Yesterday, Mom and I rode around a bit, running errands, not so much paying attention to the No-Buying Year. Actually, I did, I didn't buy a thing, but I got Mom to, so I was paying attention to the letter of the law but not the spirit.

We went to this great French bakery and shop, where Mom and the proprietress chattered away in Franglish as I pawed through the soaps and truffle-infused olive oils. She bought me two bars of soap.

Then we went to Costco, where I can certainly see how one can go crazy, though who on earth would need a four pound can of tuna I don't know, where she got me the new Kellerman/Alex Delaware paperback. This was very naughty of me, even though I was not the actual purchaser.

Before all this pretend shopping and non-buying, we went to the transfer place to have my voice-over demo put on cd. Shows you how long it's been since I've done this and how old that tape is, it's all cd now, baby!

We had two copies made, and then dropped one and my resume off with that agent. We'll see what she thinks, they are listening to it at their agency meeting today. I don't know how I feel about it--I'd love an agent, I'd love to work in voice-over, but I live in NY and I don't want to have to live out here.

I just went outside to get some whipping cream at the liquor store down on the boulevard, and as I was standing on my stairs, a simply enormous coyote loped by!

At first I thought, "What's that big dog doing running loose?" but then I realized that that was no dog. He cantered up the street, through the circular driveway of Uncle Bob's old house, then up the other street. I'm very glad that I didn't leave the house a little earlier, even though I know that he would have been more frightened of me than I was of him, I still don't particularly want to look up and a wild animal with big sharp teeth running towards me as I stroll down a pitch-black street.

For two nights in a row, the name Omar was either the question or the answer in Jeopardy, one time being the first name of Khayam, Sharif, etc. and the other time referencing the dome of the Mosque of Omar. Is Jeopardy trying to tell me something?

Today's horoscope:
Giving and taking are as natural as the exchange of breath between your body and the air. You're getting to like this New Year. Apprentices and interns that learn quickly are sure to go far.

One year ago today:
I spent all day at work telling people, "On Saturday I was having lunch with Bart Tangredi while wearing a t-shirt and sandals because it was almost 80°!" but I really wasn't getting any sympathy from these people who had been through two major storms since I was gone.

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