Bills paid - check.

Turkey & trimmings for Thanksgiving - check.

Laundry finished - check.

Gas tank topped off - check.

Beer stocked up for four days off starting Thursday - check.

Movies recorded to watch over holiday - check.

Looks like I'm ready for the upcoming holiday.

Double check!

... and hearing is believing.


WHEW!

... like an elevator.

Unfortunately I'm talking about the temperature around here, not my sex life.

... awoken from sleep with the feeling that you could do anything you ever wanted to do?

Yeah, me neither.

~

To paraphrase:

My kingdom for the correct hdmi adapter for my HP All-in-One pc!

I couldn't figure out why I couldn't listen to my favorite radio station on my home computer.

A friend told me you now have to download an app to listen, so I did.

My 'tunes' are back!

Last Tuesday, the high for the day was 21 degrees. On my way into work that day, I drove past an ice cream business that has been here for a long time. The latest owners keep it open year around. It is a walk up business, with no inside seating.

On Tuesday past, with, like I said, the temperature at 21 degrees, people were actually braving the cold to but ice cream.

You have really got to love their ice cream to stand outside in freezing temperatures.

~

Had a dream I was hanging out with John Lennon at the Dakota apartment he had in NYC.

Lennon was being his brassy self, but Yoko would walk by with a Mona Lisa grin on her face without saying a word.

Just one more thing that makes ya go hmmmmm...

~

I have a car that's 26 years old. It is really hard to find certain parts for it now.

Like a door latch.

I was driving it around today, running errands. You have to leave a window partially down or you can't open the door from the outside.

Well guess what? Yep, I forgot and rolled the window up.

After 15 minutes of using a coat hanger (yes, it's happened before) to try to reach the inside door latch, a young man pulled up and asked if he could help. It seems he works for a company that installs windows in cars and he had the right tool to reach the latch. Much better than a coat hanger.

He popped the door open with little difficulty. I asked how much I owed him. He said no charge.

I shook his hand, told him he was a good man and thanked him for his effort.

He drove away with a wave and I felt humbled and a bit like a little bit of confidence in my fellow man had been restored.

Yes, there are still good people out there in this usually cold, cruel world.

God Bless him and others like him.

I must pay this bit of charity forward as soon as possible.

~

... Russian Wolfhounds are escorting a bunch of furry puppies across a busy intersection in my town. Everything is good. All traffic has stopped and people are even smiling as they watch this heart-tugging migration. I'm on a bicycle on my way to work and I'm simply watching and smiling with everyone else.

But...

... the last Wolfhound is UGLY. It has dirty, greasy looking blonde fur. It turns and looks at me and starts to growl at me. I start to back up on my bike, looking for a way out of the situation.

And then...

I hear this low rumbling sound behind me. I turn and see a HUGE Bison is starting to paw the asphalt with it's hooves. It's tearing up the road, snorting and eyeing me with evil intent.

That's when (thank God!)...

I wake up.

I realize now that my frustrations of finding the right adapter for my new computer's HDMI port has been bothering me more than I realized.

Life goes on, but at times a little shakily.