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Happy Lunar New Year!! It’s the year of the Fire Horse for those who observe. This is supposed to be a year of ACTION! As I’m wont to do (and spurred by some PB comments), I looked up my Chines...
Y’all. I think this entry will finally catch me up on all of the things I forgot to write about when I was updating my life a couple of entries ago. This one hit me hard because it involves me...
February 15, 2026 OMG sooooooo many things I forgot to write about in my entry yesterday. How could I forget these things? I mean, this is what happens when I don’t write regularly. But I’m goi...
February 14, 2026 Happy Valentine’s Day to those who celebrate! I’m not celebrating this year - not even a Galentines Day thing (which was yesterday, Friday the 13th), so… whatevs. It’s been s...
February 6, 2026 Okay, tons of things going on that I need to get to today, but I did work on a pro/con list for the loft. Let me know what you think about this? There may be more about the lo...
OP∆ #015: Lofty Goals · Target P2 / C2 / R0 in These Foolish Things
February 5, 2026 Sitting in the coffee shop in my “old-old” building writing this entry - the building is old (built in the 1910s) and very historic (and haunted…in a good way!), and it’s old i...
OP∆ #014: Groundhog Day · Target P3 / C3 / R0 in These Foolish Things
February 2, 2026: 6 more weeks of winter. I wrote an entry this morning. It was a manifestation entry. I didn’t think it was good for public consumption (not that I have a lot of readers, but…)...
OP∆ #013: Updates on Stuff · Target P2 / C2 / R1 in These Foolish Things
January 31, 2026 Last day of January 2026. Sipping the coffee, and easing into the weekend. Here are some updates on the stuff I got going on: Physical Body Stuff: Still doing a somewhat loose...
OP∆ #012: Recording Today's Trauma · Target P3 / C2 / R1 in These Foolish Things
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...
OP∆ #011: Frozen in Time · Target P3 / C3 / R1 in These Foolish Things
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...
OP∆ #010: Big Winter Storm · Target P3 / C2 / R0 in These Foolish Things
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...
OP∆ #009: Plans and Contingency Plans · Target P3 / C3 / R0 in These Foolish Things
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 ...