Laugh while you can, Monkey Boy!

I have accomplished many minor random objectives over the past few retired weeks.

The weather and holidays have interfered with the start of any

major homestead project.
I have therefore focused on those

odd, small, but important things
 centered around the interior of the homestead,
 around my watches, my personal gear and nerd cave re-organization.

I have really enjoyed working these tasks.

So far in retirement it appears that:

I have been getting up and working,

I have been sleeping much better,

I have been eating less while physically doing more

and

I may be smoking less.
(Maybe, not so sure on this one)

Retirement at this point appears to agree with me.

The weather here has pretty much isolated us inside

this past week.....

I keep damaging my hands when working about the place.
I am like an old ripe fruit anymore when it comes to
bruising myself ---
The standard phrase--
"Oops that's going to leave a mark"
really means something now.....

I have been watching MST3K on my laptop late at night.

Split screened while surfing or writing or working on this blog.

At this very moment while writing this segment I am watching MST3K's 

Hercules and the captive women on the other screen.

The actors are talking about the god Uranus waaaay too much in this

particular Hercules movie.

The result is excellent smart ass commentary....

I believe MST3K is the best show that ever aired.

Luckily I have years of their material to watch in retirement for the first time.

On the real TV, well streaming TV that is-----
This Police/Detective series out of Sweden is available
on Netflix and is just excellent.
I am really enjoying it.
Each episode is 1:35 long and there are twelve available
on Netflix enough to get hooked on.

Thanks to my amazing JoJo our Toyota FJ was sold today.

It was an excellent truck, ran great and I truly enjoyed owning it. 
I will miss it in some ways but.......
Retirement meant that owning two trucks and the 
smart car was just going to be too much to deal with
personally and financially.
JoJo worked a deal to sell the FJ back to our dealer and we
even made a little money.
Therefore the reasoning behind why this section is titled:
AMAZING!
Cause she is!

Rod Taylor, star of one of my all time movie favorites
"The Time Machine" (1960) has passed away at 84, in Los Angeles.
I always enjoyed him as an actor and the fact
that he starred in one of the highest production
value SF movies of his time was really something.

His film brought home to me at a very young age
the Moorlock and Eloi principle

which has helped me overcome the weirdness of human

life and disparity in general.

So I owe both Rod Taylor and this film more that

I could ever repay.

A joy I've discovered is the ability to take time 
 for very, very small projects.
One such small, but to me, very necessary project is the rebuilding of 
my mid-1980's version of the Victorinox Swiss Champ knife.
I purchased this knife in Germany 30 years ago now.

The Swiss Champ knife was the original multi-tool.
With the number of fix-it projects i am doing/starting at the homestead having
a multi-tool on me around the house has become a necessity.
 I have cleaned, sharpened and ordered several replacement parts
to refurbish my Champ.
I ordered a belt sheath since this knife is too large for
pocket carry but i want it available and on me at all times.
Working around the homestead.

I ordered replacement parts such as a fresh mini ballpoint pen

that fits in a designed slot in the knife slabs.

The original pen had dried out over the years.

and:
A new spring for the knife's scissors which snapped many years ago,
making the scissor blades unable to open and close properly.

This is a low cost project with a grand total
of twenty-one dollars invested which will provide
a totally reconditioned tool, making it much easier to immediately
fix those small bothersome things about the house. 

"I'm kind of an obsessive-compulsive person,

like, neat obsessive."

Liev Schreiber