New Year's Resolution Number 27: Write something for the jar at least once each week - even if it's only an empty promise about writing more next week. I'll keep this one though. I kept one from last year - which may be a first. A cigarette didn't touch my lips all year. Well, no, that's not entirely true. On July 10th I lit one for a friend as he drove us to the golf club. I held the smoke in my mouth for a lingering second, but, like Bill Clinton, I did not have sexual relations with that woman... or something. On a completely unrelated topic - on the Trivial Pursuit website, you can register to play for cash. However, one of the conditions - 2.1(a) - stipulates that you must "be a natural person, at least 18 years old, who is assigned to the e-mail address submitted on your account registration form" No definition of "natural person" is provided, but I decided not to register in case I proved to be too tense.

This morning: Boss: *fretting in my office* Oh dear oh dear. Her flowers are dead! Me: *turning around and noticing the abandoned poinsettia* Oh... We kept saying, what if we forget to take them home. I guess Michelle forgot on her last day... Boss: *frets some more and waters the plant* Did you remember to take yours home? Me: Yes. I took mine home. Boss: *frets out of the office again* :-| PS: It's still alive. It didn't work.

Bernard says You getting any action in here? Because I sure am not. If yes, please forward any helpful tips Not that I log in here for 'action', mind you Lord knows that is not my game Fact is, I have no game I'm just an open, honest guy willing to communicate with interesting individuals of any ilk I don't want something, I'm not here to mess with anyone I'm just relaxing and availible I'm tall, masculine, single...I have been blessed with large hands and feet, and I am sensitive to the needs of others (up to a point) If I'm doing something wrong here, I'm open to suggestions It's not like I don't have any other options than this, I'm going to be away from chatting for a while, I've got an outside world to navigate Maybe guys like me have gone out of style Maybe I should try out that rude, selfish style, that always works But to be honest with everyone, I just don't get off that much on being rude and selfish There comes a point in life where you begin to realize that we ourselves are in control of who we really are...how we want things to be...our circumstances, our environment Anybody wants a piece of me is going to get a sensitive, tall, masculine guy with big hands and feet who isn't rude or selfish And I do mean anybody To top it off, I just got a haircut, I'm presentable.