March One

January in the books. February in the books.

I think a lot of people that have been watching the economy for different reasons have been waiting for March/April to come around. I have been waiting as well for this time period because I think this will be a pivotal few months on the productivity and recovery of the economy. If you were to ask me how this month and Q2 will go I don't think I could give you a logical or emotional answer. I just don't know. I do know that in 2008 this was the time that a lot of people were scratching their head and wondering what was going on. It is absolutely within reason that 2010 won't bring significant changes but nobody wants to talk about that.

As for me personally, I have a lot going on at the beginning of this month that I hope will turn my situation around. If nothing else, I am hoping that something will come my way on contract to buy me some more time. This could turn any day, at any moment and I hope that it does.

Let's see what March will bring.

What's For Dinner: Best Braise Yet!

Thank You Mr. Internet Hacker

So do you REALLY want to be me?

Don't ask me how it happened but somebody hacked my Yahoo account this week. Tuesday morning I woke to a constant stream of phone calls of people checking on me to see what was going on - like I am coherent at 7:00 AM sans caffeine. I went to my computer to find out that I had an email from Yahoo notifying me that my password had been changed. The next email stated that another email had been added to the account as the primary method of communication effectively locking me out. Meanwhile the phone is still ringing constantly with people mostly telling me to check into the situation. A couple of people sent the actual email to me and I suppose that did nothing but piss me off. Mr. Hacker, if you are going to run a scam for money from my friends and business contacts, at least use a believable story. Saying that I am randomly in "Wales" with "my family" and "crying as I type this" does not fly.

So two days later it is all resolved and the account is back in my control. What a pain, like I needed that this week.

February 9, 1932

Mom was born. Happy Birthday Mom.

So long ago. So very long ago. My days of growing up in Mobile with Mom and Dad seem so long ago it is almost as if I was another person then. I suppose I have not really "looked back" since I packed the car and headed to Auburn back in 1988. My life has clearly been driven and focused in my own word and now it's hard to get out of my world and get back home as much as I would like to. It's actually kind of hard thinking about not being there because I do miss Mom a lot. This would all be much easier if she would ever come and vist me in Houston but - that is simply not going to happen. It is hard to understand that but it is something that I have simply come to accept.

Hey Said, She Said: Twenty Years

She Said: If you could go back 20 years, what would you change or do differently?

He Said: (insert silence)