I'm going take a break from BobBorden.com. Wow, that was hard to say. The start of the new year just got me thinking about my life. To put it short, I'm just not happy...I've been talking about losing weight for the past 5 years and have done nothing about it (Talking about it on my diary...thinking about it since high school). Maybe the hour or so it takes me to write this every night could be used to take a longer walk home. You've heard it all before, I know. I fix this and success, in all areas of my life, will follow. So, how long will this break last? I'm thinking six months but I may do a few weekend updates. OK, let's see how this goes...if you're starved for interesting blogging, check out: www.tomyang.net -- he and his family moved to Australia for six months...it's interesting and inspiring reading.

Here's my last real diary for a while:

I had a great break! It was good to be back in Steubenville for Christmas (I was just there 3 weeks ago, ha ha). Remember when I talked about buying my niece a Barbie doll that they no longer make?

[L to R]: Emma, Erika

Emma loved it! I was a proud Uncle on Christmas morning -- it's the little things.

Case in point; Inspired by King Kong and Christmas, my nephew Lucas made me this Christmas card:

Happy Holidays
from Lucas!

Ha ha -- I loved that!

I bought a couple of cool gifts for myself. I swore I wasn't going to get it but when in Best Buy, only the Lord knows what your next emotional purchase will be. I bought a satellite radio:

Bob got Sirius

I bought it to listen to Howard (1/9/06) but I just love it! I listened to great music from Ohio to NJ...I only had to change the FM transmitter once. The FM transmitter is the best I've ever used! I bought the home kit and listened to the Steelers game today -- awesome! Very good purchase.

I also picked up the 30th Anniversary Edition of Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run:

Bruce!

I've only watched the concert from 1975 and it's just fantastic! A must own for any fan or any fan of great music.

The last dumb thing I did in 2005: I had to cancel my New Year's plans with Tiffany due to a possible case of pink eye (I'm fine but didn't want to risk giving pink eye to a bunch of nice people) -- After 8 hours on the road yesterday, I decided that while I'll be alone on New Year's Eve, that doesn't mean I have to be drinkless. I stopped off at the old liquor store to buy a six-pack of Red Stripe (my brother turned me on to it -- it's good). I didn't have any money so I asked the guy, "What's your policy on charging a six pack?" Ha ha...I felt like a degenerate. He says, "No problem, minimum $10" -- I walk to the fridge and there's another guy there to help with the New Year's rush on booze. Guy: "What can I help you with?" Bob: "I found it, I'm just picking up a couple of packs of Red Stripe." Guy: "How about a case, we have one left" Tired from the drive, thinking about the $10 minimum, I say, "Sure, give me a case!"

Damn.

Ask me how a case of beer fits in with changing my life? Exactly. I still haven't had one, ha ha!

The first dumb thing I did in 2006: While typing this diary, I got up to get a drink, tripped over a wire and sent my laptop crashing to the floor! Thankfully, no harm was done. Apple rocks!

OK, that's it for a while. I'm not 100% sure what I'm doing but at least I'm doing something.

All my best,

Bob