Random bits

It's true, I haven't posted anything in ten days.  I don't know why, things have been cruising along, just didn't get motivated enough to write about stuff.  Here are a few points I could have elaborated on:

1.  The election.  There is nothing to say about Obama's win that hasn't already been said, especially by Rachel Maddow.  Four years ago we were elated that Obama was elected; this time it was more a great sense of relief.  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show#49736294.

2.  Movies:  I saw "Argo" and you should, too.  It's fun, fast, suspenseful, based on a real story and there is a great scene when Ben Affleck takes his shirt off.  Yumm.

3. Books:  Read "The 500" by Matthew Quirk.  It is, as they say, a real page-turner.  It could have been culled from today's headlines but that would mean that power is definitely corrupting.  Taut, fast-paced, intriguing.  Check it out if you have the chance. (Your local library is still a good source for books, and FREE!)

And again, if you haven't read anything by James Lee Burke, you are missing a great writer.  Not only are his characters extremely well-drawn and his plots nailed down as tight as storm windows, he gives philosophy lessons as well:  Once in a while, even the slowest of us has an epiphany, a brief glimpse through the shroud when we see the verities reduced to a simple equation.  For someone whose profession requires him to place himself inside the mind of aberrant people, the challenge is often daunting.  Then, as if you're tripping on a rock in the middle of a foot-worn, clay-smooth path, you suddenly become aware that the complexity you wish to unravel exists to a greater degree in your own mind than in the problem itself. From Burke's "The Glass Rainbow."

4.  Dinner:  Ate on Saturday night at Central Market in Petaluma with two of my brothers.  Excellent meal, great service, delicious wine.  Highly recommended.

5. Jobs:  I drove to Paso Robles on Monday for a job interview, an innkeeper position.  Stayed overnight at the inn, was offered the job, drove home.  After mulling it over (and over and over) in the small web of my mind, I have decided not to take the job.  Yes, it is a job.  But there are at least a half dozen negative aspects to the situation and when added all together, those six things outweigh the goodness of being employed.  Oh well.  I guess I just need to trust that something else, something better, will present itself to me sometime soon.

There are other things that occupied the last ten days as well:  Henry and Sam.  My mother's health.  Friends.

I will try to write more often, not for you out there, but for myself.  However, if you do read this, thanks.


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