60 to 60

 Day 59

 Okay, so yesterday was a lazy day and I didn't post. Forgive me. Or don't, that's entirely up to you, but I hope I'm deserving of a little latitude. After all, I am so damned lovable!

Sundays aren't the same, especially living alone. The Sunday papers, bagels, sitting around kibitzing with each other. All I can do lately is joke around with myself, which, in my mind, seems a little "Hey! Get off my lawn!" ish. I guess if I had a lawn . . . 

I did spend some time with friends on Facebook, which I love. I've been able to reconnect with so many of the people who have meant something to me over the span of the last 60 years. The things we all share with one another, the tremendous love and support that comes when life inevitably gives us atomic wedgies, and the genuine joy we derive from the wonderful things that do embrace us all every now and again.

We reminisce, we flashback, we wax nostalgic about the good old days. I love that, but even though I'm about to be a sexagenarian (quitcher snickering) I am looking forward. You see, going to school to pave another career path requires living in the present and looking toward the future, both immediate and distant. So, I do find myself, of course, getting caught up in looking back, for two big reasons. 

One, I love my friends. I do, regardless of whether we've remained friends all this time, or if we lost contact for most of our adult lives and have only just rediscovered one another. True friends are never lost, only misplaced, and Facebook can be considered an emotional attic which we can explore, and ultimately uncover our misplaced treasures we thought were lost and gone forever.

Two, having discovered almost three years ago that I am afflicted with Attention Deficit Disorder, and knowing now how that affects people, I look back and understand why I did things I did, didn't do things I would have liked to have done, and couldn't do a lot of things a fairly bright kid from Brooklyn NY should have been able to do.With this new-found awareness I can - I must - look back at the foolish things I've done and relearn how to best be the best me. It isn't easy, for the patterns of 50+ years are difficult to alter, but I can see that I am making slow but steady process in the metamorphosis.

If you noticed, the image I included for this post is a logo I designed. I will be using it with my soon-to-be created website that (No comments from the TEAnut gallery please! lol) will help raise awareness of the need to promote humanitarian and equal rights programs and legislature. I do understand that some of you are in direct conflict with my position on these issues. I am always willing to have intelligent and factual debates with anyone about most anything, but they can't be arguments, and they need to be backed up by cogent and corroborative facts from neutral, unbiased sources.  Calling President Obama names and saying he's looking to destroy America do not a debate make!  

I have my domain all ready, and will be building the website for launch in about three weeks. If anyone wants to make any CONSTRUCTIVE suggestions, I'd love to hear them.

That all took up most of my day.  I did ride over to Costco to gas up for the (non)storm. I got my laundry done, went to the supermarket to pick up a couple of things, which, considering the fact that SNOWMAGEDDON was on its way, the store was relatively quiet.

I made myself some dinner and settled in to watch Shameless on Showtime. One of the best shows EVER! These people truly are shameless! It's so well written and performed. I recommend it to most of you who aren't readily shocked and offended.  Then House of Lies and Elements.  Showtime has had some incredible shows recently, and it's much cheaper than HBO. Although, when Boardwalk Empire returns so will my subscription to HBO.