life in the old lane

Yesterday, I walked to the volunteer job. I usually ride the bus and walk home. It is 1.8 miles each way. Anyhow, my “to work” walk took me past this festive yard sign. But, actually, booze is the first thing ditched when I am dieting.

The diet has been going on for a week now. One of the offending pounds is gone. Two more to go. Pesky three pounds. Carlton can lose three pounds by giving up  jelly on his afternoon monster muffin snack. No one ever said life is fair.

“They” promised us huge amounts of rain tomorrow.

Is anyone besides me sad about the death – or maybe suicide – of Xmarks – that fine crossbrowser, crossplatform, bookmark sync system?

I know this smiling kid. I have eaten Thanksgiving dinner at his house. I know his mother. She was the Matron of Honor at my oh so formal wedding years ago. My only thought was “How must Camille feel about this?” Carlton says that she must feel better than Cliff – because at least Mother’s care is being considered.

Carlton also noted that the dates are wrong.

Took the little ZS3 out on a very small nature walk – about 6 blocks to the Nature Conservancy’s empty lot. I was testing a little “old person” modification to the ZS3. Namely – the ClearViewer , a little gizmo invented by an old person for old persons. Makes it possible to actually see the LCD. Normally, I just “point and pray”. But, this this helps.

I am slumping off into boredom this evening. But, there are worse things than being bored.

Maybe I am bored with dieting. Hope not. It has only been since Wednesday noon. And I am sure that the 12 sticks of butter AKA 3 pounds are still firmly attached to my person.

Three extra pounds have taken up residence on my person. That would be 12 sticks of butter. Time for drastic action. Must get  back down to the sub-125 level. ASAP.

I am not liking the begonia picture so very much. But, I put it there – so there it stays.

Senator Byrd – the long time senator from West Virginia – is one of the more famous residents of “Columbia Gardens”. Says something about West Virginia – neither of the Byrds wanted to be caught dead in West Virginia.

I wandered over to the stone shop – wanted to make sure that there were no chunks of rock with my name on it.

The Airness was a year old yesterday. I love the form factor. I would really like a larger solid state disk. I only have 128Gig. And, I little more power. But, I don’t see myself replacing it. In fact, I am not sure that the MacBook Air isn’t an evolutionary dead end.

Sad day today – this is the last day of the pool. The pool is heated. It could stay open for another week. Summer is still here.