It's been a few days since the last blog but they have been very productive. Hard to believe that it's actually Thursday now. Monday night - I made tandoori chicken. It was my first attempt and it actually turned out pretty tasty and moist. Unfortunately - our bbq was either out of gas or it was too cold outside to start it. So, I baked the chicken instead. As a result, the taste was there but it was kind of soft and not the greatest texture. I probably should have broiled it for the last 5 minutes or something. Oh well, lesson learned - it can only get better. Maybe you can try it sometime...

Washed the car yesterday - it looks mint! Now, I've just gotta vaccuum and amour-all the inside this weekend. Then it will look money. Last night, Dave got tickets from his manager to the Bucks-Pacers game at the Bradley Centre. It was a really entertaining game that went into overtime. The Pacers won in the end and our seats were really good. about the 5th or 6th row in one of the corners. That place was pretty empty (the upper deck that is) so there was definitely space to move around. I'll be going next week on Tuesday for the Raptors game (They are in town to play the Bucks) Can't wait to see my team but I am a little scared to see what transpires. Vince, AD and Alvin are all out with injuries right now. That is the top 3 players in the lineup. The team is fielding a very sup-par squad these days and as a result, getting their asses kicked by everyone, including the lowly Cleveland Cavaliers last night.

On the drive home from the came, myself, Dave and his two buddies, Ashok and Sunil - the four of us were having this conversation about happiness. The example of Hugh Heffner came up. Now here is a guy that ever since he was in his late teens, has been a "party guy" For him, there is no segregation between work time and play time. His professional life is his personal life. It's a neat concept to have that he can live that way and totally enjoy both aspects of his life. On the other side, for most of us - work is just that, it's work. It's not our passion, it's not what we want to be doing all the time. If we had the choice every morning when we woke up..."What do I want to do today?' For most of us, it wouldn't be "sit on that conference call", "chair that meeting", "produce that fiscal report". Then we started talking about society's roll in our choices of careers, etc. In this day and age of an economic society that we live in - it's tough to say: "You know what, I am going to break away from everything that is stable and go after ___________" The thing is that ____________ is that passion that we have. Whether it's music, athletics, film, cooking, programming, finance, etc. It's hard for everyone to devote their lives to those passions because chances are - we will not be able to support ourselves and our loved ones. Perhaps one day, we will be able to but the steps to get there will be a lot longer and harder.

Not sure if I've just talked in circles over the past paragraph or if I've actually been somewhat poignant but in any case, there is my sphiel for the morning.
Back to that job of mine...