .

Tricyclic anti-depressants are so named because their chemical structure resembles three linked rings.

The Daily Affirmation (2013-01-01)

The Daily Affirmation

When your niece and nephew come into their grandparents house, and upon noticing you they both coming running to throw their arms around your neck; that ain't bad.

On Day 1 of 2013, I filled every category in my tracking spreadsheet with a non-zero; an accomplishment I haven't completed in many months.

Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2013-01-01)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

Should I buy a QRay bracelet?

What would deep-fried lamb taste like?  [1:24 AM]

Act Of Caring (2013-01-01)

Act Of Caring

Even though I don't like it when the table is cleared for dessert, I helped empty it for my parents tonight because they were busy in the kitchen.

Monday, December 31, 2012

The Daily Photo (2012-12-31)

The Daily Photo

The end of 2012


La Connexion Francaise (2012-12-31)

La Connexion Francaise

He suis mal á l'estomac.

Heureux Nouveau Année!

The Daily Affirmation (2012-12-31)

The Daily Affirmation

New Years Eve on the couch with my cat sleeping on me is an alright way to go out of 2012.

Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2012-12-31)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

Can you buy a multi-disc DVD player?  Not, does such a thing exist but, is there an actual store into which I could go (or visit online) and buy one?

Why do people swing their arms when they walk?

If there was no reason you couldn't, would you walk around naked?

Sunday, December 30, 2012

La Connexion Francaise (2012-12-30)

La Connexion Francaise

J'ai joué beaucoup jeux au video.

The Daily Photo (2012-12-30)

The Daily Photo

Andi in her typical, relaxed repose


Then a few hours later, she attacks me by biting



The Daily Affirmation (2012-12-30)

The Daily Affirmation

Its Sunday night.  Normally I'd get a little blue about that, as the morning would bring the return to "the grind" which can often be very much like being inside of a pepper grinder.  However on THIS Sunday night I take solace in the fact that tomorrow morning I face NO obligations, and actually have 2 more days of vacation to go!

Blog Question(s) Of The Day (2012-12-30)

Blog Question(s) Of The Day

Should I buy a treadmill? And if so, how much treadmill do I buy?