Dude named Matt...

So we hired this guy named Matt at my work and now I have to train him more or less. That's all good....Sometimes it slows be down, but its all part of the deal. So Matt is 27 and played baseball in college and id generally a cool dude. We are a pretty conservative thinking company and he is a little more left of center, which is actually good for a change. I mean, I got into a debate with a Rush Limbaugh clone in my office the other day about global warming. He basically was denying it like the skinheads deny the holocaust. That's the kind of high school regurgitation I hear all the time. Don't get me wrong...I am generally conservative, but you need to keep an open mind. This global warming thing deserves a post of its own.

So this kid Matt is a good sounding board and we can make fun of 80% the company without them even getting it. To make him more cool, we got on the subject of the great PBS show, Austin City Limits...he started bringing up a lot of music I'm a fan of like Robert Earl Keen, Wilco, and Charlie Robinson. He even brought up the great Pat Green and how is new music is a joke, but his early stuff was cool. The best thing is this guy is born and raised in California. It was al,almost he heard me talking about the music and just repeated what I had once said.

Anyway....pointless....but if I can't write about it here, who could I tell. Its not like anyone would actually want to listen to this story.

Back in Action....

Last fall I was pretty down and left this blog headed with a lot of questions. I guess you could say I hit a kind of "mid life crisis". Now I don't know if that's good or bad. Why would it be bad you might ask? Well for one thing, if a mid life crisis truly happens at mid life, then that means I'll be dead before 70. That thought alone is depressing and makes me want to go postal on someone. Another way to look at it is by asking, "Did this little meltdown provide some insight and direction that will bring more focus as to what I could be doing in my life?" If the answer is yes, then I've learned something and can walk away in a more positive direction.

The bottom line, is that I don't have any idea on what I should be or will be doing down the line. I've got a lot of good thoughts, and maybe an actual plan here or there, to put some things into action. Right now, I'm just doing what the title of this blog entails...."living the life"...the life of a father, a husband, a friend.... and some dude likes to hang out and drink myself silly every once in a while. Posts will keep coming in one form or another.

...and a new blog is in the works this very minute...