1. Ben says my Indian Name is "Paddles With Boo-Boo".
2. Worked up a ukulele version of "Someone To Watch Over Me" only to find that it's a common song for people to work up ukulele versions... there are a bunch on youtube. I think the Great American Songbook and the uke just go well together.
3. In addition to the uke, I am trying to learn Nuke: http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/products/nuke/
4. When I am particularly un-kind or grumpy I watch this and remind myself I can behave better:
5. So, to be more precise, yes, sometimes I get wrapped up in my own problems and forget that everybody has problems to deal with - everybody. I'm not so bad about this as I was years ago, thanks to some help I got (and get) along the way, but still. If I have no room in my heart for anything but my own troubles, then I have nothing to give anybody else. So I try to do better. Last year was pretty darn... awful. But we made it through, as a family.
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