to-do list

1. Walk the walk

a. Clean house. Not the whole house, maybe just the two back rooms, kitchen and den, which I actually inhabit. That's good for now.
b. Shovel sidewalks, front and back. Salt lightly. Wait 24 hours. Repeat. Observe the infinitely fascinating behavior of water. Take photos of ice.
c. Watch the weather - not on TV or online - the real thing.
d. Meditate.
e. Buy honey and flour. Realize that a six-pound (quart) jug of honey is $20!
f. Bake bread with said honey. Taste the difference. It's worth it.
f. Watch the Steelers pound the Cardinals, along with every other brainwashed pop-cultural consumer in hegemonic middle-Amerika, trying to enjoy the big show without getting sucked into enthsiastically supporting (sounds like sporting) my own exploitation; oops too late.
g. This is scary: John Madden almost makes sense.

2. Talk the talk

a. Send thank-you notes.
b. Update FacadeBook page. Question other people's creative choices.
c. Write on someone's wall.
d. Use the following vocabulary words in a sentence: war crimes, Dick Cheney, torture, Guantanamo, perjury, Halliburton, due process, Exxon-Mobil, profiteering.
e. Remember that people suffering from some affliction often do things to harm themselves and others.
f. Pontificate on some subject that other people really ought to know more about. Failing that, listen to their troubles over tea and banana bread.