an excellent weekend

It's thrilling to be having such an excellent weekend. Yesterday, I met the first of hopefully many new friends from this site. We had a good evening at a local restaurant together. I didn't expect that kind of result for months if I was lucky. You'd think a veteran online shopper like me would take having a living interested person show up in stride. There's just a degree of unreality about reaching out online that make real-world results absolutely magical.

I spent a good chunk of the morning acquiring freshpodcast. One of the deliteful trops of data I slurped down was the third Reif lecture from the BBC. Mr. Sax is an economist who sees a lot of case for hope that humanity will be able to solve the many proglems faced by the world. Being an optimist myself, I'm gettin sadly used to being surrounded by gloom and doom. It positively puts a new spring in my step to hear him utline his reasons or hope, wisdom and insite. Everyone ought to hear this year's Reif lectures. They're a tremendous call to action.

To top it all off, I'm seeing a couple of very good friends tonight for dinner at their house. It's hard to beet good food and good company together after spending so much time alone. This weekend is a phenominal bright spot which has truly brought home the fact that it is indeed possible to start fresh in life. I'll be working with new energy and determination this week. When people make a positive difference, it's only fair that we put whatever effort we can in to making one for others. Living by that philosophy has always stood me in good stead.