::: In Exile :::

1894 – London’s Tower Bridge (pictured), a combined bascule and suspension bridge over the River Thames, opened.   – source wikipedia.com

Tower Bridge London - November 2005

i went for a run. 1/2 mile, fast, it sucked. that is all.

i moved my blog then i moved it back and fixed a ton of things wrong with the site(s) i run.

I will try to blog more and of course all this is a still a test from 3 years ago to see how you can impact search engine results.

on another note i ran my first 5k in texas saturday and put in another miserable time but it was fun running with my new running crew and we did finish in Minute Maid park and i did reach down to touch the grass in right field though they had barriers to keep us off the field.  I am trying to get a bit more fit in my old age so i’m hoping to see my 5k times fall dramatically in the next few months of course the houston heat will be rising dramatically in the next few months so  we’ll see how that goes.

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Cosmo Kramer: And is there a tree?

Frank Costanza: No, instead, there’s a pole. It requires no decoration. I find tinsel distracting.

Frank Costanza: It’s made from aluminum. Very high strength-to-weight ratio.

Happy Festivus to all!

or Mississippi.

4.5 years, 4 jobs when I only moved for 1, countless memories, 1.85 plates, many great friends.

i’ve been blessed…

but by this time i will have crossed the Mississippi river and well on my way back to Texas.

I still remember crossing the Mississippi the first time toward Tennessee 8 years ago in moving truck and then moving here in another moving truck 4.5 years ago.  This time I will be moving back in my car having reduced my worldly possessions to ten boxes shipped via fedex and everything else crammed into my car. it is true that the things you own end up owning you.. but i’ve downsized quite a bit now.

and thus begins a new chapter… Goodbye Nashville.

We’ve heard a lot of this phrase in the past year but the truth of the matter is, things are pretty much always changing. The real struggle is managing your expectations and dealing with the changes that are part of life.

On that note… alea iacta est — the die has been cast . i’m moving back to texas in the next week or so.

Nashville has had its share of good and bad just like any extended time in one place but it’s time to come back home.

I heard this earlier today:

“i say we drill the hell out of alaska… which candidate is pro that stance?”

indeed i agree.

Back in april i had a chance to visit Anthony Bourdain’s old restaurant Brasserie Les Halles. The food was excellent and moderately priced for Manhattan, needless to say i’ve paid more for poorly executed food in Nashville. The frites and steak were great but I’m writing today about the pre-meal bread basket. More specifically the butter. Honestly I can’t recall eating a more buttery butter, which made me realize i’ve been short changing myself on a basic ingredient in cooking. The typical butters i’ve had in my fridge frankly don’t deserve to be called butter.

Hence the quest for real tasty butter. which led me to Kerrygold Pure Irish Butter

So i sought it out at the store, bought a baguette and while I was at it procured some drunken goat cheese and vintage Van Gogh Gouda. This made for my Thursday dinner and I suppose it was very European of me but very satisfying. The butter was spectacular, i suggest you try it but more importantly seek out better ingredients just for the experience.

Now to find some nice olives to accompany my bread cheese and butter diet.

It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.
- Arnold Toynbee