Neanderpundit

THe Ogwife was ill last night, the oglet watched a marathon of her favorite kids stories, I watched the Marx brother’s movies. At midnight we drank Sparkling Grape juice and went to bed, amid the sounds of slackjawed yokels incinerating their paychecks witht he help of Krazy Kaplan.

This morning, i seem the only creature in my neighborhood to have been awake before noon, and certainly the only family not heavily hung over. I feel like dressing up, knocking on doors, and rousing every neighbor with a steaming plate of greasy fried eggs and a loud and hearty “Happy New Year”.

For all the times I’ve worked until outrageous hours and been woken from a sound sleep by a lawnmower, they deserve it…. but I’m not that mean.

Last year at this time I decided that I was going to try to lose some weight by whatever method possible, and if I was for the last time unsuccessful, I was going to set in motion the process of gastric surgery of one kind or another.

That’s done, and now I have a new task for 2007: I will go out, later today, and get my hunting/fishing license for 07 and hunt or fish EVERY DAY that I can.

I hope your new year is good to you. If you set goals, I hope they’re easily acheived. Happy new year!

Steve H is toying with the idea of restoring an old car. Here’s my feeling on the subject.

Now, I’ve restored cars, and been around people who have restored them, and I’ve done a great deal of the work myself- electrical, mechanical, bodywork, chrome, you name it I’ve done it. I considered starting a shop at one time, even. I’ve alternately learned by trial and error, or had good mentors, and I can safely say, I hope steve does it.

I’ve been around a lot of people with average mechanical ability who believe it is possible to easily learn all the skills necesary to restore a motor vehicle of any kind. With the writing skills Steve has, the meltdown he will inevitably have while trying to master all the skills necesary- or even find reputable repair shops to do the work for him, is going to be a whole new book- one that will eclipse everything he’s written so far. I’ve done my best to discourage him from doing this, knowing full well that his gargantuan ego will prevent him taking advice from a mere reader- no matter how intelligent that advice is. I intend to continue to disparage him, and am sure others will do so, just because it’s going to be SUCH good reading. My God, folks, the blogosphere has never been this promising.

Update: The nerve I touched- whoohoo!

I’m not gonna be reading Steve for a while, I’m pretty disinterested in the ravings of a brat, but I remember back when I knew everything too, and it’s SUCH fun to watch someone get educated.