2009 ToDo:

What's a New Year without resolutions?  I admit, I used to dismiss the very notion of a resolution.  After all, why should you only commit once a year?  But the reality is we need to take inventory of our priorities periodically, and January 1st is convenient.

The 2009 rendition (for public consumption, anyway):

Read More Fiction:  Non-fiction makes you education.  But fiction makes you literate.  Weighty, topical books that pique my social conscious (the environment, justice, the economy) are important, but I need balance.  All suggestions welcome.

Mentor, mentor, mentor:  Increase time spent with my direct reports every week and discussing professional topics that go beyond execution.

Build my Cognos Vision:  2008 was about formulations of ideas.  2009 needs to build that into something demonstrable.

Focus Professional Blog:  2009 is the year of the Cognos-powered application.  Keep my blog focused.   

Diet:  Following the 5-meal principle, with at least 75g or protein every day.  Increased intake of vegetables and whole fruit, and eliminate processed foods except for weekly binges.

Be Religious About Heart-Rate Training 

2009 Races:  Stanford (improve 2008 time), UVAS (improve 2008 time), Alcatraz (TBD), Vineman 70.3 (under 5:25), Pacific Grove (under 2:30).

Here they are, documented for my own benefit.  Comments?  I'd love to hear them.

So you think your town is good during the holidays?

It's not as good as Sonora.  After Thanksgiving this year, Sonora will be an annual staple in our Holiday fun.  And Jamestown and Columbia are close behind...Tuolumne county really has it going on.  Cheers!