Good Late/Lazy Sunday morning All,
I'm sitting on the front porch, piggy-backing on a neighbor's wireless connection, smoking a nice mellow Gispert maduro robusto and watching the 30-40 mph winds wreak havoc on the elms. Its about 68 f and really pleasant on the porch, which faces straight North so with the SW winds I get to watch the action and still enjoy the aroma of my cigar smoke.

Its kinda nice to just sit here, read some posts, and enjoy the morning. I don't usually post on the weekends...I get enough of computers and the web at work all week. But today, it just felt right, almost like a needed break from the routine of breaking the routine...if that makes any sense. Sometimes the rituals I seem to have developed surrounding my relaxing/decompressing time are done by rote.....which doesn't make much sense if its supposed to be a change.....

Had a great time last weekend in KC, though a normally 2 1/2 hour drive took us 6 hrs due to a freak snow/ice/freezing rain storm we encountered on the way. Traffic on the turnpike was moving at about 30-40 mph......but we handled it just fine, and enjoyed the hot-tub at the hotel even that much more!!

Sorry for the long post. I hope everyone is having a great day today.