Tête-à-Tête-Tête

I’ve been way out of the loop the last week or two. Last week was a vacation from work, but with two dentist visits, a trip to the DMV and a host of other little errands, it didn’t seem much like a vacation at all. We did round everybody up for a trip [...]

As promised, here I am, back again this Monday. I’m afraid this will mostly be all about me, and my weekend, and I honestly can’t blame you if you don’t care. I mainly only care about my own. I will say, before I insist my feelings won’t be hurt if you navigate away to [...]

“Boredom overtook him, and he began to speak.”
- Kenny Rogers, on the Gambler
Buck, 282 isn’t a bad plateau. And remember, a plateau is a plateau - if you get the itch to shed some more, give it some time and tweak the activity level up a calorie or two. I live my life [...]

This is the promised weekly update. It’s now been seven days, and the fact is that, with the miracle drug, I have to be reminded that I am in the middle of quitting. Withdrawals are minimal, cravings are nil. I had a couple of rough spots here and there, but nothing like [...]

Just like last time, day 2 was a little tougher than day 1. If I remember, week 2 is probably tougher than week 1.
But the wonder-drug is making a difference. A lot of the time, I don’t even think about it. Last time, I didn’t get to that point until [...]

I am writing this a tad early for Tuesday morning reading, but as of 1:45 a.m. (or thereabouts) Eastern time, I am 24 hours without a cigarette.
Let me back up a little. This isn’t the first time I quit. In fact, I remember the year I quit as being 2003, because quitting was [...]