time keeps on slippin' into the future...

As I get older it would appear that holidays hold less importance than they did before. This year Halloween is apparently going to slip by me without even letting me know that it had showed up in the first place. The wife and I have been so busy that we neglected to get pumpkins to carve. I've definately decided that we are too old to go trick or treating. Not that we did such things even a couple of years ago. But we did go Trick-or-canning. Instead of collecting candy for ourselves we decided in college to dress up in costume and collect canned food for the Portland Rescue Mission, and perhaps obtain some candy at the same time. We had oodles of fun and felt good about it. But, alas! We are getting up in years and cannot walk around in the bitter cold so I petition those who read this blog, as few of you as may be, to encourage young ones to take the opportunity of going door to door to do something noble and good. Regretably, Jessica and I were not able to go to TLC this year because she felt ill. Our food donation will have to go through other channels; perhaps a young person will visit my door on halloween to collect it.
And the big news with us is that we got each other our Christmas presents already. We each have a Garmin Rino GPS/2-way Radio so we can go Geo-caching as much as we like. And hopefully not get lost in the process. We're big nerds.

Bot Fly

I seem to have a strange fascination with gross and wierd things. I saw this video when I was in North Carolina and now you have to see it too.

My other reality

I doubt if I'm the only one who day dreams. But it is possible I am losing it. I seem to have this one image while I'm driving of me using a spin maneuver on a driver who fails to use their turn signal and I get out of the car and punch them right in the ear through their window. I know that some people are not from around here or they just forget but it happens all the time. On the other hand... some people actually deserve to be drilled in the side of the head. The other day dream I have regularly is me riding a motorcycle to work. I've been wanting a motorcycle for a long time but it doesn't seem like that's going to happen anytime soon. Have you ever thought that it would be interesting to be an international spy? Ever follow a stranger for a few blocks through town, watch to see if anyone is following your car in the rear view mirror? Ever look around a room making sure you know where all the exits are...? I do. Maybe I've seen too many movies, maybe I'm just bored, but my imagination lets me deal out justice and take risks that normal people just don't do. The positive side of being boring is the fact that I can look myself in the mirror and sleep like a baby with a clear conscience. Speaking of sleep... zzzzzzzzzzz ...................zzzzzzzzzzzz
Whoops! Goodnight.

So Sad...

Some people genuinely astonish me. Not necessarily in good ways either, but rather in sad and embarassing ways. Embarrassing for them I might add. I have to wonder if people ever try to see themselves from another perspective because they say and do things that can only be explained by obliviousness. Know anyone like that? Besides Michael Scott from The Office...