“So, tell me, what good is a Web journal if you never write anything in it?”

Good question. I’ve been meaning to write all kinds of wonderful and interesting things, but just never seem to find the time. But that’s about to change. I’m just a little bit more than 100 hours away from completing my 28th lap around the sun, you see, and I’m beginning to realize that my life will probably come to an end before an abundant amount of free time falls into my lap.

With that in mind, I will try my best to write something, anything, in this space every day. I used to be concerned that doing so would result in little more than a “haircut blog” (i.e., “Today I got a haircut. Nothing much else to write about…”), but I’m not going to worry about that for now. We’ll see how I feel after tomorrow’s haircut.

Here are some of the things going on in my life these days:

• I got a raise! Woo hoo!
• Yuko’s grandma is in the hospital. She’s having a cancerous growth removed from her stomach. Not much fun involved in that operation, I imagine.
• I’m still very disappointed with the results of the mid-term elections in the U.S. Much of what our government is doing these days really bothers me.

Judging by the headlines at Google News, here’s what’s going on in the rest of the world:

• WorldCom settles with SEC
• AIDS now striking men and women equally
• Aide to Canada PM quits over ‘Bush is a moron’ flap

On the whole, I’d say my daily life parallels the trends we see in the media: Economic news comes first, health next, then politics.

And I’m glad to see that I’m not the only one who thinks Bush is a moron!