Apparently, the new man is quite a dainty morsel. Rummuser, Mayo, Red Top, Conrad and I refuse to participate … uh, right guys? … but we may have an opening to market new items.
As you watch the following video, keep in mind two things:
Conrad told me that I needed a security setup for my blog, so he sent me the below, which I have now installed.
He said he would hold up fingers for me to see if it worked.
You are holding up two fingers!!
The Lady Fossil and I just attended a class on pruning Japanese Maples. It was great!
Notice the color of the hair in the people in front of us. Lotta snow out there! Old Fossils of all stripes love to prune. We prune trees, we prune clutter, we prune relationships that don’t work – then, eventually, we actually BECOME prunes.
It’s a way of life.
Many have been intrigued by the new workout program that The Old Fossil has begun in the last week. Well … OK. I’ll let you in on the moves.
Below is a video of an actual workout in progress.
It is time for my semi-annual physical. This year, I am told, it is time to schedule a …
Colonoscopy!!!
Ahem. There is no indication other than Father Time leading to this suggestion. I’m sure it will be quite interesting.
Sure.
When I go visit my son, this is what sits on the front bathroom commode:
First, he obviously has it outfitted for his daughter. But, second, he obviously has it outfitted for Dad! Let’s zoom in on the book:
I always come out of there asking, “Did you know … ?”
Cameras in my youth were large, clunky boxes and it took quite awhile for the pictures to return for examination. It was always a joy to see if ANY of them were good. Kind of like Christmas morning, unwrapping gifts.
Times have changed with digital photography. A camera is portable, pictures instant, the process itself free. That means each picture is one amongst a sea of pictures and the Christmas morning feeling is lost. But … it also means that images in the moment can be archived that would have been lost in the past. It gives a new freedom, a new spontaneity to picture taking, for there are now thousands of pictures in my archives I can draw from. Some are worthless, but others are priceless.
Somewhere between is the simple appreciation of beauty. This is a photo I took while the Lady and I were out for a stroll. Oak leaves in a parking lot …
Ahhh …
Tonight, Lady Fossil and I start a brand new exercise regimen we’ve never done before. I mean, we would rather be fit fossils than fat fossils. Fat fossils are much more likely to be run over by big trucks!
Why? Well, two things, actually:
The truck that almost got us for the last post was after us on our walk back from the old workout. We want to make this more of a challenge, up our point value!
This was the title of a great album from 1974 by the band Little Feat:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feats_Don't_Fail_Me_Now
This weekend, it took on a new meaning for Lady Fossil and me. Just as we were crossing an intersection after a little walk of a couple of miles, we faced a very big, rented U-Haul Rental Truck:
The above is the intersection where we were crossing as viewed on Google Earth. It is safer from a satellite! The truck was where I have circled in blue the vehicle. It’s path is described by the blue line. Our path is in red, walking with the walk light.
The guy in the truck was unused to actually looking at the ground from that height, I suppose. In any case, he started as we started. We assumed he saw us, but I kept my eye on him. He accelerated and I yelled, “Lady Fossil, look out!” and grabbed her arm to run – which both of us at our ages were delighted to find still happens! Otherwise, we would have been obliterated right where you see the red X.
Love it when our feats don’t fail us.
This isn’t worth your time. But … it is definitely worth mine.
I am seeing whether I can set a scheduled date and time for a post. I mean, this way I can be posting more easily while I am riding on a cruise ship in the Mediterranean. Or not.
So much for the mystery of life! It used to take years of friendship or a good, perceptive shrink to really get at a person’s core. Now, all you need is Amazon.
Here is how they pegged me and suggested I would like to purchase next. Couldn’t be more clear, I must say.
