tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553866276113742268Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:23:41 +0000Charlie AndersonRoommateHattiesburg MSWallet EnvyRelationshipsEwan LewisweekendsJoshua WhiteHouse 2AuthorityWinnebagoesInfamyTommy DavisWomenJacksonDallas TXGreg BartlettHouseWestlake ParkCleveland OHPensacola FLHunt ClubEnemiesWilliams-SonomaResentmentHouse 3Shorty'ssummeraimlessnessscarsWeirdnessJournalistsSocietySexInternet AccessIndio CALas Vegas NVAttorneysVanitydesertTelemarketersdiamondsColumbia MOPoliceGun controlBrotherhoodIvan VolodkovichLincoln NESilhouetteTexarkana ARFishingNew York NYBowling Green KYCharleston SCRitualsGrover Dixonmissed opportunitiesCredit CardsSpringfield MOCirque du SolielPersonalityaccidentFast FoodArchie SwensonRancho Cucamonga CAParenthoodRobby PateBachelorhoodFort Wayne INStrip ClubsPatrick FinhotelsCriminal MischiefLifeMrs. GomezCustom Machine PartsTor McLeodLos Angeles CAholidaysNeighborsinsuranceMesquite NVMiguel PerezGentrificationChance EncountersTuscaloosa ALVegetarianbeginningMuslimsLack of DirectionpessimismMexicoStrifestrange encounterscookingElvis PressleyFairmount WVIrritationFrank KaletechnologyDepressionFamiliarityGirlfriendGusintroductionMemesGastonia NCJeff's TrailerRoad TripmanipulationAdam RhodesThanksgivingpossessionsIndifferenceIqbal KayatdehumanizationCasa Grande AZEthnicityHouse 6Gary WentzPatrick FinnLeadershipBorder PatrolPatricia FinnWaffle HousestartLiving ArrangementsLinksSanityMotherAgingVanyaMoneyFatigueDick MillerHealthFacebookcommentsCarlos AlvarezSociopathyRoad Trip. hitchhikingFatherangstheatInsanityCliquesEvan LewisNick SipolousOptimismKeith EvansAirline TravelprostitutesClass ConflictBarry LiebertSerif KayatApartmentRichmond VAEconomyAndy McLeodBozoSolitudeChildrenUglinessCopsPeter FinnClarksville TNLarry Bosworthsocial mediaTelevisionEuropeMallAtlantic OceanDale BrittShitHemophiliaCarsJoliet ILRednecksIncomeMotivationManhoodPassive-AggressivematerialismHuntingScott ManusInertiaRaceIndecisionMacdonaldsNashville TNRachel KirklandMiami FLJosh TalbotDwayne EdwardsKeith PateNina VolodkovichAmerican CultureGreenville SCmiseryPokertravelFort KnoxMercedesGoogle AdWordsMarketingWorkEl Paso TXNew Orleans LAPornDavid HarkinsSarah HarkinsViolenceMike AdamsShamu PerkinsElizabethrown KYDrinkingludditeRegretUnfulfilledAlcoholismHouston TXboredomPueblo COInternal ConflictMemphis TNCountry ClubGeneration XBirthdayOxnard CAMasonVacationKeith ThomasDrugsFrank HanesJailIcehouseJaneMiles DavisHospitalJapanInjuryJeff DunbarSuccessBo's AutosJason SomersetBody IssuesdishonestyVincentWatsonville CAPrejudiceBoris VolodkovichRevengeWichita KSTrafficEllie ThompsonDavid SimmonsBen RodgersLostGainesville FLFamilyReal EstateOdessa TXMonthly RecapEscapismFriendsCar TroublePenelope FinnTypical DayHome DepotSavannah GAGovernmentSicknessPacific OceanTandoorCaliforniansAppearancecrimeplastic surgeryRandom Acts of EvilFoodReligionJargonFishtelephoneSaint George UTIslamTallahassee FLOlympicsCasino GamblingRussian MobBen HarkinsBetty PekinsTransienceDisconnectedSocial EngineeringInfidelityAmarillo TXcareersRetirementCharlotte NCnothing to sayMenAnxietyBloggingLongview TXMonroe LABad AdviceValuesHouse FireHighway 1superficialFlorence ALDescriptionsPaducah KYStupidityPsychological IssuesPierce FinnWeightCharacterThis blog is my own personal attempt to figure out where I am and where I want to be, or at least it started out that way. It tends to be random and pointless ... I was referring to the blog, but that's probably a good description of my life. You're welcome to tag along: it's going nowehere fast, but I hope it's an interesting ride.http://curdled.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (John Finn)Blogger519125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553866276113742268.post-4444317849890328145Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:47:00 +00002010-11-01T18:48:18.458-04:00FatigueMonthly RecapBloggingI'm a day late with my recap of last month, but am backdating the post to yesterday, as it belongs with October .... a month of three blog entries.I'm trying not to lose my enthusiasm for blogging, but it's waning. I'd like to blame it on a long recovery from the accident, which may be partly to blame, as I'm still not back to normal and feel tired much of the time. I've spent days just lying http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/curdled/~3/luZT7byY32o/monthly-recap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Finn)1 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZIrYFpUhbBg_6Vp-eLkh4VArtq8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZIrYFpUhbBg_6Vp-eLkh4VArtq8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZIrYFpUhbBg_6Vp-eLkh4VArtq8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZIrYFpUhbBg_6Vp-eLkh4VArtq8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://curdled.blogspot.com/2010/10/monthly-recap.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553866276113742268.post-2087477242106756197Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:25:00 +00002010-10-20T14:25:00.359-04:00FatigueBloggingI've seen this happen to a handful of the bloggers I read: they'd been going strong for a year or two, then suddenly seem to fade. Posts go from twice a week, to once a week, to every few months, then stop. And I have the sense it's happening to me.I'd like to blame the accident I was in - though the injuries weren't that serious, I was bedridden for a month or so, and I still feel a complete http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/curdled/~3/pkn-tZmWbTc/fading.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Finn)1 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RW7NR--lvHnhNKR6_W91GmCE0BA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RW7NR--lvHnhNKR6_W91GmCE0BA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RW7NR--lvHnhNKR6_W91GmCE0BA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RW7NR--lvHnhNKR6_W91GmCE0BA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://curdled.blogspot.com/2010/10/fading.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553866276113742268.post-3018483541949400276Sun, 10 Oct 2010 13:18:00 +00002010-10-10T09:18:00.276-04:00FatigueBloggingboredomI haven't been keeping up the blog very well over the past few weeks. I'd say it was because there's not much going on that seems remarkable, which is true enough, but "routine" is just the nature of life and I can typically find something to write about. It's probably that getting back to normal after a month or so of convalescence is harder than I realize - I find I'm not noticing as much, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/curdled/~3/Xe4fa8-l7qo/run-down.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Finn)1 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YfMZ8rDTg0CgVG3Ssy-fNt6eWjQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YfMZ8rDTg0CgVG3Ssy-fNt6eWjQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YfMZ8rDTg0CgVG3Ssy-fNt6eWjQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YfMZ8rDTg0CgVG3Ssy-fNt6eWjQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://curdled.blogspot.com/2010/10/run-down.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553866276113742268.post-3829772787586351007Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:17:00 +00002010-10-05T14:17:00.536-04:00travelJacksonaccidentWorkEuropeVacationMy passport came in the mail today, a reminder that, before the accident, I was thinking about taking a trip to Europe. Given that I've been out of commission for several weeks, it's probably not going to be soon. Boris would probably be OK with it, even though I've been out of work for a while. Jackson decidedly would not be OK with doing my job for another month or so.In my absence, he hashttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/curdled/~3/_6rRN1stkSg/passport-to-nowhere.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Finn)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OrwXHH9p6EOnuYe0axESMz2HSYQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OrwXHH9p6EOnuYe0axESMz2HSYQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OrwXHH9p6EOnuYe0axESMz2HSYQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OrwXHH9p6EOnuYe0axESMz2HSYQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://curdled.blogspot.com/2010/10/passport-to-nowhere.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553866276113742268.post-5789471852447968659Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:21:00 +00002010-09-30T20:21:00.343-04:00LifeMonthly RecapaccidentHouseCar TroubleThis past month, it's all been about recovery and change, which is kind of what I was looking to happen in this blog, but in a more subtle way over a longer period of time. The fact that so much has happened so quickly, as a result of the car accident, is a little overwhelming.My body is largely back to normal. The scars are still pinkish and not quite fully healed, but I've gotten used to themhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/curdled/~3/8g8I9LuNmFU/monthly-recap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Finn)1 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0JaMBLFHXfguJ1NESR5Yg-tNLHA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0JaMBLFHXfguJ1NESR5Yg-tNLHA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0JaMBLFHXfguJ1NESR5Yg-tNLHA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0JaMBLFHXfguJ1NESR5Yg-tNLHA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://curdled.blogspot.com/2010/09/monthly-recap.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553866276113742268.post-8031982081849811634Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:25:00 +00002010-09-27T10:25:00.987-04:00Injurysuperficialaccidentscarsplastic surgeryAppearanceI've got a decision to make, and am getting oppressed to make it soon: whether to have plastic surgery done. It's not something I expected I'd ever be thinking about, and it's got me feeling very weird. But given all that's happened lately, "very weird" is becoming a little too familiar.I'm not talking about a nose job or a face lift, but dermabrasion and skin grafts on a part of my body thathttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/curdled/~3/e6M8gLn6d5Q/plastic-surgery.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Finn)2 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uuXg1ngMHJALZvcsiQ-_hBTehSY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uuXg1ngMHJALZvcsiQ-_hBTehSY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uuXg1ngMHJALZvcsiQ-_hBTehSY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uuXg1ngMHJALZvcsiQ-_hBTehSY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://curdled.blogspot.com/2010/09/plastic-surgery.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553866276113742268.post-1099739486983177698Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:48:00 +00002010-09-22T09:48:00.346-04:00materialismMercedesaccidentHouse 6Internet service just got turned on at the new place this morning. And by "the new place," I mean a completely new house, straight from the factory (or whatever facility makes manufactured homes). I've got to say: it's a lot nicer than I expected.Strictly speaking, it's a double-wide trailer that qualifies as a "house" only by virtue of its being put on a permanent foundation. The quality andhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/curdled/~3/lwEixC60SEo/new-digs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Finn)1 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lKs5SSI-KMLbh4oyISt-GVink3c/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lKs5SSI-KMLbh4oyISt-GVink3c/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lKs5SSI-KMLbh4oyISt-GVink3c/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lKs5SSI-KMLbh4oyISt-GVink3c/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://curdled.blogspot.com/2010/09/new-digs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553866276113742268.post-7585728472197782807Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:41:00 +00002010-09-16T14:41:00.853-04:00InjuryaccidentI've finally been released on my own recognizance, and it feels good just to not be bothered. Of everything I've been through after the accident, one of the worst things is not being able to be left alone for any length of time. Always someone checking in, just to make sure you're OK - and they mean well, so you can't get too testy about it.What I'd really like at this moment is a few days of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/curdled/~3/A5YOU86gqZE/moving-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Finn)2 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GQh9mUgd6tsr4J6_VjzPmlaYcaA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GQh9mUgd6tsr4J6_VjzPmlaYcaA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GQh9mUgd6tsr4J6_VjzPmlaYcaA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GQh9mUgd6tsr4J6_VjzPmlaYcaA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://curdled.blogspot.com/2010/09/moving-out.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553866276113742268.post-440136995140517197Sat, 11 Sep 2010 22:17:00 +00002010-09-11T18:17:00.052-04:00accidentIt's been about a month since the crash. I'd say exactly a month, but I've lost track of the exact date when it happened: the ninth, tenth, or eleventh. Seen that way, I guess I should feel better about progress. But since I'm still dealing with it, it seems like it's been too long a time.I'm ready to be through with this situation. I feel like I'm healed enough to go back to my normal http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/curdled/~3/cZdwkDoP-Pg/one-more-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Finn)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vy382zmN1qjWNFR6p11aUkF62Cg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vy382zmN1qjWNFR6p11aUkF62Cg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vy382zmN1qjWNFR6p11aUkF62Cg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vy382zmN1qjWNFR6p11aUkF62Cg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://curdled.blogspot.com/2010/09/one-more-week.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553866276113742268.post-7946717159603972104Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:24:00 +00002010-09-07T11:24:00.758-04:00accidentI went out to the physical therapist today, and am going to take an extra pain pill very soon and disappear into the mist. Right now, I hurt quite a lot. The good news is that there's no permanent damage to the muscles that were sliced in the accident, and everything appears to be healing nicely.The downside is that, to diagnose me, the therapist had me bend and twist and turn and pick things http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/curdled/~3/CjBoXFSakII/pain-today-better-tomorrow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Finn)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lq5uiKmupE_qtgbQO2NLMxteVs4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lq5uiKmupE_qtgbQO2NLMxteVs4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lq5uiKmupE_qtgbQO2NLMxteVs4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lq5uiKmupE_qtgbQO2NLMxteVs4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://curdled.blogspot.com/2010/09/pain-today-better-tomorrow.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553866276113742268.post-3283367513471104386Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:43:00 +00002010-09-05T14:43:00.164-04:00accidentI've gone over all the practical things. What's more interesting are the impractical ones - the moments I recall from the days I spent in a stupor. Disconnected, unrelated to anything, but still clear in my memory.I remember Boris and Peter's argument over who would put me up after my release from the hospital. They also argued over who would pay the bills, which was moot because of the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/curdled/~3/YgyrWJDh6Yo/moments-of-clarity.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Finn)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ali64ZIbjzEHqMMSP9Mkvp9W5Q0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ali64ZIbjzEHqMMSP9Mkvp9W5Q0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ali64ZIbjzEHqMMSP9Mkvp9W5Q0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ali64ZIbjzEHqMMSP9Mkvp9W5Q0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://curdled.blogspot.com/2010/09/moments-of-clarity.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553866276113742268.post-8916860754582680790Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:32:00 +00002010-09-05T10:36:40.183-04:00accidentYesterday's long ramble covered the basic events of the past few weeks, but there was a lot of detail I left out for the sake of not turning it into a novel. And so ...My HealthI'm improving daily, and can now stand up or sit backward in a chair (such that my back is facing open air), but must still lie face-down to sleep. I have an appointment with a physical therapist in a few days to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/curdled/~3/UXYDau1g2B8/loose-details.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Finn)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xQa4oRtDNUcsbUO0dfpBYkd-D7Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xQa4oRtDNUcsbUO0dfpBYkd-D7Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xQa4oRtDNUcsbUO0dfpBYkd-D7Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xQa4oRtDNUcsbUO0dfpBYkd-D7Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://curdled.blogspot.com/2010/09/loose-details.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553866276113742268.post-1075336010080560025Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:45:00 +00002010-09-01T13:45:00.357-04:00accidentThree more days have disappeared since I checked in. These gaps in time are probably the worst part of this ordeal for me. The pain and discomfort seem minor by comparison. I want my time and my memory back. Speaking of memory, I'm surfacing now to get down some of the details of the past few weeks, so rather than jabbering on, let me get back on track:Two weeks ago, probably closer to threehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/curdled/~3/F2QhU-ajf94/what-happened.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Finn)2 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/K_4g6ByUqHf9PW87FicbOuCAJjQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/K_4g6ByUqHf9PW87FicbOuCAJjQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/K_4g6ByUqHf9PW87FicbOuCAJjQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/K_4g6ByUqHf9PW87FicbOuCAJjQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://curdled.blogspot.com/2010/09/what-happened.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553866276113742268.post-1952619032271606192Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:08:00 +00002010-08-30T18:42:03.233-04:00InjuryaccidentI've been absent from the Internet for over two weeks. I haven't been able to update the blog or check e-mail, and it will take me a while to catch up on things. I suppose the best way to explain it is to come right out and say that I was in an automobile accident and have been in the hospital since. I can't say it wasn't serious, as a two-week hospital stay that includes three surgeries and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/curdled/~3/cV1Pw1alF2w/still-alive-sort-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Finn)2 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wdImhC642xcJMKG96ioGp58AIdM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wdImhC642xcJMKG96ioGp58AIdM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wdImhC642xcJMKG96ioGp58AIdM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wdImhC642xcJMKG96ioGp58AIdM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://curdled.blogspot.com/2010/08/still-alive-sort-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553866276113742268.post-1923960717395063459Sun, 08 Aug 2010 01:27:00 +00002010-08-07T21:27:00.358-04:00Frank KalepossessionsIqbal KayatHouse FireThe guys got together today to move Frank Kale into a new apartment. It turns out that he's moving into my apartment complex, a few buildings over. I'll be moving out later this month when the new house arrives, so it hardly matters, and even if I weren't, I don't think it would "matter" much anyway, but it's an odd coincidence.Frank had mentioned the move a few weeks ago, and all agreed we'd http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/curdled/~3/brKbx3nirfs/other-peoples-stuff-is-crap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Finn)1 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Q-UDdcJcuoWl6w1rhbPX5ja32Sg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Q-UDdcJcuoWl6w1rhbPX5ja32Sg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Q-UDdcJcuoWl6w1rhbPX5ja32Sg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Q-UDdcJcuoWl6w1rhbPX5ja32Sg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://curdled.blogspot.com/2010/08/other-peoples-stuff-is-crap.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553866276113742268.post-3492307672141142008Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:13:00 +00002010-08-02T17:13:00.807-04:00Facebooksocial mediaWomenKate (from Nashville) called me today, for the second time since I got back, so I'm beginning to wonder. It was understood that I was just in town on business and that I probably wouldn't be coming back soon, and that if I were, it would be a random and last-minute thing, but she's called twice to ask when (not "if") I'll be back in town. I don't think it's quite creepy, but it does make me http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/curdled/~3/qmLKtNu3QAM/man-without-facebook.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Finn)1 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PGt7ZkJH5EOpb82F3j5s_En2OLg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PGt7ZkJH5EOpb82F3j5s_En2OLg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PGt7ZkJH5EOpb82F3j5s_En2OLg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PGt7ZkJH5EOpb82F3j5s_En2OLg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://curdled.blogspot.com/2010/08/man-without-facebook.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553866276113742268.post-4336448299196151835Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:31:00 +00002010-07-31T13:31:00.114-04:00Monthly RecapIt's been my habit to write a "recap" at the end of each month, looking back and the days that have passed and trying to make some sense of it all. This month, I'm having trouble doing that. Things have been very random lately, and I feel like I'm in a state of flux - not quite one thing or another.The real estate development is coming together. I've driven by from time to time to check on http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/curdled/~3/m0ml0Ggtu3s/monthly-recap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Finn)1 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qtwvkW8uWt89aSkvObcoqeOj6mY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qtwvkW8uWt89aSkvObcoqeOj6mY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qtwvkW8uWt89aSkvObcoqeOj6mY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qtwvkW8uWt89aSkvObcoqeOj6mY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://curdled.blogspot.com/2010/07/monthly-recap.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553866276113742268.post-1467836115208721381Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:23:00 +00002010-07-28T16:23:00.383-04:00strange encountersI'm not the type to eavesdrop on other peoples' discussions, and the few snatches of conversation that happenstance inflicts upon my ears are mostly inane and boring, but on rare occasions I'm stopped dead in my tracks by something so stunningly asinine that it can't be ignored.Case in point: I crossed the tracks to the foo-foo supermarket I go to once in a while when the ones nearer my apartmenthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/curdled/~3/Zzz-mTBktVs/fool-and-her-squirrel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Finn)1 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RUJz_raHUZm5YX6LvPbp5jaVuoI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RUJz_raHUZm5YX6LvPbp5jaVuoI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RUJz_raHUZm5YX6LvPbp5jaVuoI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RUJz_raHUZm5YX6LvPbp5jaVuoI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://curdled.blogspot.com/2010/07/fool-and-her-squirrel.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553866276113742268.post-5964696694840836562Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:32:00 +00002010-07-25T08:28:32.077-04:00Nashville TNI'm back home now, after four days on the road. It was a grueling week, and I got a fat bonus for doing so much at once, but I'm thoroughly tired.Last night in Nashville went a lot better than expected. I had a craving for Indian food, so I found a restaurant on Google and started my evening there. Then, I wandered into what was supposed to be a blues club, but the act that night was a band http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/curdled/~3/zwhAFpGiUmI/home-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Finn)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bon8gqQtHfq9ZDmHA-BDMmCzgvU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bon8gqQtHfq9ZDmHA-BDMmCzgvU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bon8gqQtHfq9ZDmHA-BDMmCzgvU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bon8gqQtHfq9ZDmHA-BDMmCzgvU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://curdled.blogspot.com/2010/07/home-again.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553866276113742268.post-2926087761379822953Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:41:00 +00002010-07-23T18:41:00.533-04:00Nashville TNI made the last lap in record time. Traffic seemed lighter, and I was driving faster - I was delivering a Mercedes sedan, and it seemed to want to move along at about ninety. I'm generally not the type to speed, and seventy is plenty fast for me, but somehow, my speed kept creeping up and I didn't even notice it. Luckily, the highway patrol didn't seem to notice it, either.Anyway, it's a few http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/curdled/~3/hhGaGrq5zHc/last-lap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Finn)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/h7zhTXhMjZV_AEvF7niUbWcVzOw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/h7zhTXhMjZV_AEvF7niUbWcVzOw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/h7zhTXhMjZV_AEvF7niUbWcVzOw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/h7zhTXhMjZV_AEvF7niUbWcVzOw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://curdled.blogspot.com/2010/07/last-lap.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553866276113742268.post-4830176240238691801Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:27:00 +00002010-07-22T21:27:00.756-04:00Nashville TNFinished the third lap today. I ran into some delays, so it took a little longer - but somehow, I find myself in better spirits this evening. Even so, I can't find much to say.I'm trying to remember some of the things I saw along the way, or maybe some of the people I passed in traffic, but nothing comes to mind. It all blurs together into this amalgam, where one stretch of road is like the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/curdled/~3/lmlU6GRxOWg/third-lap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Finn)1 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yJKPuvBmXqDvNR8XipY0pbPGEJY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yJKPuvBmXqDvNR8XipY0pbPGEJY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yJKPuvBmXqDvNR8XipY0pbPGEJY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yJKPuvBmXqDvNR8XipY0pbPGEJY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://curdled.blogspot.com/2010/07/third-lap.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553866276113742268.post-6431685790017137739Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:22:00 +00002010-07-21T20:22:00.172-04:00Nashville TNThe second lap of the shuttle run has reached the halfway point. It's now looking like I'll make four trips in four days, as I was able to catch the 5:30 flight to Atlanta, pick up the car at the airport, and make it back to Nashville by about the same time as yesterday. I set out a little later, but didn't have to drive the distance between the dealership and the airport, and traffic http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/curdled/~3/YQVZgs8qozA/second-lap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Finn)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/buNT5RWxL5SiR1xF9ExxuQxt-jA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/buNT5RWxL5SiR1xF9ExxuQxt-jA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/buNT5RWxL5SiR1xF9ExxuQxt-jA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/buNT5RWxL5SiR1xF9ExxuQxt-jA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://curdled.blogspot.com/2010/07/second-lap.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553866276113742268.post-6884360968947007836Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:51:00 +00002010-07-20T20:51:00.108-04:00Nashville TNI've made the first lap of the Atlanta-Nashville shuttle run, or maybe the first half of the first leg: I set out at 6 am, made it here at about 7 pm, which is a little longer than I expected it might take.As to whether I'll be taking the weekend off, and how I'll be spacing out the trip, it seems that I have less latitude in planning the trips. Boris is having the cars delivered to the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/curdled/~3/9JX_bzrYN8c/first-lap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Finn)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A1jdVpMRBGx2Br7TxntDOLJqHFM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A1jdVpMRBGx2Br7TxntDOLJqHFM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A1jdVpMRBGx2Br7TxntDOLJqHFM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A1jdVpMRBGx2Br7TxntDOLJqHFM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://curdled.blogspot.com/2010/07/first-lap.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553866276113742268.post-8672362636554939942Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:43:00 +00002010-07-19T15:43:00.145-04:00Nashville TNBo's AutosOn Friday, I spent some time stewing over things, particularly whether to keep my day job working for Boris, and ended up on the side of keeping it for at least several more months. So it figures, somehow, that I'd come to regret that decision, or at least question it.This afternoon, he struck a deal to sell four cars to a dealership in Nashville, Tennessee, and called me to deliver them. I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/curdled/~3/yAzEWSUv4CI/shuttle-run.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Finn)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zc5g0EJ2Y3EgAOiI9fsE0WCnh28/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zc5g0EJ2Y3EgAOiI9fsE0WCnh28/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zc5g0EJ2Y3EgAOiI9fsE0WCnh28/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zc5g0EJ2Y3EgAOiI9fsE0WCnh28/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://curdled.blogspot.com/2010/07/shuttle-run.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2553866276113742268.post-4304940002298277423Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:28:00 +00002010-07-16T15:28:00.799-04:00RetirementReal EstateI sold the last of the refurb houses - closed this morning. That's a bit of a relief, as I was beginning to wonder if I'd ever unload it. It's been on the market for about three months and Miles is distracted with the new housing development we're working on, so I don't think he's been as aggressive in selling it. Though I'm not really sure if a realtor can be "aggressive" - as far as I know,http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/curdled/~3/yRlPyVOjxW8/just-business.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John Finn)1 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TKq4QpEO-oZhFtX7cCRDRxrdCBs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TKq4QpEO-oZhFtX7cCRDRxrdCBs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TKq4QpEO-oZhFtX7cCRDRxrdCBs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TKq4QpEO-oZhFtX7cCRDRxrdCBs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://curdled.blogspot.com/2010/07/just-business.html