I had four petit fours after dinner last night and paid the price for them at 3 am.

Some things really are too rich for my blood.

~

... be 6 ft. above ground than 6 ft. under ground.

I'd also rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

~

Taylor Swift is now a billionaire.

Take a moment to let those words sink in.

~

It's an old southern tradition for luck in the new year.

Your first meal of the day should consist of:

Ham

Blackeye peas

Sauerkraut (or cooked cabbage)

Cornbread

I'm digging in soon.

~

If everybody's out to get you,

odds are somebody would have gotten you by now.

~

If Sunday is New Year's Eve,

that makes Saturday New Year's Adam,

because Adam came before Eve.

... where credit is due,

I have to (once again) tip my hat to the Japanese.

'Train to Busan' is a superior Zombie flick.

For the past 50 years,

I have seen Japan take a product and make it better.

~

For just one day,

we could all change sexes.

For just one day,

we could all change races.

Maybe then,

we could all understand each other better.

~

I've been retired for a whole year now.

I've settled into a routine:

I take a walk.

I work out.

I shower and shave.

I drink some coffee while I navigate the 'net.

I eat lunch.

I take a drive.

I read the newspaper online.

I read a few pages of the current novel I'm into.

I do a crossword, the Jumble and a word search (for my brain).

I eat dinner.

I relax and watch a movie or a couple of t.v. shows.

I go to bed for the night.

It's a fairly easy routine that keeps me busy and that I enjoy.

Still,

occasionally I wake up in the morning and for just a second,

I fall back in my mind to my old work routine.

But only for a few seconds.

Then I chase those old thoughts out of my head,

realize how content I am in my new life,

and I smile.

Life is good when you (as the Beatles said) just 'let it be'.

The holy day is past us.

Time to go back to our usual naughty thoughts.