Playing Catch Up

OK, I did skip a few days in this blogging binge that I promised.  We are now resuming our regularly scheduled programming.

I am no fan of Christmas due to the really bad thing of being told to leave and not come back in December 1987.  I just saw my first ad for something Christmas-y today.  It just makes me want to scream at the top of my lungs.  And it is not just the fact that I don't like Christmas.  I feel we are getting way ahead of the game here because here are the US Holidays that come before Christmas.

• Labor Day
• Columbus Day
• Halloween (OK not a holiday but something to celebrate)
• Veteran's Day
• Thanksgiving

And here are the Mexican ones.

• Independence Day
• Day of the Dead (Another something to Celebrate)
• Revolution Day

In short, I would appreciate it if the holiday hype would wait until after the holidays that were ahead of it.

In other news.

I just got through my first dust storm.  I thought it was a thermal inversion but learned otherwise.  

So, we will see what else transpires.

Bounce Rock Skate and Roll

I was filling out a questionnaire related to the fact it has been 30 years since I graduated with my BA.

I mentioned a professor who is no longer among us as one of my favorites.

Here's why.

He taught accounting but was really creative on the names for the companies.  A lot of them were related to pop culture in one way, shape or form.  That always stuck out in my mind, and when I taught a class in business writing I always had to make up the name of the company someone was writing to.

The best example of this was when I told the class that the name of the company they were writing to was called, "Dog and Butterfly."  After initial confusion, I mentioned that the founders were into rocker chicks.  Those who knew what I was talking about latched on.  It made the rest of the exercise fun for all.

On a related note.  I know I missed a day.  I will double up to make up for it.

We're in the YouTube Generation

And theIbackground music for the title comes from Pepsi commercials in the 1960s.

That said, one of my favorite subjects since I was in college was the idea that information is constantly being democratized.

What I mean is that from movable type forward we have made information more and more accessible to the masses.  And if you don't believe me, go to Mexico where everyone and their mother has a smartphone.

That said, I made my first guest appearance on a YouTube channel.  I don't know if I will do videos for this blog, but after seeing one other migration it might be an idea worth pursuing.

But that means hair, makeup and staging, and if I have to do that, I may have to go back to Baja where the hair stylists do a number on my hair.

More to come.

Feast or famine?

One of the things I need to get used to is that every business has its off season, and that I just finished going through a two week dry spell.  That means that I didn't make much money over the past two weeks.

It also means I have to plan a little better for dry spells.

More to come.

Karma wins

I just got off a Growlr date.

It was your basic blow and go with a married man.

OK, not so basic.  The married man had is first weekend away since February from caregiving for a husband who is suffering from Alzheimer's. Knowing what that one is all about, I gave him a super big bonus hug.

It is the second time this year that some weird encounter seemed to happen for a reason.  That is how I met Rick's grand nephew and family that I knew of but never met thanks to the poor relations between Rick's parents.

At least the next shrink appointment will be interesting.

Happy Belated US Independence Day (Hebrew Calendar Version)

Here is the weird factoid of the day.

In 1776 CE, July 4 and Tammuz 17 were on the same day.  Which means that on the day the walls of Jersualem were breached (on two occasions) the US declared it's independence.

Also, like last year, this year Tammuz 17 is on Shabbat which means the fast is postponed one day to Tammuz 18.  Depending on the rabbi, Rick died on Tammuz 18 or 19 because it was between sunset and nightfall.  Legally it would be Tammuz 19 because that was the time of death that was fixed by the coroner.

What I want to know is this.  Does Rick's date of death vis a vis what is observed on the Tammuz 17 (or 18 this year) have any significance?

I should ask a Rabbi for an answer.

What a do nothing day.

I really didn't feel like doing any work today, so I did what I needed to do.

I'm also thinking of making it a point to blog every day for three weeks straight starting on Sunday paralleling The Three Weeks in the Hebrew calendar.  It will be an opportunity to take a look and reflect not only about what could have been done better in the past, but also how I will build on it to make a better future.

It promises to be interesting.