Random Thoughts On A Wednesday Night

After eight straight days of rain, we finally got sunshine. The first thing I did was take Miku up to my home away from home for lunch. Although the vines are dormant until March, the recent weather has kept the grass beneath the trellises green.

The menu will change in approximately three weeks, so I ordered the chicken pesto flatbread and fries with a Ron Murkundy pale ale one last time. I also picked up a Wild Yeast Petite Syrah for a planned takeout meal next week.

I'm thrilled that the four year old MSI laptop passed the battery test with flying colors. I sipped on a glass of Ambrosia and edited my manuscript for about an hour and fifteen minutes in the tasting room, and to my surprise it had over 80% of its battery life remaining when I saved my progress and shut it down. Now I can officially call the Surface Pro 11 The Backup Plan.

I suppose I should let y'all know how I save $1,000 on Monday. Over time Miku's headlights developed a crazing problem. For those unaware, crazing is what happens to the glass when it's exposed to harsh UV rays over time. Rather than replace them with new headlamps that cost a fortune, I spent $65 on the best Sylvania halogen bulbs I could find, then another $18 plus elbow grease to restore them to like new condition. I'm quite pleased with the results.

I also started reading Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged a few days ago. When I read it out of curiosity in 2010, I dismissed the opening question "Who is John Galt?" as the rallying cry for people who couldn't accept the fact Barack Obama was elected President two years earlier. With how men are withdrawing from society (think high paying jobs and dating) in droves, I'm rereading it with a new perspective.

So who is John Galt? My best guess is Peter Thiel, but it could also be men like me who've retired from working, providing, protecting... well, you get the idea.