Super Bowl 40

It almost more fun to watch this when you don't care who wins. It's rare when the game is any good, you can count the really good Super Bowl games on one hand. But it is amazing to this aging shadow baby boomer to watch those superbowl numbers keep growing. Wasn't it just last year that the superbowl logo was an X superimposted over a ref signaling touchdown? Feels like it anyway.

The dog had me running the other day on her "walk". My body still hasn't recovered. Who knew that I could ever be in this poor physical shape. I'm coming to terms with this new reality though. It means my daily life is about a lot more brains and a lot less muscles. While I do miss that feeling of physical invincibility, I get a lot more satisfaction out of configuring a network, or setting up a website, or writing to a blog.

I ran into the guy who was the Executive Director of The Stage Company the other day. He's now helming the leading hispanic cultural center in town. We had a nice conversation about what we were doing then versus what we are doing now. I came to the realization that I really don't miss that life. I still have that creative spark in me and I really do want to produce again someday, but there's no empty place in my life that needs to be filled with the creative output from producing. Frankly I thought that there would be by now.

We should find out about our season pretty soon. Once I have that information, Paula and I can figure out what week we want to use at The Ridge. I prefer the summer even though its a winter kind of place. Skiing is a memory for me now and snow is basically a pain otherwise so I'm much happier in the sunshine.

Looking forward to next weekend. We are finally going to get back to Idyllwild. Our cabin, Oubliette, is calling us. We've not been able to go up the hill since Thanksgiving. With all the hours I've been putting into work I'm finally being given a Friday/Monday off and we are heading up the hill. We'll take the time to create a very complete online presence for the cabin. It's been available for rent but hasn't had a lot of action so we are getting poised to place it better in the market. We've also got a bit of work to do up there. Paula has a bit of decorating to do and I have to check some plumbing. I'm convinced that there's a leak in the wall near the hot water heater so I have to tear into the wall and take a look. We've also got a lot of squirrels to feed and naps to take so we're going up the hill to take care of business.