Random thought process as I enjoy the second of three straight days off work:
* I added several new links to the right, including MrBowling300.com, which shows classic bowling clips, including many I remember watching live. It's the only place to see the first two 300 games which were broadcast in the late 1960s. I had a lot of fun with this site, which I only recently discovered.
The other side is a Wikipedia compilation of "Peanuts", still perhaps my most favorite and remembered comic strip of all time. And boy, am I licking my chops on this one: this is a largely unfinished product which is begging for contributors. Over the next few months, if you check in, you'll see information being filled in my me (under the name Spiritkevin). This is a marriage of both worlds: my love for writing, and my love for the comic.
* The past ten months have been bad for parents. Steve lost both his parents last year, and word trickled to me this morning that my cousin Mike lost his mom (Sandy) on Tuesday. I hope he takes advantage of the bereavement time work can give him, though knowing him, he will try to work through it.
Big mistake, Mike. Take the time off and grieve. Sheila has told me that it's okay for men to grieve through problems, as unpolitically correct as society might make it. And she is right. You can't leave the stress bottled up inside you. Just ask me about my 2005.
Sandy had gone through a lot of suffering the past ten years, and now she is without pain. All in all, a good person who will be missed. My condolences to the family, even if she was married to that greedy uncle of mine. But we will never figure her out: She once dated Bob Seger, of all people... only to dump him because she thought he'd "never make it" with his music.
All together now: OOPS!
* I pulled off an 18-hour workshift New Year's Day on just four hours of idle sleep. I got through it better than I imagined, though it's not something I want to lobby for every day. The passenger loads are getting worse by the week, and we're back to people dropping like flies, as I've mentioned before.
* Still no word from Steve in nearly two weeks. It's been a nice silence at the house, though it's getting a bit eerie because rent payments are due. I certainly hope he doesn't disappoint.
* Matt Millen stays on as Detroit Lions president. Say hello to another 13-loss season next year, especially when he says the team has talent and is going places... hopefully, to the back pages of the sports section. This club thrives on losing, cursed or not. Add that to the two things in life we know are certain: death & taxes.
What a way to start off 2007, eh?
