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January 28, 2026 I read my astrology yesterday from Rob Brezsny’s Astrology Newsletter. Here’s what he was saying about Scorpios for this week, and I found it interesting: SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov...
Good morning from a frozen prairie. It’s coooooooollllddd outside! Thankfully, it’s warm in my apartment and I’m sipping my glorious coffee and easing myself into this Monday morning. Two ho...
Good morning from what is possibly the worst part of this particular winter storm here. I haven’t yet been outside (it’s 5:30 AM), but I heard the ice coming down literally ALL NIGHT LONG. And t...
G’morning and happy Friday! Busy week with career stuff - we have movement, people! First of all, though I still don’t have a signed contract for my consulting gig, I’ve already been paid for ...
OP∆ #008: RAD: The Flying Futz in These Foolish Things
Name: The Flying Futz Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 57?? Looks like he’s in his 60s though. Relationship Status: Married twice. Divorced from first wife (+ 30-year-old daughter); Widow...
OP∆ #007: The Eras Tour · Target P1 / C1 / R1 in These Foolish Things
Sunday morning. Taking it somewhat easy this morning and have been feeling an entry bubbling up for a couple of days now. It’s more than an entry, though. It may become a series of entries. I ...
OP∆ #006: Updates on Various · Target P3 / C3 / R1 in These Foolish Things
Medical: This one is top of mind today because I just had a follow-up visit with my dermatologist…who won’t take my fresh new Marketplace(™) insurance. Fuckity-fuck. I had a really bad feeling t...
OP∆ #005: RAD: The Eastsider in These Foolish Things
Name: The Eastsider Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 61 (wow…dating my age now includes men in their 60s - and that doesn’t seem too old for me! When I started this crazy online dating thin...
Today, my intentions have been operating full-cylinder! My targets are P3/C3/R3, showing that, for me, what gets measured really gets managed. Click here if you want to see what a crazy level of...
OP∆ #003: What Gets Measured Gets Managed · Target P3 / C3 / R1 in These Foolish Things
Today’s intention levels are: P3 (physical exercise at a high level), C3 (career objectives at a high level), R1 (relationship goals have actually kicked in and I’m messaging a couple of potenti...
Well, well. I noted my targets at the very beginning of the morning today. In fact, it was around 4:30am, and I knew I wanted to come back and write my entry after my workout. Here’s an observ...
OP∆ #001: January 1, 2026 - The Intro · Target P1 / C0 / R0 in These Foolish Things
Okay. New year, fresh new start! You know how much I love structure, right? This might be the most structured I’ve ever, ever been when it comes to my journal. Maybe it’s to the point of sever...
Day 364 - NYE Eve Day? in These Foolish Things
Sitting outside at a fun and fancy coffee shop in the sunshine writing this entry on a super crisp morning. It’s all decorated for the holidays. There’s a band playing!! How festive! I’m here b...
Day 363 - Holidaze Recap in These Foolish Things
Whew. What a holiday. Here are the bullets I quickly wrote down in my notes app. I’ll try to quickly flesh out each one: Christmas with the fam: was so very meh. My dad was melancholy. My m...
Day 359 - Grinch-ish Kinda Christmas in These Foolish Things
Oh my LORD, I have so much to do! All of a sudden, the panic has set in! Haha, the sentence above was written on Christmas Eve - yesterday. Now, it’s GO TIME. I’m supposed to be at my family’s...
Day 356 - Eerie Similarities in These Foolish Things
Something I’ve been wanting to write about for a few days now is the terrible tragedy of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michelle. I am almost obsessed with this horrible situation because it reminds m...
Day 355 - Winter Solstice Magic Wishes in These Foolish Things
Wow. I have so much to say! But today is the Winter Solstice - the shortest day of the year. So I want to tackle the day and then move into the magic that I’m making happen each night until the ...
Day 351 - Tupelo in These Foolish Things
I’m back from the trip! It was a quickie, and back in the day would be no biggie whatsoever, but because I’m so out of practice (with the exception of two other biz trips I’ve taken in 2025), it...
Day 348 - Turn of Events at the End in These Foolish Things
Thank you for the kind notes about my Uncle H. yesterday. He was a good man and had a very good, humble, loving family. I talked to Dad yesterday after the service and he was still sad that he w...
Day 347 - Uncle H. in These Foolish Things
Sitting at my desk this morning and watching the memorial of my uncle on YouTube. What a world we live in now. I’m so glad we (my dad and I) were able to get a link to view so my dad didn’t feel...
Day 345 - Yesterday's Crafternoon in These Foolish Things
Slow morning today. I let myself sleep in and just got back in from a nice walk with Martini. I’m also multitasking while I write this entry by listening to a webinar on AI and sustainability....
Day 343 - Planning, Plotting, Scheming in These Foolish Things
The last days of 2025 are flying by now. One would think I should be getting a ton of things done since I’m not employed, but make no mistake…I’m working! Or at least trying to. A little follo...
Day 339 - In Conclusion...or not? in These Foolish Things
Well, I finally have a conclusion regarding the job I’ve been writing about for the past three or four entries. I read your notes about how ironic it would be if I did get a call-back from the...
Day 338 - Move ON, Ginger! in These Foolish Things
Okay, okay. I’ve almost completely let that interview go. It’s out in the universe and there’s nothing I can do now. But one last thing I want to mention that I was kind of scared to mention bef...
Day 336.5 - ChatGPT's Response in These Foolish Things
(note: see previous entry for context below) I was so mortified about how that Teams interview ended. I’ve just been pacing around the apartment wondering what to do, so I plugged in my last pa...
