Asssorted Thoughts

Just some random notes to keep up some semblance of continuity on this blog, which I'm still attached to.  Times have been busy for me of late, and all sorts of different things are going on in my personal life, most of which are for the better.  The family is doing fine as well. 

--I'm disappointed in this so-called "winter".  Right now, around 11:30 in the morning, the temperature is 80 degrees and expect to rise several more.  Ugh, I get enough of this the rest of the year here in northern Florida...why can 't I get a break from it for just a month or two?!

--The University of Florida men's basketball team this year is one of their all-time best.  Whether or not they can win the national championship, though, depends on how they can deal with pressure.  So far, though, each time they have surged in the national rankings, they quickly lost their next game.

--The Los Angeles Lakers are an enigma.  With all of their talent, at this writing they are still four games under .500.  The ultimate question the sports analysts are asking is whether Dwight Howard is finally getting into form and will play an important role in their success during the rest of the regular season.  He had a good game a couple of nights ago against Boston.  If the Lakers can play to that level the rest of the year, then they should be able to sneak into the playoffs.  And once they're able to accomplish that, who knows how far they will go...

--I am still running, with plans to enter a half-marathon race in Tavares, Florida, on March 3. 

--My workplace is undergoing draconian changes in employee assignments, reporting times, and days off.  Hopefully, my dear colleagues there will be able to adjust to the often very sudden demands put upon them with their altered schedules.  After all, we all have lives of our own, many of us with family members who depend on us to be there for them according to our availability.  A little more advance warning from the party making these changes would have been sheer, common courtesy.  But here we are and this is what we have to deal with...