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Wow, its been nine days since I last took fingers to keyboard. There hasn't been a great deal to write about unless you consider winter storm warnings in Florida to be worthy of literary effort. Did you notice I just credited myself as being a literary genius? Well I didn't actually say genius until the last sentence. Anyway, the local weather people haven't been this excited since "Ivan". Our weather radio went off at three a.m. this morning warning us of a winter storm scheduled for TONITE at midnite! I can hardly wait to hear when it will go off when it actually gets here. Would you believe all Navarre schools are closed tomorrow? We may not even get any snow near the Gulf. Most, if not all is predicted for north of us.

We've had temps below freezing seven mornings since we've been here. As I told my son, Jim, Florida Sucks! This lousy weather will be with us for at least another week. I know it's much worse at home and especially on the east coast, but this is FLORIDA.

I feel bad for the cities like Mobile, Milton, Fort Walton and Navarre where Mardi Gras parades are scheduled over the next few days. The one in Navarre is on Saturday. A few weeks ago we were planning to go. I just don't want to stand on a parade route while freezing.

Yesterday Mary Ellen and I drove to Atmore, AL to the Wind Creek Casino. We were only there for four hours, but that was long enough for us to lose a few bucks. We had fun & lucked out at the Buffet. They were running a "buy one, get one". To top that the price for 'seniors' was only $10! Not bad for a full buffet for two.

The lousy weather is probably the best thing for my 'Wichita' speech a week from tomorrow. I certainly haven't been tempted to hang out at the beach. I think I'm probably over-prepared for this, but one can't really be too well prepared. I'm looking forward to it on the 21st. Two and a half hours in front of 500 attendees requires a little more prep time than normal. Fun, fun, fun!

When it rained a couple days ago, Mary Ellen and I went to a movie. We saw "It's Complicated". It was ok. Nothing special. I'd give it a 3 out of 5 Stars. It dragged at times and wasn't as funny as it could have been. The writers attempted a few 'lame situations' which allowed me to think I could have written some good lines for them. We only paid $6 for the matinee (that's for both of us). If you have to pay more than $3 each I wouldn't waste my money. If you do want to see it, it should be out on DVD very shortly. Rent it. Golly, I just realized I've slipped into my Siskel and Ebert role. I'm sorry, Siskel is dead. They were so much better when the two of them worked together.

We had dinner at Logan's Roadhouse a few nites ago. We had never been there before. We've been to Texas Roadhouse and of course Outback. Logan's was excellent and less expensive. We'll go back.

Well, back to Cabin Fever and of course the 'storm of the century'! Till next time, "if I had known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself".

jim