I looked on WordPress.com “Reader” to see if anyone else has this title for their blog and since I found none, I decided to change the name of my own blog to “My Life In Real Time.” I felt that since I am 87 years old, I had better do something to capture a greater sense of “Truth” in my eccentricities because, whether I like to admit it or not, the clock is running out on me. I know that is kind of a dark sentiment but it is the absolute truth. There is no conspiracy theory in that.

Overview: I am an 87 year old man for sure …… I do not actually feel old though ……. but I guess that is the sneaky part of life …. time moving on at an ever increasingly fast pace, more or less un-noticed because I had gotten into the habit of taking life for granted —– and I am sure there are others in the same boat as myself. —-I have been battling a potentially deadly disease for the past few weeks, as most of my readers know and the very fact that I have been doing that has focused some of my attention on things that probably should be considered by ,myself as more important than the ordinary mundane happenings of the “Ordinary” day —- what the hell ever an “Ordinary Day” is —- I have never figured out what an “Ordinary” day is supposed to look like.

Having said all that, here I am, a real person, doing real things in real time (Currently typing on a keyboard to make a blog post) and breathing — thank God that I am breathing, eh? —- and thinking — Oh yes, I can still do that —-and looking forward to a great breakfast of cream of wheat cereal, poached eggs, hash brown potato cake and two ounces of tofu. — That is my standard breakfast until I can gain a little more equilibrium and become more active than I have been. I have been very sedentary during my illness, only getting out of the house to go to doctors and the pharmacy and the grocery store on good days. On bad days I have just sequestered in the house ruminating about almost everything.

So this week I am building the courage to make the trip to the Veterans Medical Center to take my annual flu shot — I do not need to come down with Flu on top of what I’ve already got — and my doctor told me that since I am feeling somewhat better now, I can safely take the Flu shot — it is not going to cost me anything because I am a veteran, so I guess i will actually do it either Monday or Tuesday of the coming week. Today is Saturday.

Computer Paranoia —– I have this expensive Dell Optiplex All In One Desk Top Computer that cost me more than a Thousand dollars …… but it is designed for small business use and I thought, “Well since it is designed for more heavy usage than the ordinary “Home” computer, maybe it will last longer.” —- I thought that was a reasonable conclusion as I am a very bad abuser of computers —– I turn them on and off at least half a dozen times a day —- But I am assured that this computer can stand thousands of energy cycles without harming anything. Nevertheless, I am grateful every time it does come on when I start it. I should not be so paranoid about the computer because I do have an old standby in case this one goes out and I have the money to buy as many computers as i will ever want or need. The next time I am going to try a Mac and see how that one is.

O.k., friends, that is it for this session —- I am sure i will be on here again before the day is over … depending on my mercurial moods and whatever happens in the world.