patrickrhett

Oh glorious In n Out burger.

The Girl came back from Christmas in Utah and promptly decided to move back. She says it’s school/friends/familiarity/etc. I assume it’s a boy. She’ll be leaving 02/14. I anticipate a week or two of meat-centric meals and socializing with adults, followed by some kind of crazy empty nest syndrome. I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a new dog in the house by March.

Also in January of this month I started, and mostly abandoned, several Bento databases devoted to everything I ate, spent, watched, read, etc. It would have been interesting to see all the data after a year, but it was really time consuming. Turns out it’s more fun to eat, spend, watch and read than it is to log it all. I think I’ll try to keep the movies and books going, as they don’t have to be updated that often.

Elaine turned 39 on the 8th, which was a Sunday. To celebrate we took some money I had saved, went shopping and ate at House Pizzeria and Contigo.

I started 11/22/63, got about half way through and thought that everyone seemed pretty happy, so I put it down. I assume I’ll read the rest eventually, where I’m guessing everything will go to hell, but I’ll let them all be happy for awhile. Read and finished Consider Phlebas, which was good enough for me to order the second in the series. I do like my space operas.

2011 brought Google+, which didn’t destroy and replace Facebook the way I’d hoped it would. The fact that I wanted it to so badly did serve, however, to demonstrate to me just how much I wasn’t enjoying Facebook. It still has its purpose, and I’ll still check in on people, and my profile, periodically, but I think the hourly scanning of the endless sharing is done. So far 2012 seems to be about simplifying, and Facebook is generally the Twinkie after the dessert after the meal.

Which brings me back here.

I still feel egomaniacally compelled to document my passing through the world, just less compelled to share it in pithy one-liners. So I think I’ll start this up again. Hardly anyone read this to begin with, and I’m guessing over the past couple of years that my readership has dropped to zero, which is comforting. This can be the holiday newsletter version of my life. Freely distributed, recorded for posterity, and rarely read.

Drugged Dog

Originally uploaded by patrickrhett

Via Flickr:
Sadie hurt her back, and is on bed rest and pain pills.

Testing iPhone WP app.

Adding photo.

Looking around the website I see a lot of stuff that needs to be cleaned up and updated. Time for some spring cleaning.

Today I learned that carrots were selectively bred to be orange in the Netherlands in honor of William of Orange (according to the BBC, at least) and that there is one remaining Sambo’s restaurant in Santa Barbara. I was pretty sure all of those had closed down years ago.

Facebook is getting boring. I’m tired of composing short, witty updates that people can read on their phones. I’m tired of thinking about my audience and wondering if what I’m posting is appropriate for everyone on my friends list. Coming back here takes care of both issues, as I can make it as long as I want, about anything I want, and no one will read it.

Welcome back, blog.

Just a quick post before our trip to test posting from my phone with geotagging.

Edit: so the post works, but I don’t see my location. Hmmm.