Mysteries a plenty

A breach of promise by Anne Perry
The twisted root by Anne Perry
Resurrection row by Martha Grimes
The Old Wine Shades by Martha Grimes
Morality for beautiful girls by Alexander McCall Smith
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

The Orginal Vader Sound Track Discovered

SCORE!!

I love my new roll to desk!

This thing is so big I could crawl onto it and close the top! I have in the my three 19" monitors and still keep the Felling I want in the den!

We also got a King Sized Bed!

--It was total three stooges action getting all that in the house!

"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights, cannot claim to be defenders of minorities."

--Ayn Rand

New Furniture Store Now Open

Now I know where to go when I need a new chair...

It Snowed

More Reading This week - CDs are good

A breach of promise by Perry, Anne.

The Winds of Change: a Richard Jury mystery by Grimes, Martha

Resurrection row by Perry, Anne.

The Lamorna Wink: a Richard Jury mystery by Grimes, Martha.

The Blue Last: a Richard Jury mystery by Grimes, Martha.

Diet Update

This weeks weigh-in was 231 pounds. That makes the net loss so far 54 pounds.

I also am now comfy in size 38 pants. I started at (tight) size 44s. I even tried on a pair of 36s! Snug but doable!

It is odd that I actually "feel" thinner this week. I know that I have been getting thinner every week, but this week I can actually feel it.

I realized today that my knees don't hurt ALL the time.

--My hottub addiction seems to be broken...

SCIENCE!!

Happy Valentines Day Brenda

Thanks for making me a super happy guy!

Flowers and candy and cards and blogs will never be able to tell you how much you truly mean to me.

--Thanks for existing!

Welcome to the Jungle!

Todd and Karen announce the birth of their son:

BRODY BEARY PARENT

Birthday: February 10, 2007
Time: 1:31 p.m.
Weight: 7 lbs. 9 oz.
Length: 20 inches

--Congrats Parents!! HA!!

It's about time, dammit!

I am pleased to announce Marty's Magic Martini Movie Night!

Who: You and People Like You
What: Pizza, Martinis at the Bar, Movies, Mayhem!
When: Saturday February 10th, Bar opens at 5pm!
Where: The New Massive Money Pit!
Why: Marty's Bar is open, Stocked, Ready and Rockin

I have a pile of new movies we can watch. The population can select when they arrive! If alone I will watch A Scanner Darkly...

Drinks, snacks, pizza, snacks, movies, coffee, repeat!

Feel free to drink too much and stay the night!!

--RSVP, Dammit!

My Pennsic Reading!!!

Harry Potter still has me!

--Admit it. You love it!

Major Diet Milestone!

This week I reached a major Milestone in my weight loss goals!

I started on Sept 4th, 2006 at 285 pounds. On January 26th, 2007 I weighed in at 235 pounds. This is a net loss of 50 pounds!

This is officially half way to my ultimate goal of 185.

--Time to step up my exercise program!!

RIP Joe Miller

Hang 'em High

I am watching classics westerns a lot lately.

Today it is Hang 'em High, with Clint Eastwood. Great stuff, espicially un-edited without commercials.

The color is just amazing.

Gotta get this one on DVD.

--Clint is the man!!

Diet Update

As of this morning I weigh 237 pounds. That makes 48 pounds lost so far. My best fitting jeans are 40x30's down from tight 44x30's. I am wearing XL shirts comfortably down from XXL+!

I am going to crush the next 2 pounds and spike them in the endzone!

Maybe this time next week I will be celebrating 50 pounds.

--I gotta start working up a victory dance!

Trial set to start for PETA workers caught euthanizing, dumping cats and dogs

By Harriet Ryan of Court TV

The dog carcasses always appeared late on Wednesday nights, wrapped in black trash bags and stuffed in the Dumpster behind the Piggly Wiggly supermarket.

Over a period of three weeks in the summer of 2005, police officers in the small town of Ahoskie, N.C., pulled the bodies of 80 animals from the trash bin. Some were puppies, some were full-grown. Most were mutts.

On the fourth week, officers set up a stakeout, and when a white van pulled up to the dumpster, they pounced.

If the van's cargo — 10 dead dogs and three dead cats in black bags — was to be expected, its occupants were not. The driver and the passenger were employees of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and the vehicle was registered to the organization.

The workers, Adria Hinkle, 28, and Andrew Cook, 25, were arrested and later indicted on 24 felony charges, including 21 counts of animal cruelty, for injecting lethal doses of an anesthetic into strays they had just collected from county shelters and a veterinarian's office. (Click here for whole story)

--PETA are complete hypocrites!

Kissing Hemmingway

My very excellent friend Kim gave us a gift of this nicely framed, black and white, photo of BR and Me.

I took the picture myself, while on a cruise with BR, in Key West, on a day so beautiful and happy every time I look at it I am happier instantly. Like a Pavlovian Dog, I have an instant association with joy.

A few weeks ago we hung this picture in a perfect place. It just happens that every time I get up to pee I walk by it to get to the bathroom on the main level of the house!

-- Will I begin to associate Joy with a full bladder?

There can be only One!