Curt Doolittle

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  • THE BEST PLACE YOU EVER WORKED? I was reminded buy someone today that some peopl

    THE BEST PLACE YOU EVER WORKED?

    I was reminded buy someone today that some people remember the best place they ever worked. And I made one of those places. It was an experiment. An attempt to create something very special. I did it carefully and artfully. Inclusively. And I could do it again, with ease. Even in this economy. It’s a craft and a skill. Sure. It’s psychological but it’s not mechanical, it’s spiritual.

    If my health keeps up, I might do it again, just to show that I can draw the perfect circle.

    But I also learned something else: a) if you’re being undermined from the inside kill it quickly. b) heroism is overrated. Heroes die.

    Source date (UTC): 2012-05-11 17:48:00 UTC

  • WEIGHT LOSS UPDATE I keep looking the mirror with surprise and remembering that

    WEIGHT LOSS UPDATE

    I keep looking the mirror with surprise and remembering that line from Henry V where Falstaff says “Do I not dwindle? My skin hangs about me like an old lady’s loose gown.”

    My skin isn’t hanging about, but my clothes certainly are. Just went to Nordstrom and got remeasured. I fit perfectly into a 42″ Armani and a 40″ Joseph Abboud — Abboud’s are cut larger. The Armani looks awesome. Perfect shoulders. Not sure I won’t get down to a 40″ which puts me down there with the A-listers. Looking at 16/32 shirts, 40/42 short blazers, and 32-33 waist if I can drop the rest around my middle and back.

    For a contrast with the past, I can wear a fleece jacket comfortably under my existing Ralph Lauren 46 short, and the jacket front overlaps by almost eight inches.. I’m pretty sure I’ll get comfortably into cut 42’s, which means I can wear all the trendy stuff rather than wear light wool year around. My 34″ jeans are falling off me and in the 36’s I look like Billy Halleck in Thinner. (Makes my day.)

    Got my wonderful italian loafers polished today for 2.50 and they look brand new. It’s awesome to make progress. And it compensates for the medical news today a bit.

    Source date (UTC): 2012-05-10 16:46:00 UTC

  • TEST RESULTS Eh. Well. Got the scan. There is a node on my lower right neck deep

    TEST RESULTS

    Eh. Well. Got the scan. There is a node on my lower right neck deeply recessed that looks like a candidate. I think it’s the only one. They wanted to monitor it last year. But it’s good sized. I can feel it now that I”m aware of it. So, we’ll see what the doctor says tomorrow or monday, but it looks like I”m going in for another round of surgery.

    I feel like the terminator. I take a licking but keep on ticking….

    Source date (UTC): 2012-05-10 13:42:00 UTC

  • GOD LOVES ME TODAY I have been stressing because I haven’t been able to find the

    GOD LOVES ME TODAY

    I have been stressing because I haven’t been able to find the title for the Car. But I went to the storage shed, opened the first box, and the paperwork was sitting right there on top. So I can sell the car now. One thing off my plate.

    Now the bad thing: one of my pistols is missing from the storage place. That makes me very, very nervous. I hope I’m wrong. But I don’t think so. I have a pretty good memory.

    Source date (UTC): 2012-05-09 21:49:00 UTC

  • FEET TOO? Ok, so my expensive Italian loafers fit perfectly. I didn’t realize my

    FEET TOO?

    Ok, so my expensive Italian loafers fit perfectly. I didn’t realize my feet would shrink, but I bet it’s from lack of inflammation as much as loss of weight.

    Source date (UTC): 2012-05-09 19:48:00 UTC

  • RUMMAGING I’m off to rummage through my storage place and see if I can find the

    RUMMAGING

    I’m off to rummage through my storage place and see if I can find the documents for my cars. I kind of doubt it. But I’m going to give it a jolly try. It’s a nice day for rummaging. Well, it’s pretty much a nice day for anything. 🙂

    Source date (UTC): 2012-05-09 12:51:00 UTC

  • ULTRASOUND Next test is tomorrow morning at 9:00. Can’t get in to see my doctor

    ULTRASOUND

    Next test is tomorrow morning at 9:00. Can’t get in to see my doctor before the 17th. Next possible appointment is in July (argh). But at least I’m making progress. All I have to do now is get my prescriptions. I’ll have to come back to the area in a month or two for the next set of fun stuff.

    Source date (UTC): 2012-05-09 12:48:00 UTC

  • IS DEAD MILITARILY” Kaplan also makes the argument that nato will prevent german

    http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/natos-ordinary-future-robert-d-kaplan”EUROPE IS DEAD MILITARILY”

    Kaplan also makes the argument that nato will prevent germany from an alliance with Russia. The problem is I don’t see that as a bad thing. In fact, I see it as perhaps the best thing possible for western civilization. Let the catholics become the balkans. The anglos are fragmented by hemispheric trade. And there Germans will improve the behavior of the Russians. And both can help keep the east at bay.

    I’m in the camp that the anglo alliance as wrong, and germany was right, and the destruction of germany was the destruction of the heart of the west. A german russian alliance seems like a good step in recovering from that mistake.

    Source date (UTC): 2012-05-09 07:47:00 UTC

  • ALLERGY DIARY So, had a very weird episode yesterday. I thought it was the sun.

    ALLERGY DIARY

    So, had a very weird episode yesterday. I thought it was the sun. But I had a piece of almond biscotti at Tully’s. Whatever was in it hit me within ten minutes. Made me loopy until late last night. And my lungs are useless this morning. So maybe the sun and the chemistry together did something. But seriously, I was in the Apple store and swear to god it was like experimenting with recreational chemicals in college. I mean, brighter colors, impossible to think straight. Hard to put sentences together. … No way I should have been driving. I can’t really remember much. I do know I watched a movie last night in the hotel room. But I can’t remember any of it. Argh.

    At least pasta is safe.

    Source date (UTC): 2012-05-08 08:53:00 UTC

  • SUNBURN Drove all over today with the top down. Sunburned. Totally dazed. Fried.

    SUNBURN

    Drove all over today with the top down. Sunburned. Totally dazed. Fried. Tired. Forgot what it was like. Haven’t seen sun in so long. 🙂

    Source date (UTC): 2012-05-08 00:00:00 UTC