Nov 05

Photo-A-Day 2013: Week 42

Ready for a rush to the finish of my 2013 Photo-A-Day project? Good, because just a couple of days ago, I finally finished working up images from late November and December — and they’ve been loaded into the media cache on the blog.

Let’s get started by reaching back to mid-October of last year, for a week that started in Chicago, stretched through the Dodgers’ final home playoff game and on to my sister’s 40th birthday and beyond! Remember, to see any image at full size, just click on it!

14-OCT-2013: Love (LOVE) the Lodge in Chicago. This Instagram image shows just one reason why.

14-OCT-2013: Love (LOVE) the Lodge in Chicago. This Instagram image shows just one reason why.

15-OCT-2013: Waiting at LAX bag claim ... as usual.

15-OCT-2013: Waiting at LAX bag claim … as usual.

16-OCT-2013: NLCS Game 5, Dodgers vs. Cardinals.

16-OCT-2013: NLCS Game 5, Dodgers vs. Cardinals.

17-OCT-2013: Working on my annual preview of college football's most historic rivalry.

17-OCT-2013: Working on my preview of college football’s most historic rivalry.

18-OCT-2013: I put together this VERY 1973 gift pack for my sister's 40th birthday.

18-OCT-2013: A VERY 1973 gift pack for my sister’s 40th birthday.

19-OCT-2013: My sister and her husband at her 40th birthday shindig.

19-OCT-2013: My sister and her husband at her 40th birthday shindig.

20-OCT-2013: These pumpkin candies are like crack this time of year.

20-OCT-2013: These pumpkin candies are like crack this time of year.

May 16

40 for 40

As I mark the passage of 40 years on this planet, I’ve had plenty of chances to reflect on those four decades — the happy moments and the sad; the wins and the losses; and everything in between. As I rolled these years over in my head it struck me that perhaps I could put together a list — in no particular order — of 40 various people, places and things that have affected or influenced my life, brought me great joy or even provided simple lasting memories.

To my loved ones: you are ALL at the top of any list I would make like this, so realize and recognize that before you note to yourself, while reading, “What about me?” For all my cynicism and dark wit, I just love living and experiencing life so much that I could never touch on everything that’s made a mark on me in this or any space. But I can give you a decent set of examples — one for each year that I’ve lived.