The Rumors of The Death of this Blog Have Been Greatly Exadgerated

But that's OK. I am here. A lot has happened and continues to happen.

Lemme Sum Up:

• Sweetpea will be with us any day now.
• Bear is walking and being the wild bear he is.
• I am in what the locals call "The ATL" or "el ATL" and loving my new job.
• I am still taking people's homes from them. Perfect job for a hardhearted guy like me. And it is not my fault that you got a mortgage you should have known you can't pay. Now move out!
• Currently trying to rent out our house in the LEX and to get by here in the ATL.
• The pumpkin Spice Latte is not what it used to be

On that last point.--what gives? I don't know if they are putting less syrup in them or if my tastebuds are mutating, but the pumpkin spice latte, that KING of caffenated beverages--nay, the veritable Emporer of All Things Consumable!!-----just isn't as good as it once was. It tasted to me like your regular, run-of-the-mill latte.

I want to cry.

I almost did.

Its like that part of my youth is past me. In Pereladra, CS Lewis postulates that part of the pleasure of pleasure is the memory. I want to agree with him, but can't. I experienced something wonderful in the Pumpkinspice Latte. I remember it being so so good and I want it again. Memory is part of the pain.

As human I want to capture the Pumpkin Spice and have it always be as good as it once was. I want it year round and for it to always be as good as it once was. But cannot do this. Those things we always have are not those things we enjoy the most and are not the things we automatically put the most value on. This is the basis for economic theories and life. If I could always have the Pumpkinspice, I would eventually grow bored and not enjoy it or I would not like it but would not feel right if I didn't have it. It would control me and I would not have the pure innocent joy I once did. I would think I enjoyed it, but what I was really enjoying was only the temporary release from the fear of never getting it again.

I have come to accept that the golden age of the Pumpkin Spice has passed. It is over. All I can do is wait for the next great thing. And it's a good thing! At$5.00 a hit-this is not a cheap habit.