Where are you again? Come here? DL?

I'm staring at pieces of beautiful, black aluminum.
Soon, the pieces will be the new front bezel of my Atomic Cookie Blast Furnace.
I'm so giddy I could squee!

Try shaving your beard, it makes for a nice fresh start.

I've said before... moving to a totally different area is a great way to "hit the reset button" on your life. Getting you completely out of your comfort zone, your routine, and your regular habits gives you a perfect chance to remake your life in your desired image - because you have no pattern to fall back into, you don't.

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but you ARE in real estate, right?

I guess I basically agree with what you say except that for "moving to a totally different area" I would substitute the phrase "suing someone."

If that's your bag, I guess so.

But this is from personal experience, not a business motive. I up and moved to Texas once because I was in a personal rut where I wasn't getting anywhere (career, education, etc), so I uprooted myself and started to move forward again. And I've had friends do the same thing, moving is the easiest way to allow yourself to effect change in your life.

Is anybody here going to moon an Amtrak train next Saturday?

I'm not sure I completely agree with the moving/starting over philosophy. Sometimes it can just result in making the same mistakes in a new local.

I guess it depends on what you're trying to change. And your determination to break your old patterns. You have the opportunity to create new patterns, but you're not prevented from recreating your old ones if you put no effort into changing. New locales just facilitate change... if you're determined to repeat your mistakes then it's not going to help.

I'm trying to move to a completely new area, but it will be a year or more until it happens - *IF* it happens. But the more I think about the possibility of it, the less satisfied I am with the status quo here.