I am so tired of thinking about politics and drought and my work on my novel and recession and my clients' peccadillos tonight that I thought I'd take a step back to comment on perhaps some trivial things.

I mourn the loss of the easy decision of whether to go to a movie or wait until it comes out on cable or DVD. I LOVE going to the theater to see movies on the big screen and I LOVE the smell of movie popcorn wafting in the air. Movies are so expensive now even at the senior citizen discount which my local theater gives that I only go to those movies which need a big screen to really show off their wares. Regular dramas or mysteries or comedies can wait now. It's only the big action or sci-fi flick which gets my fanny plopped down in the stadium seating now. That's a shame.

Why can't the DVD and Blu-Ray people and movie makers just sit down and think of the public once and make all of the new productions able to be played by both types of players with a minimum of fuss. I have a bunch of DVD's and I really don't want to have to re-spend my money to get outfitted again with some of my favorite flicks. Jeeeze....

My two favorite things to eat at a county fair are corndogs awash in yellow mustard and lordy lordy those big roasted turkey legs. I can taste them now. My next favorite would be roasted corn on the cob drenched in butter and lightly seasoned with some salt. Mmmmmm....

Speaking of food I am a sucker for just about any kind of warm cobbler when I see it on the menu. No matter how full I am I find myself ordering a serving. It's all I can do not to order icecream on top. Yum....

I refuse to look at a scale to judge the depth of any fatness. It's too somber. I find it much more soothing to judge myself by how my pants fit. If I'm too tight, then I know I have some work to do or food to stop eating or both.

I was looking at my wife today and once again realized how lucky I am to have her in my life. She has her faults as we all do but son of a gun her good qualities so outweigh the bad ones it's like comparing the intellect of William Buckley to George W. Bush. Sorry about the political interjection.....and I'm not even a Republican.

I LOVE sports. Baseball, football and basketball...the big three....I currently play basketball three mornings a week starting at 6:00 AM going to 7:15 AM and for a guy who is 58 I still can hold my own in the things I do well. If my man doesn't respect me and slacks off to help cover someone else, I can still hit the 20 footer. And I have my own deadly version of Kareem's skyhook. Life is good..... LOL

Take care and stay tuned.....