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I'm not very good at naming these updates.

More Snow on Sunday! This time I almost missed it. I went to bed at 6am on Sunday morning we didn't have enough snow for us to go out. Somehow by 10am there was another 1/2 inch or so out there so out we went. I'm not complaining, I love having the work to do. But it forced me once again to miss another workout. Then on Sunday night I had to do signs until 3am. Talk about a long day.

Warm weather on tap for this week means all that snow we got last week will be melted shortly. That's too bad, I was enjoying the cold temps and snow on the ground. I've really come to enjoy winters in Michigan in the last few years. I can't imagine living in a warm weather state where you never get a season change. I think that without the season break, the reset we get every year with everything dying out and coming back to life the year would get boring and monotonous. I kinda like getting out in the snow and cold and toughing it out. Builds character, and puts hair on your chest as my sister used to say.

With the warmer weather I'll at least be able to get out and get some work done on repairing and painting my #1 lawn mower, though. That project stalled after Christmas when the cold weather set in to begin with.

I'm going to church with my sister on Weds in Saginaw. It's ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. I'd like to be able to go to confession first, but we'll see what happens. It's a start. I've got a choice of about 3 or 4 catholic churches here in the area to pick from. I'd like to go with one that's out here by me. My sister-in-law goes to one down town, but I'm not real hip on that one because of the parking and location. I need to do some one on one's with the priests to get a feeling for the churches and the congregations.

I've been thinking of getting a tattoo. Either an old english D, a la the Detroit Tigers, or a Batman crest. The Batman because I've always been a Batman fan. I'd like it to be a unique crest though, not the standard black on yellow. The D because of my love for this area, for Detroit, for Michigan, and the sports teams here in the area. I really do enjoy living in the Metro Detroit area, there's an attitude that goes with living around here and it fits me. One part working class, one part toughness, one part local loyalty. I think even if I move away from here at some point, I'll always carry that Detroit love with me.

The problem I have now is working my way up to actually going to get the tat done. The problem I have, I've always had with tattoos is the permanency of the whole thing. It's there forever, you're stuck with it. And I'm a chicken when it comes to that stuff. My wife, of course is all for it. She's been trying to get me to do one for years.

We saw Ghost Rider today. It reminded me of Spawn, story wise. It was a good movie, lots of action and good effects, but not real involved. I often wonder if all the good stories have already been done. Nicolas Cage has become a shadow of his former self, acting wise. All Nic Cage can act now is Nic Cage.

I have to come up with something to give up for Lent. I already gave up fast food for a new year's resolution. (The fast food thing came from a Lent sacrifice, btw) I can't do chocolate, I'd die without chocolate. Soda pop is an option, but I'm not likely to stay with that one. I need something I really enjoy, a good sacrifice. Maybe I'll give up subway.