It’s been a while since I’ve posted the hellish and discouraging price of petrol.

As you can see, we are being manipulated, controlled and punished by the United States Government and their pals, the petroleum corporations.

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Our annual visit to Colebrook on Easter Weekend is never less than amazing, thanks to my incredible Aunt. When the Easter bunny shows up and the kids gather round it brings meaning to tradition and value to family gathering. I am so lucky to have been born of these beautiful folks.

I always have a favorite photo I’m willing to share. I do like this one of Debra messing with her steer:

Winner was somewhat on-the-fence regarding the calm white beast.

Lana slowly wades the brook with calm pleasure. She really is a dear creature:

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I’ve started Volunteer work while I am still disabled. It’s been great and not at all difficult or uncomfortable. For some reason I am able to get under the skin of the difficult and depressed… but I stay well away from the bitchy.

Tomorrow I find out my scores on the mid-term and hopefully will pass my skills evaluation.

PS: I get a shot in the neck on the 29th. Keep your fingers crossed they don’t pith me. (see pithing)

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Update: 3/27 – I know it’s the 27th because FedEx is supposed to deliver a package that has been sitting in Stamford for 48 hours and will take them two more days to deliver. I’m really glad Tom Hanks lost Wilson. Serves him right for getting paid to promote such a crock.

I got a 94 on my mid-term, serves me right for not thoroughly reading the chapter on “Senses”.

The shot in the neck is called a Cervical Transforaminal Injection. …day after tomorrow.

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I ordered a watch … by sending a lump sum via Paypal to a random email address answered by an entomologist by the name of Wayne on Tuesday, March 13th. I can only wait and see. Today Fed Ex shows “my” parcel in… Bayan Lepas, a town in Penang, Malaysia.

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Kohl’s must have known I would be shopping…

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Happy Birthday Winnie.

You’re a true champ.

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…know what I think is cool? The versatility and time-proven design of the fireplace poker.

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When I drink I tend to click a lot of buttons.

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I wonder if I should capitalize the T in twitter. Should such a feminine name be capitalized? My use of twitter is predominately reserved for the rare event I am without electricity but still have a cell signal. It does happen after a storm and while horseback. 

Throughout 2011 I haven’t been very active on any of the dozen websites I host that draw regular traffic because of a realization. I’ve been purposely neglectful because at some point this year my writing style became offensive to me. I exaggerate and embellish. I don’t care about the topic, the message or the content. I’m purposely antagonistic and too lazy to be complete or intellectual. Basically I suck at it and I shouldn’t be the one writing anything other than project manuals and repair tutorials.

I started a Twitter account using my real name and linked it here. I don’t know if that’s completely insane or just insane. @wkpUS follow me…hahah.. I not much of a follower myself.

So, I sit here trying to remember my new slogan… is it embellish obfuscation? exhibit obfuscation?  …no, opposite those. It’s something I don’t do. Oh yeah; Echew Obfuscation. I kinda want to get that tattooed inside my lip. (no.)

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It’s December. That special month of the year when in the hour of greatest darkness we celebrate. It’s a buzz.

For myself the month is introspective. As the last month of 2011 passes, I take stock:
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I remember the moment, in my fourteenth year, when I outgrew my size 9.5 Timberland Men’s Classic Lug 3-Eye Boat Shoe and bought my first pair of size 10.5 shoes. (the same shoe.)

A few months before my 40th birthday I went to an Optician for some vanity contact lenses for my Halloween costume and came home with an appointment six months later for reading glasses.

I guess that’s how age gets you.

Blessed with the perfect metabolism, acute senses and overall excellent health, my body has never failed me. I am strong and lean and I have a thick head of hair.

I walked in to that optician’s office thinking about an upcoming party and walked out facing a disquieting reality: I’m losing my perfect vision on 40th birthday. …and that’s not all.

I’d been warned. Admittedly, it’s hard to believe a certain birth day could trigger anything more than a hangover and a belly full of cake but it has happened.

My belly is bigger.. or just drooping. I think my skin is changing texture this year. I find it frightening. I’ve had things happen that I’ve previously only heard about, and unending pain. There’s hair growing over my shoulders. I seriously thought I had newer genes than that. Should I shave my shoulders? …why bother. No one ever sees me.

So, 44 is knocking at my door. I wonder what it’ll bring? I currently have no idea what size my feet are, if they’re even the same. Though I clearly remember the day my feet changed from size 9.5 to size 10.5, it wasn’t until my 40th birthday that they changed to size 11.5.

I needed glasses to write Christmas cards this year. (need them) As 44 rapidly approaches, my left arm is tingling and the fingers numb. A nerve is pinched. I would like to be more flexible.

I’m interested in Buddhism. Buddha was a persistent fellow.  I need to be a little more persistent.

Cheers.
24 Dec. 2011.

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