Jim's been on my mind a lot lately, so I decided to drop by his little house and check up on him. When he answered the door I was shocked, he looked like a wild man.

His hair was getting long and the space on both sides of his long goatee were filling in with beard. He told me that he shaved his head when he took off for Belize last summer and hasn't cut it since. He also said the last time he shaved his face was before his recent cruise, which included Belize. I began to see a pattern forming.

His place is well kept. The old cat he's had for a decade or more seemed well and very fat. Heat was on, so was Netflix. The big computer was shut down and he had his tiny little laptop in front of him.

I sat across from him in one of those big chairs he brought from Idaho and damned if he didn't have the same table that was in his living room. I asked him how he was. I have to admit I was a bit concerned since he had stopped bloging, and that was my main way of keeping up with him.

He said every day is the same. He wakes up at 0400, drinks his hot lemon drink, makes breakfast for himself and Piper. Said he alternates between hot oatmeal and organic cereal, both topped with strawberries and black berries. Drinks a berry smoothie around 0700, eggs at 0800, tuna and egg sandwich around 1100.

From that point on the days appear to be a blur for him. He shuts down at 1900. No code, an occasional trip to the park, said he really want's to get back into working out, but say's he has no reason to do so. He also mentioned he's got a book coming from Amazon tomorrow about getting motivated or something. I hope that goes well.

So I said goodby to my old friend and as I was walking out the door I asked him if there was one thing he really missed. He said children in his life. Wow, that's sad...