More snow. 
After 24 Years
February 4, 2007 By Leave a Comment
A few months ago, I was on MySpace trying to add “real” friends, and not people who just say “add me” and so I tried the name of one of my best friends from 4th and 5th grade, whom I had never been able to locate.  One day in 5th grade, they simply moved away without word.
To my surprise, he had just signed up for a MySpace account.
I sent a message, asking if, perhaps, he was the same person who live in Ames from 1982-83, and if not sorry for the inconvenience. Well, it was him.
Fast forward to yesterday. I took a day trip up to Minneapolis, and since he lived in the area asked if he wanted to grab something to eat that night. He said sure, and we met at the Mall of America and got in at Tony Roma’s fairly quickly.
The next… 4 hours were a whirlwind of catching up. We bounced back and forth between “do you remember” and “what are you doing now” trying to fill in the gaps. At about 11, knowing I had to drive 3 1/2 hours back to Ames, we finally called it quits.
I’m not going to try and write anything as eloquent as what has already been said in “Stand by Me” or “The Sandlot.” But the friends we had in elementary school were the ones who have the most direct and lasting effects on the rest of our lives. Despite the 24 years we hadn’t talked to each other, it was very comforting to talk to someone about the memories that, up until yesterday, I thought were only mine.
From getting in trouble at school together, to incinerating GI Joe’s, to mutual friends that our parents hated… being able to share YOUR memories with someone who knows EXACTLY what you were talking about, but from a slightly different perspective, is very cool.
Rutter's Ramblings #55
February 2, 2007 By Leave a Comment
- Intro
- Johnny Proctor – In Malibu
- Welcome
- My happenings
- Weekly Autograph Feature
- Lindsay Lohan Moment – drops out of film A Woman of No Importance.
- Voicemail Number
- Women
- Strange Brood
- Pirate Comedy Show Downloadable File
- Eileen Bachenwhatever from the Pirate Comedy Show
- Call The Show: 206-338-2923
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Email: podcast@ruttersramblings.com
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New (or old) habits
February 2, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Ive read on the Internetwebs that it takes between 21-30 days to forge a new habit. Which, is why some people were still writing the year as 2006 until a little over a week ago.
Yesterday was the beginning of my “get back in the habit” of eating well and >gasp< exercising. I had fallen off the wagon (so to speak, not the usual way) of eating well and exercising since probably November, due to high stress and the holidays. Now that most of the stress is gone due to my little trip last weekend, I set a date of February 1 to start again.
And it is basically starting over, as I am right back at the weight that I started with when I started the diet with Colin Devroe oh so many months ago.  The problem I am finding is I really want to go shoot baskets or something at the gym, but we really do not have a basketball gym (pay or otherwise) that you can just stop in. Sure if I was still an ISU student, I would have access to the facilities there, but if you aren’t, all you have is an “open gym” time at the city hall type place, and that is always full of pick-up games. I like just going and shooting around.
sigh
I guess I can take a class at ISU and get my ISU card updated. LOL.  I could possibly just go to the State Gym, Beyer or Forkner buildings and take a chance nobody will question me, but I have ALWAYS been the one scared to even sneak from one movie theater to another for fear of getting caught.
Anyway, so yesterday was day one, and I had a salad for lunch and a lean cuisine for dinner, with a cup of yogurt in the morning and a snack bar dealio in the afternoon. Â I have never liked salad, but back when I did this originally, I remember getting used to it so at least my mind looked forward to >something< at lunch.
We’ll see how this goes. According to averages, I only have 20 days left to build the habit. 
Kids in the Biz sales milestone
February 1, 2007 By Leave a Comment
From my publisher records, it appears as though I have now sold…
2004 copies of my book Kids in the Biz.
Which leaves less than 1000 copies available. Act fast, buy it by clicking on the link over on the right. Cmon, I know you want to.
