Blog, blog ... blah
You should know I'm doing this simply out of obligation. I made a promise to myself to post every day, unless I had some really good excuse. The fact that I got about three hours of quality sleep last night (thanks in large part to a 2-year-old having nightmares) apparently doesn't qualify.

So I'm posting, even though it was not a day worth recording. I took the Old Daughter to school, I drove the 35 miles to work, I worked, sort of; drove the 35 miles home, and watched a little bit of Ravens-Vikings before giving in to the fatigue.

So: I'm attempting to prove to myself that I have some self-discipline. Really, I do.

Oh, here's one work-related thing: You know how sometimes the best decisions are the ones you don't make? I had one of those kind of days today. My dissatisfaction with my job is fairly public knowledge, at this point. It's a soft hiring market and I don't want to move, so I'm not going anywhere. An opportunity is open in our Very Large Newsroom, however, and I was this close to asking somebody who could actually affect the decision about it. But I received some high-quality advice from The Wife: "Talk first to somebody who doesn't have a vested interest in it. See what they think." I talked to the person who had just vacated the job (who now works for our web site.) This person gave me some good, solid advice; solid enough that I'm no longer considering the idea. It's a job I probably could have, but I now am convinced it's a job I don't want. This is a good thing.

One home-related thing: wish Happy Birthday to the wife. She's now well into her 30s. She's better-looking and smarter than she ever has been. And she sets pretty high standards for both, so that's saying something.

There. See? There's always something.