State of the "Beard" report
This retirement thing seems to be working out pretty well so far.
I claimed the deed to my house today, (no more payments),
and I seem to be finding plenty of things to keep me busy.
I hear tell that things aren’t going quite so smoothly at my former place of employment, but that’s well out of my thoughts these days.
I expect they’ll get things somewhat straight, one of these days. 
I also heard today, that MGM is planning to film “The Hobbit”. Sounds interesting,, I hope they do it justice.
Today being September 11th, everyone seems to be focused on 2001’s terrorist attacks. I glad to see that some of us REMEMBER!
One question I’ve heard asked more than once today is;
Do you feel safer today, than you did right after the attacks?
Answer: Yes, I do, I now have a better understanding of who my enemies are, and how dangerous they are. I have also gotten much more serious about defense, and I’m a much faster and better shot, than I was in 2001. Never forget!
~~GB