thought i would drop a quick not to update friends and family… since i haven’t been making the rounds to other blogs and haven’t got to talk to some of you.
good news first:
– looks like my bro is headed to San Diego for a month or 2 to do some contract work with a company that he’s stoked about. i hope they offer him a full time position so he can move from the cold Denver Colorado to the warm sunny southern cal… cause u know i’ll be visiting him much more often 
– my job is still going good and keeping me busy… i’ve started designing the content managment system and about to finish up with backend programming conversion to C# .Net 2.0 (geek speak for GOOD STUFF)
– i was getting very fat (well i’d say i’ve been fat for a long time) after researching the Atkins diet for 2 years i finally decided that my exercise patterns were not going to change soon or easily so the only alternative would be my diet. i started on Feb 1st 2006 and I lost 20 lbs so far without any additional exercise. i don’t really care how much weight i lose… i just couldn’t stand how big my gut was getting. well… it’s shrunk down a bit and hopefully will got a little bit more. this summer i plan to be active on the lake so my exercise should pick up as well as my carb (sugar) intake :D… in the meantime i’m cool with Atkins… i eat lots of meat anyhow and now i don’t really even worry about fattening stuff… just bread, potatoes and sugar (like that’s easy…. just think about those 3 little words and how much you eat in a day!)
now some bad news:
– i got back yesterday from my Uncle’s funeral. he died from Cancer. it started as lung cancer and spread to his kidney and bones… CIGARETTES DO KILL!! don’t give me that line about how your great aunt chain smoked for 100 years and was healthy as an ox… i’ve got people like that in my family too… but the reality is that those people are the exception… not the rule… for most of us if we eat too much we get fat… if we smoke we get cancer… do yourself and your loved ones a favor and put down the cigarettes!!
– taxes are around the corner and i’ll be so glad when i get my business and personal taxes filed… by next year my business taxes should be a breeze… they were supposed to be a breeze this year… but we’re not quite there yet… next year we will be for sure!!
– Iran is bad news for us Americans… heck maybe for the world… I’ve said it for a long long long time (long for me… maybe 10 years :D) that Iran is the country we need to keep an eye on… now this whole Irag invasion is seriously looking like the beginning to and un-ending… but that’s what we signed on for remember… “War on Terror”
Final Bit of Good News:
– there is no more bad news to report
have great day… perhaps several… as it may take me a while to get back on here…. (maybe this weekend)
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Man, sorry to hear about your uncle. And yeah, you are so right, cigarettes may not GUARANTEE 100% you’ll get cancer, and not smoking will not GUARANTEE 100% you do not get cancer (Mrs Christopher Reeve) but it sure does increase/decrease the odds a great deal. And glad to hear Atkins is working out for you. I’ve done it on and off, and seem to go gung ho, then read something bad about it and stop, then read something good about it and reconsider. . .I have no committment! It’s depressing being an out of shape slob around a bunch of Army officers who run 10 miles a day and here I am taking the elevator up 3 floors instead of using the stairs
I sure could stand to lose 20 (or 30) lbs.
By the way, I’ve had some issues with my domain (expired, no reminder, I’m forgetful) and won’t get it resolved for about another 3 weeks. Just in case you notice my site is down. . .
Hi Buster,
I agree on the cigarettes thing but sadly I know so many friends and others that smoke. Makes you worry a little about them. Iran may be a threat but what do you think about China? I think China will be good until after their Olympics but after that who knows? Everything that Wal Mart sells is from China. Also I heard a news story recently that India was becoming the next technology giant. It seems that America is becoming so dependent on Everyone else in the World but no one is needing us for anything.