The only way is forward.

2016/04/08 09:00 I guess we can forget about declaring Spring right now. Karen and I were watching the latest episode of “The Blacklist” last night. After the show was over the news came on and the weather report was for more cold temperatures and snow this weekend. I was hoping that I was watching a TIVO’d weather report but, no, it was live. Yes, there will be more cold and snow this weekend.

I spent the day at Miami Rum Renaissance. Plantation Rum is one of my favorites.

Having breakfast at the Doubletree. I had a tuna wrap with bacon and a Corona. 

Tiny dancer.

2016/04/02 11:00 It is Saturday morning. I will have no entries for April Fool’s Day this year. I am just skipping right over that. It is a rainy day today. The forecast calls for colder temperatures and snow next week. Truly bizarre weather we have been experiencing.

khan tiki mon's rants and rambles v.10.25

2016/04/15 17:00

This latest iteration of my rants, rambles, and ravings will be much like past versions. The key components will still be unchanged. Too much information will be shared. I will still be very weird. I try not to be boring but…
I have more than a few character flaws. I know this to be true because my wife has told me so and I trust her completely. I guess my biggest flaw is that I can’t do anything in moderation. It’s like I have an on/ off switch but no speed control and no volume control. I am either all in and full speed or I am off. I have been off for the last six months or so. I have been battling some personal demons. That sounds more dramatic than it is. I got the SADs (Seasonal Affective Disorder) early this time and it hit harder than usual. I had thought that I might have my shit together by this point in my life. I guess not. I’m still doing the existential angst thing. I’ve said it before that it’s not an existential crisis as much as it’s like a lifestyle.

Please read on dear reader. But also please proceed with the knowledge that you will most likely be disappointed. This journey that you have chosen, of your own free will, is fraught with danger and peril at every turn and I can make no guarantees as to your safety.

2016/04/07 13:00 It is approaching fifty degrees today. Most of the snow is gone. I think we are getting close to declaring Spring is here. I desperately need to shake the Winter doldrums. 

The rants. The rambles. The ravings. Still here. Is there any wisdom to be gained? Perhaps not. Maybe entertainment is all you can hope for. And if there is no entertainment value? If this is all just boring and mundane? Then what you have spent here is just your time and there are no refunds.

2016/04/14 15:00 I am in Miami, Florida. Here for Rum Renaissance. Checked into the Runway Inn. This is the same place I stayed when in Miami last year. I got quite the deal; four nights at fifty dollars per.

2016/04/09 15:00 This morning we went to Jordan Elbridge High School for Alice's dance recital. She was very cute. Her group danced to a song from "The Little Mermaid". 

I got my picture taken at the Bayou Rum booth with a little baby alligator.

Nap time.

Mall bridge.

2016/04/04 12:00 Wasting time is never a good thing. But wasting time seems more of a crime as you get older because you probably have less of it to waste.

You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun

“Time” by Pink Floyd

2016/04/05 12:30 No new snow today. There is a layer of ice formed on top of the swimming pool cover. There were a couple of doves and a robin walking on the ice this morning. I spoke with my Mom this morning and she said she was watching “Good Morning America” and they had a weather report done here in Syracuse. We made the national news because of the snow we received yesterday. I am hoping that it will all be melted by Friday.

2016/04/10 16:00 My grandson Tristan was reading me jokes from a joke book. "Pop, why are elephants gray?" Me, "I don't know. Why are elephants gray?" "So you can tell them apart from Canadians." Okay, funny I guess. Tristan said maybe it didn't say Canadians. I looked, nope, canaries. Funnier with Canadians.

Trooper the kitten likes plastic bags. He turned this one into a hammock and took a little nap.

2016/04/03 09:30 There was a crapload of snow this morning when I woke up. I had to get the little baby Elliott so I was forced to clean off the Jeep. The snow brush broke. I hate the ‘polar vortex’. I guess we have to deal with these colder temperatures until Wednesday or Thursday. It is more difficult to get over the SADs when there is six inches of snow on the ground in April.

Home away from home for the next few nights.

2016/04/15 09:00 First night in Miami I met friends at the Rum Line. The Rum Line is a terrace bar located in the Loews Hotel in the heart of South Beach. I had some nice rum cocktails and some very nice appetizers.

I took Uber to get to South Beach and the Rum Line. Since I was in Miami last year Uber has added a share feature. If you click on the app when calling Uber that you are willing to share then you get a reduced rate. On the way to South Beach and the Rum Line we picked up a couple and dropped them off. Not far out of my way and I saved some dollars. Cool beans. On the way home I clicked the share feature again. I was sitting in the front seat and we stopped in South Beach for another passenger. The back door opened and the guy tried to get in but there was a girl pulling on his arm and crying for him not to go. She wailed that even if he had cheated on her with that skanky whore she still loved him and didn't want him to go. The wrestling continued for a little while as I hoped not to be shot or stabbed in the midst of a domestic dispute. He threw a twenty at the Uber driver and told us to roll on without him. We made the rest of the trip without incident.

2016/04/10 14:00 No snow. That part of the forecast has proved inaccurate. It was chilly this morning but not too bad. The kids played in the parkway for a little while. Then we went to Destiny Mall and met Adison there.

Pets suffering from existential angst.