Click images for desktop size: "Reclining Nude" by Edward Hopper Was awakened at 5:00 AM by a frantic puppy who needed to go out.
I enjoyed the ease of the morning. I noticed that the pain in my body was actually less.
I don't know if it was the early hour or the deep trust in my puppy's eyes. Or thinking of conversations of the night.
I had to go into work. I didn't have a ride home so I decided to leave my puppy at home. It would be good for her. She's too dependent on me.
I missed her.
I had to deal with a large amount of people. Not much of it was pleasant, it wasn't unpleasant it just wasn't fun or good.
It lacked canine.
One person was interesting. He let me ride his brand new bike, a Yamaha 1100 Classic. It was interesting. Mucho power and tons of torque but way to sluggish in the feel of the road. It was like riding a hobby horse, a quick hobby horse but the brakes and the suspension were built for comfort and not for life or death.
As much fun as that was it better talking to the guy. An old outlaw biker what was most fascinating were his out of style tattoos. I'm old enough to recognize them as the height of yesteryear fashion but by todays standards they looked crude almost comical.
He invited me on an "old-timers" run next week. Last week I might have gone for it, but things calm down and I declined.
My picks for tomorrows NFL games . . . don't laugh.
Home team first:

Buffalo v Atlanta - Atlanta

Miami v Carolina - Carolina

Chicago v Cincinnati - Cincinnati (carson Palmer - The Old Spirit Of Troy)

Indianapolis v Cleveland - Indianapolis (Manning gets it all back)

Jet v Jacksonville - Jacksonville

Minnesota v New Orleans - New Orleans (sentimental pick only)

Philadelphia v Oakland - Philadelphia (This is not a bet - this is a sure thing)

Green Bay v Tampa Bay - Tampa Bay

St Louis v Tennessee - St Louis

Seattle v Arizona - Seattle

San Francisco v Dallas - Dallas (crummy game of the week)

Pittsburgh v New England - New England

San Diego v Giants - San Diego

Click images for desktop size: "DNA" No pointing and laughing at me Sunday night. Well I guess you can. Most likely I'll deserve it.My picks last week ranked me at 342nd for the week and dropped me from 1663 to 2014 for the season.
That's so far from stellar . . . I guess maybe it's just human.