Today I turned 40 years old. I’ll never be 30-something again. I guess I have to enjoy being in my 40s because the alternatives are worse.<\/p>\n
One of the great pleasures of my birthday is the gift certificate that Tina’s sister, Michelle, and her family give me from Half.com<\/a>. This morning the email was waiting for me when I awoke. All I had to do was click a button in the email to redeem the certificate. Then I browsed through my Wishlist and picked everything that I really wanted at that moment. After selecting CDs and books worth about five times the amount of the gift certificate, I removed the items from my shopping cart that were less important. I ended up with three CDs and a book:<\/p>\n The past two nights I have slept very well and don’t remember any mouth-leaking episodes. Tina says that it’s still happening and has to use earplugs. I woke this morning with no alarm after eight hours of sleep. I hope this is a turning point.<\/p>\n Bike odometer:<\/strong> 201 miles Happy Birthday To Me! Today I turned 40 years old. I’ll never be 30-something again. I guess I have to enjoy being in my 40s because the alternatives are worse. One of the great pleasures of my birthday is the gift certificate that Tina’s sister, Michelle, and her family give me from Half.com. This morning … <\/p>\n\n
\nCurrent reading:<\/strong> I Am Charlotte Simmons<\/a> by Tom Wolfe<\/a>, The Prince by Machiavelli<\/a>
\nRecent listening:<\/strong> Last week’s charts<\/a>
\nRecent viewing:<\/strong> The Manchurian Candidate (remake), High Stakes Poker, World Series of Poker, Headline News
\nRecent playing:<\/strong> Zuma<\/a>
\nRecently accomplished:<\/strong> Mowed lawn, cleaned office, finished birthday invites, cleaned up back yard and deck, stored air conditioner for the winter, setup music for party
\nImperative To Do:<\/strong> Hair cut, new rear fender for bike, finish old blog entries, fix toilet
\nCool Link:<\/strong> Marijuana Morals<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"