Casper

Of course, I went, of course I enjoyed myself and the company of family, and of course I was a perfect gentleman. We partook of $5.00 steak night at the Elks Lodge. Pretty fair. I suggested it because Rich had told me about it and I wanted the experience. One dollar drinks-too. After, to Tom And Heather's: Tristan is a doll- an amalgam of mom and pop and a well-loved child. I do not envy these young adults today. The pressures of business are terrific. Their lifestyles have made the stakes too high. But it ain't easy for oldsters either. Cuz Jim was a multi-millionaire who went broke at the time of the last engineered bubble bust by the savings and loans and at age 73 is still trying to make it big-again. Bless his heart, I hope he makes it in time to enjoy it.

Droidy talk: A not very wonderful 5 megapixel camera comes in the Droid. These two pictures are examples. I couldn't be happier with the rest of it. WiFi and 3 G connectivity, an excellent browser. Good media center, Complete integration with all Google services from Gmail to cloud computing. I have been combining contacts from my cell phone, Gmail and Outlook Express because the Droid is a computer that fits in your pocket. I can call, text, send multimedia messages, pictures, and email (blog). Even when it is asleep, it says "Droid" when a new gmail message comes in. It checks for me. I am debating about putting my older computer based email on it because I get so much junk and it will eat up memory. Web based is best. When I drove to Casper-I do know the way by heart, I pitted the Droid/Google GPS service against my Garmin. Identical performance but Google has so many extras if you want to call on them AND I started the Droid by saying "Navigate to (my cousin's address.) That was it.

There was a planned electrical outage today so we went to town for hot coffee, a Denver omelet and a pancake. I visited with Ken and Seldom-seen Slattery for awhile. Characters. The doggies waited and then I took them to Arby's. That is a good solution because I don't particularly like Arby's and they do. I also wanted to see a local newspaper. Funny story which I will save for tomorrow. Buster did a reject on his iron pill this morning so I cooked liver tonight. Cuz Jim has the same cough Buster does for the same reason. I gave him some iron pills last night. I took one too on the way home and felt perkier. Iron can be a double edged sword in the nutrient arsenal. It will not become a daily dose for me.