As the Superbowl approaches

Doesnt this seem a lifetime ago?

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9503E2DF1230F933A15752C1A96E958260

Happy Birthday Jenna

Happy third birthday Jenna.....We love you.....I think the black and white pic from yesterdays party is a good reflection of Jenna....

Eli Stone

So in one of my very early posts, i was complaining that i can't understand why George Michael can't write a great pop song...so along comes the new show with some buzz on ABC "Eli Stone" where the main character swears he sees George Michael. Each Episode will be named after a George or WHAM! song. This could be a problem if this show airs for many years....Georges output to put it nicely, has been sporadic at best. Once you get by the Wham! hits and the "Faith" cd, most of the rest will just be titles to most people.

Will be curious to know how they will work "John and Elvis are dead" into a plot title from
Georges last cd.

The Scary thing about Sam The Butcher...

Allan Melvin, the guy who played Sam The Butcher on the "Brady Bunch" died in the last week.
SO why is this scary to me?

When I watched this show as a kid, I thought of Mr. Brady as being "old" because he was a parent. As a kid, I remember anyone over 16 as old. But Mr. Brady had a cool job , he took the kids on great trips, even if they were "business" related....The Grand Canyon, Kings Island (damm those plans) and of course the mother of all their trips....Hawaii. Vincent Price, cursed Island Idols...crazy natives telling them, "My father say never go there, I never go...." Spiders in their hotel room...wow.....

and then there was SAM......

He wanted to date Alice...who by the way, was never age identified. I think my kid brain put her somewhere between 30-65....but Sam was the never been married bachelor. He seemed old,
un-hip, square....the kind of guy desperate to find someone late in life. And by the way, WHO owns a meat locker with no way out? I'll bet many a butcher shop safety protocol was re-written after that episode aired.

WHY am i scared....? BECAUSE ALLAN Melvin died at 84 years old....which means he was 44
during that first season.....

I'll be 45 in March....

Odds and ends

--The ipod touch experiment only have worked...I cant bring up the keyboard to type in a message....
--Speaking of which, I bought the January software upgrade for the touch and one of the features is to track stocks....now i can watch my 401K go down the shitter at the touch of a button...
--Workouts are going well...Judging by my posts of this time last year, I 'm way of where i was 12 months ago.....I didnt start using weights again until APril. Diet side is the same ol batch of
mistakes....few good days....starting well on the weekends and losing my focus by sunday night.
These Pats games aint helping.
--I've taken the first steps in becoming a personal trainer....I 'm doing a two day workshop next month and will have my course materials tomorrow...

off to check my stocks....

iPod touch post

Don't Let The Door Hit You In The Ass on the way out

The following people please go away:

1. Britney Spears

2. Dr. Phil

3. Rachel Ray

....almost making the grade at four is Oprah.


thanks....

08' Goals

Not a complete list....

-Finally get my weight out of this plateau zone thats its been in for the last 12 months...The good news is i didnt put on any weight over the holidays....the bad news is i didnt lose any either.
-Get information on becoming a personal trainer. I''ve been toying with this one for awhile .
-finish reading several of the books i'm in the middle of....
-write more....i did well with this one for a short spell last year at this time and then stopped.
I have a story floating in my head called "My last treehouse" .
-Do something different on vacation this year...sorry Hyannis you're out.

Resolution Hell

I'm starting to equate New years resolutions with christmas shopping on black friday and the whole holiday shopping thing in general. How many ads did i see yesterday from "Fiber One", "Slim Fast", "Special K", "Bally's" about losing weight as YOUR new years resolution.....we're becoming a nation of programmed cattle.....mooing our way thru the calender year. Valentines is next....What are the odds those chocolates and cards will be on the "Hallmark" shelves by this weekend?....right next to the closeout wrapping paper and the 90% off candy canes. There IS a reason mothers and fathers day happen in the spring ya know. To fill the gap after the easter candy goes away....but before the halloween candy hits..usually the last week of August. Hell I'm guility....I blogged that i bought a Halloween candle in August....

Anyway...I do have goals for 2008.

I will post them tomorrow

Happy New Year!