The Ghost of Blogging Past

Season's greetings, everyone! I'm glad to see there's still a few people out there checking up on my well being. I must confess that I've been sadly devoid of a muse for the past few months. I need to rethink what I'm trying to do here so that I have a consistent stream of quality content to offer up. I guess I can make that one my New Year's resolutions. :-)

Oy!

I can't believe that its already Christmas! This year went by like a blur, but it did see a few interesting changes:

1. I got a new job. Score! I no longer work for the evil insurance company. I now work for the evil auto finance company. :-) I mean let's face it. Most companies are evil. Am I wrong? However, this place is a mere 10 minutes from my house. Oh Lord.... words cannot convey what a wonderful thing that is. For the past 5 years I've spent two hours in the car every day (round-trip) and to shave that down to less than 30 minutes a day is amazing. I've got this huge chunk of my day back to fill with... uh... well... whatever I want! *Mental note: Get a hobby. Oh and its more money too, so double score.
   
2. I started taking karate. Some friends of mine finally talked me into coming to karate class with them a few months ago. I have to say... it is so much more fun that I thought it was going to be. The classes are small, so there's a lot of personal attention. Also, there's no focus on form or procedure. Its really just self defense. We learn a technique and then have to defend against an attack. If we use the technique, that's fine, but what really matters is avoiding the attack. Use a defense that you're comfortable with. Its very liberating... much more so I think than have to stick to a specific form, and being expected to master every detail of it to advance. This time next month, I should have my yellow belt. Yeah that's right... I've got skills. Sweet!
   
3. Uh... ok I guess it was just two things.

Anyway, I hope everyone out there has their Christmas shopping done, or something close to it. Like every year, I did almost all of my shopping online at Amazon.com and I have to say... I think Amazon is getting too ambitious. For the first time, I may not get all of my gifts in time, even though they were ordered on December 12th. I'll have to put this rant into a separate post. Oh, and I'll also have to have a post about my first, only, and hopefully last foray into "Day-After Thanksgiving" shopping. Having tried it, it is now painfully obvious to me that we, as a society, are doomed.

:-)

So on that cheery note, I'll say adieu for now, but look for more to come!