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I have been very lazy this week.

Well, compared to my usual routine.

It is nice to have visitors and it is nice when they leave. Good times ended sweetly are a good thing.

For an older guy, a little bit of extra busy-ness goes a long way.

The basic reality is that I like to loaf and I always have.

I also like to hew to my own routine and not have it change one bit.

Stubborn old fart.

So, I am settling in today. A Meeting, a film, a walk with the dog. Naps.

God I love naps.

But I always have. I attribute any success that I have had to naps. Even when I worked stand up training I would retreat to my room for a ten or twenty minute power nap.

If anyone asked me the secret of a long happy life I would have to include naps in the list.

I learned this from my Dad. Even then, he could go to his car at lunch and do a quickie. Me too.

I also work my awake times for quiet.

I get up before anyone else in the neighborhood and take Marcus out so he can pee. I look at the stars. Always different. I watch the wind. Yes. It can be done. Look at the trees and bushes.

Quiet. Goddam. It is the best way to spend a day. And if that can be alone that is good too.

Here are some nap tips so you can do the same thing. Longer life, happier times, sweet dreams. I like the 90 minute nap. I do it every morning at about ten. Of course, I have gotten up at three or four so it is really a mid day nap for me.

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