New Year’s Resolutions

Beer & Queso
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It was well done, but Branagh was still stage acting when only inches from the camera, which is only ok if you’re Brian Blessed. Everyone else comes off as trying too hard.

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What I loved about Branagh’s adaptation was it felt it was just as much of a movie as it was a play - i.e. I wasn’t bothered by the stage acting as you might’ve been.

And if you want to be overwhelmed by actors inches from the camera, watch Billy Bob Thornton’s adaptation of All the Pretty Horses.

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you have to chase it down with some Wild Turkey liquor

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I can’t think of Brian Blessed without thinking of Flash Gordon

“Hawkmen…DiiIIIIVE”

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mixed results.

  1. I finished all but New Jersey. New Jersey. Just think about that for a while.
  2. This I did. I started Sous Viding the steak to about 115, then finishing it on either the grill or in a pan. It also worked great for lamb chops.
  3. I made fresh pasta early in the year, but then tapered off. The only sauce I learned was a pretty reliable Italian sausage rag from the New York Times.
  4. I ran 4 miles some, if a couple of times counts, and if my shuffle counts as running..
  5. My garage is messier than last year.

So this year:

  1. Catch a fish in New Jersey.
  2. Cook some stuff from Paula Wolfert’s the Cooking of Southwest France.
  3. Go to Scotland.
  4. Run through the end of the year, including today.
  5. Get rid of at least one big thing out of the garage, preferably the tandem.
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Success! Finished them in October.

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Channeling my inner Michael Bolton: I’m great, why should I change? It’s the years that have sucked recently

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I batted .000 on my resolutions for last year, but I lost 50 pounds so there’s that.

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I am back to my old smart phone ever since my dumb one couldn’t handle the Helene business.

I went to a hypnotist for research for a book project and have pretty effectively disrupted a lifetime habit of nail picking.

I am down to 180 from a high of 240 (2017).

We fucking moved to Colorado of all things—Fort Collins. So that’s neat.

This year I want to publish 30 Substacks and finish one of my long projects and get invited to a New Year’s party in December.

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I’m not sure I had many this past year, but my garage is still a mess. I moved to Midland though, so I got that going for me in 2026. I think my resolutions for this year are:

  1. Drink more
  2. Smoke more cigars
  3. Make my bed every day.
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Mine are:

  1. Don’t let fuckers steal my joy.
  2. Don’t fuck with shit I don’t have to fuck with.
  3. Be kind to others.
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Words to live by, brother.

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My 2026 New Year’s Resolutions.

  1. 70 minute (or more) in a walk in Activity Apple Watch
  2. Read a book. Comic book / graphic novel and Audible doesn’t count
  3. Austin Speech Lab 2 days a week, 3 hours a day, 1-4 pm Tuesdays and Thursdays
  4. Wellness Center Tuesday and Friday, in the am with Kim (my trainer)
  5. Do the dishes, every day
  6. Do 2 garbage bags, every time
  7. Give Kate and Liv my remote
  8. Give Kate, Liv, and Julie a break - I will listen or I will ask, but Katie, Liv, or Julie will answer or reply
  9. Julie is giving a break - I will have the kids
  10. Julie is - one or two times - going out; 2 day weekend. I will be there.
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