Living - Oct. 11, 2009
The 40 Days and 40 Nights of 40: Day FORTY!
Today will be my last entry as I have now been blogging for 40 days, the 20 days before my 40th birthday and the 20 days after.  Whew!I just went back and read day one for the first time since I published it.As I said, I do feel more impowered, "wiser," and I think I've finally sta...
Tags: Reiki, kindness, friends, family, 40, forty, 30

Living - Oct. 9, 2009
40 of 40: Day 39
"All we are saying is give peace a chance."I woke this morning to the news that a sitting US President, Barack Obama, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize - a surprise to everyone, including the President.As to not seem overly biased, I posted the story from FOX News on my Facebook pa...
Tags: nobel, obama, peace, action, fox, hope, 40, forty,

Living - Oct. 7, 2009
40 of 40: Day 36 & 37
I'm blue.It could be all the changes; I'm not necessarily good with change.  Changes at work Changes in my life.  Changes coming for our country.  It could be the weather (I know it's the weather).  The worst part is, at least today, I can't shake it.One thing that's been heav...
Tags: healthcare, 40, blues, weather, changes

Living - Oct. 5, 2009
40 of 40: Day 34 & 35
It gets better.Sometimes it doesn't feel like it.  And it sure doesn't feel like it day-to-day.  But, when you get a chance to sit down, or even have a conversation with a friend, take your life decade by decade and add up what you have.Now, I have more confidence, perspective, influenc...
Tags: 40, sex, friends, men, male, gay,

Living - Oct. 3, 2009
40 of 40: Day 32 & 33
OK - SICK!  oy! Anyhow, no excuse. So, I just finished watching the latest episode of GLEE on FOX which I love!  This week, Kristin Chenoweth starred as a woman who dropped out of high school 15 years earlier, now making her 33ish.  Through out the show, the high school...
Tags: cougar, fox, glee, 40, high school, chenoweth, kristin

Living - Oct. 1, 2009
40 of 40: Day 31
So, at the end of the night, I'm sitting with my chef and he's telling me he didn't get me at first because I was so nice.  He automatically thought it was for self-gain, but then realized it's just part of my job in hospitality... i'm damn plesant all the time!Anyhow, he says, I'm one of th...
Tags: navy, lover, 40, single, love, streisand

Living - Sept. 30, 2009
The 40 of 40: Day 30 - A Rant
OK, one of the things that comes with age (I guess) is an intolerance for stupidity.  Remember your parents talking about that loud rock n roll music, or kids playing on their lawn.  That was never going to be me... alas...So, this morning, TV news went crazy when a police officer was s...
Tags: fox 6, wtmj, wisn, news, tv, police, shooting, rant, 40

Living - Sept. 28, 2009
The 40 Days and 40 Nights of 40: Day 27/28
I watched Cougar Town the other night.  I think I'm a cougar.The character Courtney Cox Arquette plays is single and 40 and finds herself attract to young good-looking men.  And, like her, although I look damn good for my age, you can't help but stand in the mirror, pick apart everythin...
Tags: Courtney Cox, Cougar, 40, 30, men

Living - Sept. 23, 2009
The 40 Days and 40 Nights of 40: Day 23
Last night was one of the best night's I've had in a long time... well, I had a great weekend with my friends... let's just say it was extended.Last night, my high school buddy, Joe Muench, had a group of us to his restaurant Maxie's Southern Comfort as another of our Pius '87 grads was in town, ...
Tags: pius, 87, 40, maxies

Living - Sept. 22, 2009
The 40 Days and 40 Nights of 40: Day 21
Sure, I get back form four days of debauchery, and there's my pyshical waiting for me with my new doctor.  Now, after a fun, happy, healthy 40th b-day weekend, I'm feeling pretty good.  But, again, not like I'm 40.  My new doc os my Dad's doctor and asked if my father had me when h...
Tags: doctor, prescriptions, physical, 40

Living - Sept. 22, 2009
The 40 Days and 40 Nights of 40: Day 19 & 20
It's has arrived... and I couldn't feel LESS 40.With four of my best friends in tow, we boarded a 55' houseboat, partied on Crater Island, played on a Jet Ski, and slid down a water slide then right into our on-deck hot tub.  This is 40!  Bring it on.I was the second youngest of our bro...
Tags: 40, boating, hot tub, slide, wine, friends, La Crosse

Living - Sept. 13, 2009
The 40 Days and 40 Nights of 40: Day 12 & 13
"...time keeps on slippin' slippin' slippin' into the future..." Thank you, Pink Floyd.  I didn't even realize I didn't post yesterday. My bad. So, do you think you can be an old soul and still have a young mind? Three of us guys were talking yesterday about t...
Tags: karaoke, 70s, singer, sonwriter, pink floyd, 40

Living - Sept. 11, 2009
The 40 Days and 40 Nights of 40: Day 11
So, it's not like I don't have time to exercise, although I use that excuse often.  I know exercise makes me feel better, lengthens the quality of your life and, frankly, can make you look much better.  Why then don't we do it?  Does exercise really hurt that bad?It's the only thin...
Tags: excercise, 40, eating, health, meditation, reading, writing, birthday

Living - Sept. 7, 2009
The 40 Days and 40 Nights of 40: Day 7
The 40 Days and 40 Nights of 40: Day 7   Happy Labor Day.  In honor, I slept in.  There’s nothing better than a good night’s sleep!  Don’t wait until 40 to get one.   I stayed in last night and was in bed by mi...
Tags: Labor day, lazy-boy, mattress, sleep, 40, men, guys, built rite

Living - Sept. 4, 2009
The 40 Days and 40 Nights of 40: Day 4
The 40 Days and 40 Nights of 40: Day 4 Here's something from the "nights."  In fact, last nightSingle and 40.  Now, there's nothing wrong with being single.  I enjoy it.  You have complete autonomy, but that's not always the way other peole feel.  I ha...
Tags: single, 40, forty, alone, time, divorce, death, dating, couple