2016 Thus Far

I got up a bit late today, but the day has been fairly decent.

• I did my first run in two weeks today. Holidays and head colds have really put a major dent in my diet and workout routine. It wasn't a bad run. I did two miles without stopping, then ran sprints for another 1.5 miles. It was cold out, but sunny and that is actually not bad running weather.



• The head cold is down to a nagging intermittent cough right now. Hopefully it'll be all gone next week.
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• A buddy of mine and I saw "The Hateful Eight" last night. It was a long movie, but very entertaining. Like typical Tarantino, it was loaded with curse and had copious usage of the n-word, largely directed at the top billing star Samuel L. Jackson. He really is a great actor. Actually, the whole movie was loaded with good actors and the story is told in "chapters." The audience seemed very engrossed in it and clapped when it was done.



• The found money total for 2015 was $4.02, which is the most I've found since starting this in 2009. Oddly, I've been finding quarters a lot lately.



• I've been working on my computer today. The "El Capitan" OS X has wrecked havoc on my use of my desktop computer, to the point where it is very counterproductive. I can't imagine what the reviews of this system are, but it blocks so many different types of software I use. So I tried to partition the hard drive so I could load an older OS X version on it and boot from it, seeing if it would allow me to access the software I need, but El Capitan blocks any way of reading the older discs I have. I have an idea or two to try to see if I could get this partition set up, but it's turning into a nightmare.



• I forgot that my nephew's birthday is Monday. Sigh... I'll see if I can't send him a belated card.