We\u2019re supposed to get our first measurable snowfall later today.\u00a0 I dragged out the snow shovel, the one that still looked usable out of the pile I used last year.\u00a0 I\u2019ve got to get around to getting a good metal one.\u00a0 The plastic ones are just not up to the challenge.\u00a0 I suppose aluminum is the practical material, good strength to weight ratio but secretly I yearn for a titanium shovel.\u00a0 Must look into it.<\/p>\n
I bought a copy of John D. Brown\u2019s book, \u201cCreate Story Ideas That Beg to Be Written: The Simple Secrets to Start Producing Terrific Ideas Today.\u201d\u00a0 I heard about it on Larry Correia\u2019s podcast \u201cWriter Dojo.\u201d\u00a0 Recent problems I had outlining some stories made me wonder whether I was missing the boat on standard operating procedures for brilliant authors.\u00a0 So, we\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve gotten through all four of my favorite Christmas Carol movies and last night began round two with the George C. Scott version.\u00a0 Most satisfactory.\u00a0 And I had the first season\u2019s viewing of, \u201cThe Holly and the Ivy.\u201d\u00a0 Very enjoyable.\u00a0 I\u2019m in the mood for some old Alfred Hitchcock movies, the ones from England.\u00a0 I think I\u2019ll start with, \u201cThe Man Who Knew Too Much.\u201d<\/p>\n
We had Princess Sack of Potatoes over for a sleepover on Friday and Saturday.\u00a0 She went home this morning.\u00a0 We must have played Candy Land with her thirty times between her grandmother and me.\u00a0 It is remarkable how much repetition a young child can tolerate.\u00a0 But much more interesting was a game she made up with her toy animals.\u00a0 She has a wooden box full of plastic rhinos and elephants and even spiders, grasshoppers, scorpions and snakes.\u00a0 In this morning\u2019s version I was the king, the rhino and someone had stolen my money and I interrogated various animals and each time I was assured that the cheetah or pig or scorpion couldn\u2019t have stolen my money but certainly it was the next one she picked out.\u00a0 And on and on through each iteration.\u00a0 And in each case her defense of that animal\u2019s innocence was heart felt and convincing.\u00a0 Eventually I became convinced that I was being played.\u00a0 All of these animals were obviously in cahoots.\u00a0 But what would come next?\u00a0 This high powered public defender was running rings around the king.\u00a0 Would I next be accused of having stolen the money from myself?\u00a0 Luckily Camera Girl broke up the game for breakfast.\u00a0 Who says it\u2019s good being king?<\/p>\n
It’s remarkable to think that it\u2019s two weeks to Christmas Day.\u00a0 And despite the destruction of western civilization I\u2019m quite looking forward to it.\u00a0 Maybe that\u2019s what it was like in fifth century as the barbarians were at the gate.\u00a0 Sure they would burn the city to the ground and take all the gold and silver as spoil but you still had to celebrate the holidays in some manner or other.\u00a0 Sure, Incitatus or Biden is emperor and the CDC has subcontracted to the CCP to infect the world with a gain of function bat virus so they could force us to take their mRNA poison on the government\u2019s terabuck.\u00a0 And America is right on board with the Ukraine, COVID lockdowns, transgender insanity and global madness.\u00a0 But I have countless things to feel happy about and grateful for this Christmas.\u00a0 Friends, food, family, life and love.<\/p>\n
Sure we\u2019re surrounded by the depraved but most of the damage they do is to themselves.\u00a0 In a way knowing these people are driving themselves to madness is encouraging.\u00a0 It proves the laws of the universe are still in full effect.\u00a0 This is still a very wonderful life.\u00a0 So here we go.\u00a0 A new week started and things on the upswing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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