This and that on a Sunday afternoon

Various ramblings while I watch a purple #4 try to stage another 4th quarter comeback...

When did guys start thinking it's ok to wear shorts when it's 35 degrees out? To me that's just as dumb as wearing pants with your underwear showing out the top. Our neighbor is one of these guys. Of course he also likes to take his riding mower with the bagger unit around and collect everyone's leaves, except ours of course, and then allows his lawn to look like some sort of landfill. Go figure.

What's worse, hardly ever hearing from someone you care about or only seeming to have them call you when they have had too much to drink? Not sure, but I sure like talking to sober people a lot more than I like trying to converse with intoxicated ones.

I've noticed the 50th anniversary patches on the uniforms of the Vikings today. I remember when they came into the league. Man, I must be getting old.

I wonder what my Mom would think about a lot of this technology "stuff". She was the one who "encouraged" me to go to tech school and study computers. She was certain there was a big future in them. Boy, she nailed that! I still regret disappointing her by bailing out on that line of work after only a couple of years. I hope she's ok with me becoming a mailman. I guess I could have done worse, like become a politician or used car salesman although I've met a few of those folks over the years that have almost seemed human.

I can't wait to get out into my boat and go fishing again. It would really be great to go someday with my son and grandson.

All I really want for Christmas this year is to go to church on Christmas Eve with my daughter.

I'm Back!

After a long absence from the blogging keyboard, I've decided it's time to get back in the swing of things as far as blogging goes. I guess my long absence can be explained by one word, baseball. The long season has finally ended and as a lifelong fan I guess my brain gets stretched in too many different directions for me to effectively "multi-task" as long as there are games on the radio or on TV.

Oh well, I guess this will be my sort of "spring training"for what I hope to write about next year. That topic...my last year on my mail route. Yup, retirement for me will come at the end of 2011 and I'd like to take the time to record as many of my daily observations as possible. Reading that stuff will be a sure cure for a sleepless night. Stay tuned...