I'm going to expire sometime soon I think...I mean my subscription.

It has been fun and at times interesting.

Anna Lee you are very talented and I love your work. If you publish I'll certainly buy.

Venice; well you've come a long way...very cool.

Not much else to say.

C ya

We get so busy with the day to day. I know I do and don't come here as often. It is an odd thing to say but I think about some of my friends here fairly frequently. Not the sets...well not usually anyway.

How is the job hunt going? How did your finals go? Did you enjoy those beautiful days last week? I wonder about your accent, I'll bet it's lovely. And so forth (I've mixed you all up). I think my three SG friends are some of the most extraordinary people I "know". And I really don't know you at all except in a virtual sort of way.

I hope you all have a most excellent summer and that most things go your way.

The downstairs dog...my only picture on this site...is not doing so well. She's 15 with arthritic hips...she falls some and has trouble getting up. You cannot avoid it with pets or people...parents are 80's

Thing is there comes a time when it seems like there's an increasing amount of finality...i won't bore you with this.

One comment on VA Tech: I understand the gun control arguments and kind of think they're pointless in this case. What I really don't think we get as a society or maybe as a species is that the media coverage featuring that pathetically sick individual tends to elevate him (like those iconic self-portraits that I fully expect to see on a t-shirt) and make him a sicko success; I fear there may be others that see his fame and feel like it might be worth it.

I don't know. People blame the media...and I guess I am but really it's us that watch, they give us what they want after all. You'd think I'd have formed a real opinion here but I guess I've not done so.

I've started riding my bike to work and it's really cool.

I have a lot more energy for sure and am far more calm...haven't lost my type A edge though.

Anyway, it's kind of a new slant on the existential thing. Kind of like meditation on the way in and on the way home and it seems to make a difference in the quality of life and work.

The new path taken...might make all the difference.

Well what I should have written was, "good thing only a couple of people ever read this thing."

And then added, "and since it's the right two people it makes all the difference."

Thank you.

Where the hell did that come from?

Good thing I'm usually talking to myself here.

I took my old dog to the vet today. She's 14. When I looked at her shaking while the vet checked her out I realized she will be gone soon. Like all living things in our lives eventually. Friends, parents, lovers, enemies...everyone and then us too. As we get older the permanent and final losses increase in frequency.

The downside of the human condition; everything is time limited no matter how much we love.

It's raining today. Obviously.

Well enough about luck, let's move on.

I haven't had a lot to say. I've been mostly about work of late and reading about that would be like watching grass grow.

I know I must find balance because the weight in my life is clearly work centric and needs to be distributed. It always distributes you know; you can do it for yourself or life will do it for you but in ways you might not like.

It's like global warming; we can fix the planet (well we can try) or the planet will fix itself eventually.

Sometimes the value of existence is brought home in a very big way: the message from the doctor was, "the biopsy was benign."

But let's not make too much of it either...it's good for sure but then it won't always be so. I can't go to that place where so many go: "i'm going to live evey moment, grab all the gusto, time is my most valuable asset, you only go 'round once"...no friends, my most enjoyable memories and experiences come when I take life for granted and don't worry about the time line...what I'm truly grateful for is that I still don't know what the time limit is; and in that I am totally relieved.

Live it. Enjoy it. And take it for granted. It's our gift.

This may be the last post this year.

2006 was ok with me.

I hope it was good for you.

I hope next year is even better.