It’s my dad’s birthday today. You all will be jealous because we are going to Hana tonight.

 

I’m looking for love songs that don’t have a hint of despair in them. No girlfriend in a coma, no one for my baby and one for the road. Just happy love songs.

I will start you off with:
1. Jersey Girl by Tom Waits (not Bruce Springsteen’s version)

Difficulty: no google searches on ‘happy love songs’ or the like.

 

For those of you keeping track, I am eating a whole new breakfast these days. I went from a banana to a bowl of cereal. Now I am throwing a grapefruit into the mix. Grapefruits are every hard to eat. I don’t know how long the second part will last, but I am officially entrenched in the cereal-for-breakfast ranks. Before about a month ago, I had not had a bowl of cereal in about 15 years. So you could say I’m going through some big changes. How am I doing it? I’m taking it day by day. That’s how. My only issue is how bad the milk container smells at the end of the day.

 

My life is a total mess right now.

I have a job that I really enjoy, in the city that I love.

Unfortunately, my wife lives and work in a different city, one that is about 500 miles away. I also own a house that will not sell in said faraway city. This makes my nice job and lovely city irrelevant.

I feel like I should be enjoying getting what I have always wanted. Instead I am wondering if the price is too high.

This post is dedicated to Amber, who expects a lot from people.

 

You have officially become THE MAN. Fight the power!ian_fight_the_powerjohnny-finger41483882_6de9a0f125

 

Is el buzzard dead? Are buzzards circling waiting to eat the withering, rotting carcass of their own? Has the sexiness of Facebook made a cheater out of the Buzz? Has the sinful lure of New Orleans already sucked you into the bars by 10:30 am. Life is kool kruel_mg_2648.

 

I’m in Atlanta now, but I don’t think I’m going to be able to make it way up by where you live.

Have a happy birthday!