Depending on how you look at it...

Wow! Progress... This will be the second post in less than a week. However, if I slip into unconciousness and don't post again until March I'll have at least one post per month...

I work in Madison, WI but the homestead, and my heart, are ~100 miles away in Kenosha. I stay in the Madison area weekdays and then head home for the weekends. My poor 3-year-old "toaster-on-wheels" has more than 105K miles on it and during the winter months the drives back and forth can be stressful. This past weekend was a case in point. The weather alerts on Sunday called for light "snow bursts" - WTF is a "snow burst"? Well, I found out - this time it was about 2" of wet, slushy snow "bursting" forth in a short period of time that made driving border on the rediculous. Fortunately there wasn't much traffic as I think most folks fell prey to the Super Bowl. And as I made my way to I-94 I realized that unfortunately the dudes that plow the roads may have fallen prey to the Super Bowl madness as well.

I-94 through Kenosha and Racine counties was a treat - fully snow covered and there was no way to tell for sure where the lanes were. I just stayed to the right and let the steroidal Yukons, Escalades and Excursions battle it out to my left. Of course nothing beats the sight of a slow-moving Neon in the far left lane being swallowed up in the 10,000 candle-power lighting on a fully loaded SUV. But I felt safe and drove like the geriatric being I get closer to becoming each day - at least I new when I was too far over when I would hit the rumble strips (you know, the gashes along the side of the road that make it possible for blind people to drive...). But things cleared up when I hit Milwaukee and it was fairly smooth sailing to Madison where I ran into more "snow bursts".

Enough for today - I don't want to burn myself out on this too quickly. Still not convinced this is for me but it sure beats paying for therapy...

This is what it is...

I've tried to start "blogging" a couple of times and didn't succeed but maybe the third time is the charm. Who knows? I want to use this as a place for family and friends, and aimless internet wonderers, to come and take a peek at their leisure. Meander through now, take a gander later, don't partake at all. It's your choice. It'll be here when you get the inkling.

Lately, whenever I attempt to communicate with family and/or friends via e-mail (or telephone calls for that matter) I find I have a hard time getting started. I don't really know why. One reason may be the result of no longer drinking to numbness. A while ago I stopped the heavy intake of masters John Jameson's & James Beam's finest spirits on a daily basis. THAT was counter productive and self-destructive to say the least. But it did help my mind to wonder into the dark recesses and dredge up all kinds of insightful ramblings. Some referred to it as psychosis and others creativity. Nonetheless, we'll start fresh here and see what happens. So here we go through the mundane and the bizarre; from the routine to the remarkable!