So can you really sum up a year of me? I started writing this thing first of all to force myself to write and also to record for myself what I think about. I do not care care if it spelled well or interesting so much as that it is simply done. I have a few short term diaries from my past and I find them invaluable as glimpses into who I was as opposed to my recollection of me filtered by intervening time and experience. So what do I know about the me of 2003 now?

• I am an argumentative bastard - this does not show up so much here as some of my favorite blogs to the right such as Craig in PEI or Michael in Atlanta;
• I like music. I forgot how much I like music and I am grateful that I got to participate in the founding of Switching to Glide with David and Mike, neither of whom I have met or conversed with other than via the internet;
• I actually like law. Private practice had just about killed that but I find, for example, following the cases comnig out on s. 7 liberty a blast;
• I do have what was described by a friend years ago as a "butterfly mind" - connections occur to me and grab my attention which may not be important or interesting to others. Most are tedious and not of much value but a few...;
• I am average - as is everyone I have come into contact. I do not know the best of anything and really do not care. I am amazed and deeply embarrassed by those who lack an understanding of their own unimportance;
• I am, at one time or another and most often inadvertently, interesting - as it everyone I have come into contact. I find it sad the most everyone does not consider much of what they think worthwhile. Blame celebrity;
• I am a lucky bastard, in a fine marriage with good kids a interesting place and a worthwhile job. I'll never be rich but I know how to brew beer, make bread, buy and sell a house, play penny whistle, make a deal, grow food, swim, sing and snooze. I would be valuable in a post-apocalyptical situation if there were sources of yeast and barley around.