The Lewis Show

I was recently thinking how proud I was of myself for not missing time over the past few months because of illness. That went up in flames today. Friday night, Janine and I joined family to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. We traditionally have corned beef and cabbage with bread and Irish Butter (it's green). Everything was great, but somewhere in the group someone carried in a stomach bug. Sunday morning everyone who went to that party woke up with said bug, and I mean everyone. I think it's just a 24 hour thing, but I'm still feeling the effects even now. I've had 3 slices of bread with some chicken noodle soup the past 48 hours and I'm still not hungry at all. I have kept hydrated though. I always remember how much I love 7 Up, because it's the only time I get to drink it. Here's hoping no one else gets this virus, because it's no fun..no fun at all.

One of my excuses for not posting the past few months is that I've been "brainstorming" ideas for the blog. This has turned into an excuse not to post anything at all, so I remembered one of the techniques I learned in grade school when it came to coming up with material for writing. So I give you some ideas that I came up with by " Free Writing " instead of just....thinking: Irreverence Posts - Most of you know I have a Tumblr page that feeds the news items that I find interesting. Last year I would post my thoughts on those stories and it made for some pretty decent material. I became too lazy for such commentary, so I'm going to have a weekly recap, but I'll keep it short. Two articles short. Commute Podcast - For a while, I was using the Utterli service via my cell phone to post audio updates and that was starting to go over well; people actually took five minutes once a week and listened to it. I plan on doing that again, and keeping things sho...

I fear the incurable writer's block that I've been struggling with this year and my blog. I decided to post a week end post and go over something, anything. I think if I give myself deadlines, I'll actually start piping out content again. So what am I going to talk about this week...or better said, what am I going to talk a boot? I was very happy to watch Martin Brodeur win his 552nd game as goalie for the New Jersey Devils. He passed Patrick Roy's mark this week. His next record is to win the most shut outs, and so on, but as anyone who reads my blogs know, I've always been crazy about my teams not only when they win, but when players achieve great things. It was good in these times to have some pride in something and to cheer. So what about things at Chamberlayne Farms? Janine got me a nice executive desk and Thursday night, I set it up in the guest room, and hooked up the computers. I'm hoping having this up and running and having room for my printer, a...

I had a very nice weekend. Sam and Jessi came to visit and celebrate my 35th birthday with Janine and me. They got in late Friday night in time for a meal that I had prepared myself. I cooked some roasted potatoes and prepared some pan seared chicken strips. Yeah, it tasted just as good as it sounds. We spent Saturday at the house relaxing while Janine worked, and then spent the evening together at the new Movieland theater watching The Watchmen. I personally enjoyed the movie. It's very engaging, and it confronts a lot of philosophical beliefs that we all hold by warping them in an alternate world. With that said, it was more graphic than it needed to be, and the soundtrack seemed off balance. I can never recommend this movie to anyone that is not an adult. It really pushed the bounds of it's R rating, but the overall visuals and storyline is recommended for anyone who enjoys the comic book/graphic novel genre. We rested up Sunday morning before heading out to lunch and ...

Snow2 Originally uploaded by Mike and Janine I had to take a couple pictures or I wouldn't believe it took until March to get any snowfall this winter. It's beautiful up here!