2 BUCK CHUCK

Alas, it was bound to happen...

Trader Joe's has hiked the price of the Charles Shaw wine (owned by Bronco Wine Company) from $1.99 to $2.49 in certain areas of California after holding steady for 11 years.

Let the new names "pour"...

"Up" Chuck?  Naw....

A VISITOR

There lurks a creature...

It roams our backyard in search of food at night...

It is not a bear, a deer, a feral pig, nor a coyote...

It trips our motion sensor on our floodlight and this alerts us to its presence...

It sometimes looks inside our rear sliding glass door...

Everytime I try to get my camera, it scampers off...

It is a magnificent looking creature...

I will get my picture...


Correction, I got my picture...

2013 RESOLUTIONS

Weighing in a 214.6 pounds, with platinum highlights in his scalp and facial hair including nostrils...

Resolutions:

Have fun...
Wake up and go!
See the sun rise...
Start living...
Get out, get going, and gitr' done...
Lose 10 pounds (again)...
Eat healthier in moderation...
Gain 10 pounds (again)...
Hike more...
Lose 10 pounds (again)...
Call my mother often...
See old friends here or there...
See the sun set...
Have fun...

Now, if you are triskaidekaphobic, it is going to be a very long year for you...

And if you are paraskavedekatriaphobic, there are only two this year...September and December.

Oh yeah, gas checks in at $3.359 per gallon at the Costco in Merced...maybe $5.009 this year in the Golden State.