greatbear | Livejournal? We dont need no steenking Livejournal

Well my little withdrawal session from LJ is over, though I missed checking out everyone's entries for a while I used the time instead to run a bunch of much needed backups and updates. It also gave me a bit of a reality check regarding the potential fleeting nature of this medium. What's to say that it would never be shut down or lost in it's entirety by some sort of localized calamity hitting their colo facilities? I dont consider my blog here to be very significant; it's just random scribblings and a bit of a timeline for my life since I took it up a year or so in the past. Again, I would lament the loss of everyone else's journals, not mine. It's through this medium that I have expanded my friendships lately, and I certainly would miss it if it somehow evaporated.

In other news, I am slowly getting back to eating regular food at regular times now that my bout with diverticulitis is on it's way out. I managed to keep from literally wasting away as I had a couple times before, stabilizing my weight at about 240. This is a far more comfortable level for me compared to the time I was approaching 280 several years ago, and about the same as when I used to work out heavily. Maybe time and opportunity will align themselves and allow me a return to at least a bit of the heavy lifting I used to enjoy.

I've let my goatee turn once again into a beard for the cold weather:

I also let it grow longer than I ever have. While it gives me something to tug on whilst contemplating the countless great deeds, world-changing activities and delicious evil pranks that undoubtedly consume every waking moment of my life, I'm kinda wondering if I am beginning to look a bit unkempt. Jeff likes it, and no one seems to have noticed or if they did they have not offered any comments, positive or negative. I am also turning ~~gray~~ white even faster with every passing day. My chest hair has turned almost completely white now. I guess the stress of the last few years are taking their toll, if time isn't just marking it's passing and using my fur as a leader board. I think for shits and giggles I am going to let it go for the winter months. Whatcha think?