I have some aspirations to be a photographer, at least to the level of making an expensive hobby pay for itself. So, I read the blogs of photographers who do great work. One of those blog is by Bobbi + Mike. The photography is fun, colorful and beautiful. But this post isn't about photography. It's about …

I got a pedometer at work, so I've been trying to keep track of my walking. I think I've got a pretty good average so far, so I think it's time to start working on upping my average. Here's what I've got so far.

Well... breakfast has been a success. I've had a cup of yogurt with grape-nuts each morning. I'm now starting to switch from the fruit-on-the-bottom to plain yogurt and mixing in frozen fruit. This will remove a lot of ingredients like the infamous high fructose corn syrup. (Considering the ingredients list in the plain yogurt is "milk".) …

I'm going to try to set some goals for this year. Rather than resolutions, which tend to be the fairly ambiguous, I'm going to try to use the SMART formula for setting the goals. The goals need to be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timely. To this end, I think I'm going to start by setting …

So, About 2 hours ago, I had my wisdom teeth out. All of them. 2 were listed as "complicated" on the bill. Took less than an hour anyway. Now, my mouth is full of gauze and blood, and I'm on Hydrocodone. So that's fun.

Yesterday, while preparing lunch; a complicated process involving a frozen Southwestern Chicken Meal Kit, a bowl with a lid, and a microwave; I managed to give myself a rather nasty steam burn on my thumb. It hurt. A lot. Seriously. I ran it under cool water for about ten minutes and then iced it for about …