Nothing Really, Just An Observation

I just heard Piano Man by Billy Joel. Man I forgot how great a song that is. He's got several dozen great songs but this has got to be his greatest.

Who Knew?

Maybe there is some truth to Liberal claims that we're all a bunch of redneck white supremists. I was sitting around thinking how I might change my Facebook or Twitter avatar to the "Don't Tread On Me" flag. I did a quick Google search and turned up the image. Turns out it's called the Gadsen flag. I just vaguely remember that it along with "Live Free or Die" were two of my favorite slogans from history class and the Revolution. The history of it is here...

Then I stumbled upon this article, which leads me to believe that maybe using it as an avatar wouldn't be a great idea. But I've never been accused of being a great thinker. I imagine militia members work up quite a thirst running around the woods of North Carolina or Idaho training with their "machine guns". I bet they drink beer. I drink beer. Nuts.

Quote of the Day

This quote was on my iGoogle homepage in the Quote of the Day widget, or whatever they call it.

Books to the ceiling,/ Books to the sky,/ My pile of books is a mile high./ How I love them! How I need them!/ I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.
- Arnold Lobel

I like it so I thought I'd post it. Don't know who Arnold Lobel is. I know I could probably "Google" him but sometimes it's fun not knowing.

The Holiday Season

It's starting to feel like Christmas. We've had a week of sub 20 degree weather and a lot of snow here in the Springs. The annual ritual of sending out Christmas cards has been concluded. This year we had picture cards printed up on Kodak.com which helped make things easier.

We're getting ready to head to Ohio at the end of next week. We're really excited about that. I haven't been home in over a year and we are both happy to be taking a road trip.

I'm also looking forward to getting a break from work. I haven't had an honest to God vacation in awhile.

Hopefully you're having a good Christmas season.

Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving was different. Lisa's friends from Washington came to visit. They, like Lisa, are vegetarians. I am not. Lisa doesn't really cook so I had the honor of making a vegetarian dinner. I made Ratatouille. It's an actual dish and not just an animated film. It turned out pretty good (it was no turkey though).

Lisa's friends are also screaming liberals. It was tough, the husband kept trying to bait me. They knew I am a Libertarian so I think it was testing me a little. Believe it or not I'm a pretty tolerant guy of other people's opinions, face to face anyway, and I also find it bad form to argue politics with a guest. I was sorely tempted though cause this guy was the kind of lib that Sean Hannity delights in sterotyping. I had to drink a lot of whiskey to make it through that night. The husband is Scottish so being European it's understandable. No less annoying, but understandable. I think the only thing we agreed on was that Daniel Craig is the best James Bond since Sean Connery.

It really wasn't that bad they are both nice people so I only lost sleep one night thinking of all the things I wished I had said.

Just Like Oprah

Here are a few of my favorite things:

• Man vs Food - I think I mentioned somewhere before that this is the most subversive, politically incorrect and down right dangerous show on TV right now. Fat people eating anything and everything in sight. Sometimes it disturbs even me, and I'll eat anything that doesn't move faster than I do.
• Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives - yes! another show about gorging yourself. Not as decadent as MvF but delicious all the same. I'm trying to get these shows out of my system before the new health plans kick in and they outlaw obesity. I like Guy Fieri even though it aggravates me to try to pronounce his last name.
• Property Virgins - That Sandra Rinomato knows her real estate, she sales with flare, verve and a Canadian accent.
• Google Maps - I really love the feature that let's you go down to street level (not sure what that feature is called). It's handy for planning my motorcycle rides, even figuring out the scenic spots to stop and take photos. Now if it would just help me figure out a way to pay for those trips.

A few of my not so favorite things:

• Carrie Prejean - I'm one gullible son of a bitch but even I can see a huckster of her magnitude coming. She makes the terms plastic and fake inadequate, and I'm not talking about the breast implants. Her indignant act in the Larry King interview isn't very convincing.
• Larry King - his obnoxious, boorish behavior is way too authentic.

The Last Few Days

Only the first paragraph is about Obama, if you're sick of that go ahead and skip to the next one, that's about someone only mildly more annoying than Obama, me.


I've really been hitting a slow streak lately. It seems like my all consuming hatred for Obama has spoiled my huge, insatiable lust for life. I haven't been posting too much because I don't want to have another entry turn into an anti-Obama rant. It's nice to have him in another country though. And did you see that goofy hand-shake slash bow thing he did. What a giant nerd. I could almost feel sorry for him at times like that but then I remember my all consuming hatred.

Well aside from Obama's trip to China things have been pretty quiet this week. To get reinspired for the blog I went back and read some of my older entries. I really used to like writing here. I see a certain online persona I've developed and didn't realize how much I tend to repeat myself (see first paragraph). Still I have a few things I've written that I'm kind of proud of. Since 2010 is the fifth year anniversary of Life's Been Good, maybe I'll repost (or rehash) some of my favorites. Or maybe that'll be too much work.


So I've got the dog chewing a rawhide right behind me, man she's loud. This will not be a post I revisit.

Friday The 13th

Garden of the Gods
Originally uploaded by brian glass

Got out of bed, the new Sleep Number bed that we've had for about a month hasn't really impressed me so far. The number, it seems, is affected by things such as the temperature and barometric pressure. For some reason I set my side to 60 and wake up to 75. It's still better then our old bed however, just by the fact that it's a king size.

I had lunch with Lisa at her office. That was nice for me, she was having an acid attack and her stomach was killing her.

Now I'm sitting here wishing I had something more to write about in the hope of saving this from going down as the worst blog entry ever. I guess it's too late for that.

Here is a picture I took from a short bike ride yesterday. I went to the Garden of the Gods for the sole purpose of taking pictures of the motorcycle in front of pretty scenery. It worked I reckon. Oh, the malaise.