Lub-dub ~

Spurred on by Daughter Caroline's interest in jogging paraphenalia (as though I have none), I unpacked the Ironman Triathalon heart-rate monitor/watch I got at Costco yesterday -- itself an aerobic event given the usual impenetrable plastic packaging -- and strapped myself up with the wireless heart-rate monitor for an early-afternoon jog. I watched as my baseline 58-62 pulse rate climbed to 140 and stayed there, with occasional excurisons to 158 on the grades. Neat to watch. It will be interesting to monitor when bicycling.

The rest of the day I frittered away doing on-line tasks and enjoying my new Facebook passtime, which I find to be the on-line equivalent of chips-n-salsa. Glad I never discovered it while working. M has also spent a lot of time here in the study as she prepares for a number of public presentations over the next two months.

Rew has begun his studies at "SC" (as they call the University of Southern California out there) and while we have no details, he reports preliminarily that things are Exciting. And we had an interesting talk with Ms Caroline this afternoon, who has an interesting prospect on which she's doing a lot of work and today got to participate in a six-hour board meeting. Next week she may find out more re Further Opportunities. In the meantime, she's hunkering down for the frigid blast that is blowing into Chi-Towne.

I got my periodic owners' "Wood & Steel" magazine from Taylor Guitars yesterday, which noted that My Brand is played professionally by Alan Jackson, George Strait and country ingenue Taylor Swift. And the Taylor 12-strings (like my 655ce) as a group were given a Gold Award by the readers of Acoustic Guitar magazine. Speaking of music, those inclined towards classic country, acoustic and blues would enjoy the Imus Ranch Record, a for-charity compilation produced by Don Imus including cuts by everyone from Randy Travis to Little Richard. Randy Travis' "I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore" is everything a classic country blues song should be. If I could trade voices with anyone, it would be him.

That's about it from The Burg. Stay warm out there ~