For three strange days, I had no obligations. My mind was a blur, I did not know what to do ...

You get up, shower, dress and head out to work every day. And all you can ask for is something interesting and enjoyable to pass the time. You hope for, but don't expect, genuine positive vibes or friendly co workers or time to do things right. I am lucky that I have such a job at one if the "100 best places to work". Busy and producing is much better than nothing to do and nothing to show for it. I am excited to go in and excited to be a part of what is going on. I stay a little eate these days because I am vested in the success of the daily deal. Not too bad a day when you are fully tired on the way home.

Iphone says, "Goose Step Mama" by The Ruttles

"You've got something that makes you something.
Something tells me loud and clear.
In the end it comes to nothing.
You've got nothing to ein, svei, drei, fear."

Make up your mind. Decide to walk with me. Around the lake tonight. By my side. By my side ...

My car story just gets more and more interesting. I checked the VIN on carfax and the national stolen car db with little to no issues. It just feels wrong. I got a quote of 345 to ship it but the guy sasys he's in the service so I bet he can get it shipped free.
Someone needs to explain this to me. He says, he'll ship it unpaid but only a deposit got he shipper. I can then evaluate it when it's here and then decide on payment or return. What are the bad angles here. He's in it with the shipper? The car arrives different than shown? I have to pay some siklck # to send it back? What would you be willing to front to find out if it us real? How much would you be willing to lose to find out? Right now I'd say $500-$1000 but no more. I might call a dealer or a shop in Hendo to go and look at it. Hopefully $50 to $100 invested there could be a big payoff.
But seriously, who knows someone in Vegas that would do me a solid?

iPhone says, "Insider" Tom Petty with Stevie Nicks from "Pack Up the Plantation Live"

"Well I'll bet you're his masterpiece. I'll bet you're his self control. Yeah you've become his legacy. His quiet world of white and gold."

I don't want to come back down from this cloud, it's taken me all this time to find out what I need ...

So hi there, I find that writing took a back seat to veging on the train for a few weeks but today is somehow different. I blame family and friends.

First golf. I got to play the Ocean Course at Half Moon Bay on Saturday and man was it ... Scenic. No comments on my game as that would mean I need to discus my lack of ability. Guys from work, 7:20 AM, coffee, a bacon/egg/cheese sandwich, cold, windy and lots of fun. I need to thank Andy for picking me up, Kris for organizing the family (wow was it a busy one) and She for clearing the skies before we froze.

Work is great. One mention if your project by the CEO during the earnings call and suddenly you have a ton if work to do. Cool huh?

And now, a car. Don't have one yet but the $ for it comes available Monday next. My dilemma is, do I buy the one that is in Henderson, NV site unseen? If it's what I think, it may be the best deal ever. Which only makes me think it's a riff. $7900 for a 2005 Infiniti G35. Free shipping, deposit held by shipping co, no payment til the car is verified. Too good to be true. Therefore, it's a scheme. Ah well I need to rally my network and see if I can verify its existance.

iPhone says, "I've Got a Feeling" Pearl Jam cover of the Beatles classic.

"Everybody had a good year. Though we never saw the sunshine. Everybody pulled their socks up. Everybody put the war down."

And if the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you ...

So I was looking at the channel lineup of my new favorite TV channel, Paladia (formerly Mhd), two nights ago and "The Foo Fighters at Wembley Stadium" was on. Let me first explain why Paladia is my favorite. HD music, few if any commercials and in a 4 week period last month they showed "The Song Remains the Same", "Tommy", "The Wall" and "The Last Waltz". It's an HD MTV circa 1982, but without Nina Blackwood :( . So Dave Grohl and the boys are whipping 86k Brits into a frenzy with "Learn to Fly", "My Hero" and others from the Foo back catalogue when about 2 songs from the end he steps to the mike and says something like, "we've been setting this up for 6 months to make this the most exciting FF concert ever ... It's you guys who made us what we are today ... (lowers head to compose himself) ... Ladies and gentlemen our very special guests tonight ... Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones from LED ZEPPELIN!". Dave turns the mike over to Taylor Hawkins and takes a seat behind the drums. Now, as I watch this I am reading his wilipedia page that he, "patterned his drum playing after John Bonham". They test the sound level briefly and turn to Dave on the drums and he has, THE biggest smile on his face. Dude has some teeth and always chews gum during a gig and man you could see it all. Dave counts it down and jumps into the intro to "Rock n Roll". The whole place goes off like a jet engine. Hawkins knows the word by this is all about Page and Jones ... and Grohl who, you known its the first and probably only time he gets to do this. He continues to prove to me how genuine of a person he is and I enjoyed it so much I replayed it four time and then two more yesterday.

iPhone says, "Rock and Roll" by Led Zepelin

"Carry me back, carry me back, carry me back, baby where I come from. It's been a long time, been along time, been a long lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely time."

Why not phone up, Robin Hood, and ask him for some wealth distribution ...

Two cold and windy, but clear, days in a row. Really looking forwad to the end of the month. Employee stock purchase, tax refund, Kris' first full "retirement" check it will be a banner two weeks in the old Clough household.

iPhone says, "Creep (Acoustic)" by Radiohead

"I don't care if it hurts. I want to have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul. I want you to notice when I'm not around. I want something special. I wish I was special."

Now here I am the angel of mirth and I have come to bring you my burden ...

I realize today it's 2 months since I started on the train. I thought I would feel more holier than thou for all the green reasons but in actuality I am very comfortable with what I am doing and that makes me happy inside where it counts. Which is a very bad segue into today's question.

Bowling? A difficult question with many levels of existential angst, and stuff. My team at work was supposed to go hiking toady as a team builder. But with the newly found ability of the atmosphere to pour down water from the clouds (yes it's raining again) we has to cancel and instead go to Strike! a new fangled nightclub as bowling alley establishment in Cupertino. Which brings me to my dilemma. Do I bowl like I want to or do I try to calm down and take it easy. I mean I grew up bowling at the Elks Lodge on Saturday mornings all winter long with Jimmy Dilello who at the age of 11 or 12 would raise the ball over his head on the back swing and simply obliterate the pins (and the back wall of the alley). But this is business and as Kris says there's politics everywhere. Luckily bowling is more than one game. I can do OK but hold back on the first game or two and then pull out something in the last one. Thanks nameless faceless Internet, you made my decision very easy.

iPhone says, "Don't f*** Me Up With Peace and Love" by Cracker

"Now here I am the game warden of love, 'til someone took away my gin and tonic."

Yeah with one foot in the grave, and one foot on the pedal, I was born a Rebel ...

Busy weeks make for a very odd sense of what's going on. It's Wednesday and man if it don't feel like Friday. Lots to do and lots already done at work. I'm going to miss J's second ball game today and that bums me out a little.

Left work a little late yesterday and caught the train that only goes half way home then you have to get out and wait 15 before the next train that goes all the way. So I decided to ride as far as I could to see if I can get anywhere near Tasman before I have to stop and wait doe the train. Got two stops away and probably could have made it all the way but it's a good thing I didn't as there were 9 bicycles on the car after Tasman and only 2 before, one was me of course.

Ok now I have to talk about wings. Kris, el superior chica en todos del mundo, went waaaaaaay out of her way Monday to get me BW3 on opening day of the Dublin, CA Buffalo Wild Wings. I can feel the WTFs out there so let me explain. Buffalo Wild Wings (I will always call it BW3 even though the last W for "Weck" has long since gone) is an Ohio institution and something with which I have 25 years of history. Monday signified the opening of the first NorCal BW3 and my wife, el gran jefe de los pajarros rojos, was there. The only downer was that she missed a year of free wings by 5 people. But I got wings for the final 4. Anyone see who won that?

iPhone says, "Southern Accents" by Tom Petty

"For just a minute there I was dreaming. For just a minute it was oh so real. For just a minute she was standing there with me."