I could go on and on about how utterly crappy today was. Waking up to the news of the horribleness of that mass shooting in Vegas. Ending the day with the news of Tom Petty possibly (probably) being dead (or soon to be). All the other stuff that's been chipping away at any chipper mood since back in November. There's no shortage of things that suck right now. Some of them are even more personal than the news. So, yeah, I could go on and on about those things. I considered it. (Because, man, do I have things to say about a lot of it.) But then I decided not to. Why? Because I currently have very little, if any, control over any of that big picture stuff that's sucking. And, in these last 100 days of the year (90 left!), I'm trying to focus on actually accomplishing things that I do have some control over. Like following up on all the cleanup … Continue reading →