After last week

I am not going to delve into the freaking nightmare the world is becoming. There are political blogs, round the clock news coverage and commentary, and it will be the topic of discussion in all corners today and in the days, weeks, and months to follow . Not here. I care and I am horrified, but not here. I'm in a good place and I'm going to stay there. I loved that yesterday was "Idiosyncrasy Day". I'm stretching it into a two day event because I can and I want to. We can grieve and not wallow. I don't think we can afford the wallowing. I'm picking peace and love because if I don't, they win and I am not in a losing mood.

Except for the cold months, I am outside within 10 minutes of awakening, every morning, almost unfailingly. My deck is private enough that I needn't worry about if or how I am clothed (see yesterdays lack of modesty entry).

I have to have better than average quality for anything I watch or listen to or I won't watch or listen. I'm a snob that way. I have declined invitations to parties surrounding major sporting events because the audio visual system was beneath my standards. What can I say?

I'm the same way about cameras. I'll over buy every time.

I like my feet even though I have two web toes on each foot.

I don't like my face much at all anymore.

For years I bought toiletries and paper products one at a time.

Now I stock stuff. Mainly because I hate to run out of anything.

I'm not as frugal as I should be.

I don't have retirement covered.

I probably should worry about that.

My ace in the hole is thinking I could always marry a rich old woman. I will most likely have Alzeimer's by then and not remember the experience anyway.

I'd rather marry a poor young woman and remember every second.

One of the things I am most proud of is my business card showing myself as a Director at a company with one of the most prestigious trademarks in the world. It's the sheepskin that isn't hanging on my wall.

I'm rarely nervous.

I don't have a problem speaking in front of large groups of people.

I either trust completely or not at all.

I'm more voyeuristic than ever.

But I'm very selective about my erotica. I like soft core, sensual, as much as hard core. I need both.

That need covers far more than just erotica.

I have always written about sex, either in letters, fiction or recreations of experiences. I started as a teen.

I like that I was on an FBI subversive watch list and a platoon leader in an armoured division of the US Army at the same time. I would rather be confusing than predictable.

Sometimes I like to be shocking....I know, I know, it's hard to believe.