As Kris Kristofferson sang long ago, “nothin’ ain’t worth nothin’, but it’s free.” I hope you’ll generously apply the same philosophy to this worthless post. Here goes:

A third-place finish in darts last night. Considering that both me and my partner were off our games that was a better than expected outcome. And yes, I lost to Steve, the Englishman who doesn’t drink. Ah well.

Now, in that paragraph above my Grammarly app is saying I should have written “both I and my partner”. Maybe so, but I don’t like the way that looks or sounds, so sue me if I won’t change it.

In the comments to my previous post, I learned that what little I thought I knew about French was wrong. Not really surprising seeing as how I have not even mastered the English language quite yet. I was reminded of that fact earlier when I came upon this passage on a forum I frequent:

The main official language is Filipino, though there are many regional dialects. You’ll find learning a Philippine language somewhat harder than Thai. They use the Latin alphabet, which helps, but they have a peculiar grammatical system (ergative/absolutive) which is hard for a westerner used to subjective/objective grammar to understand. It’s worth the effort though. Begin with about 20 phrases and 200 words of vocabulary and take it from there.

I have no clue what is meant by ergative or absolutive. Ergo, I’m absolutely sure that my very limited Tagalog (maybe five phrases and fifty words) won’t be showing much improvement anytime soon. That’s my subjective opinion at least, objectionable though it may be. (See what I did there? Man, I crack myself up sometimes!)

Notwithstanding the poor nature of my grammatical health, physically speaking I seem to be doing pretty well of late. This morning my blood pressure was a near-perfect 120/80. My resting heart rate was at 59 beats per minute, and my sleep score is also much improved. My focus now needs to be getting my weight down from the current 205 to something closer to 195. I haven’t gone full keto yet, but I’m trying to get by with two meals a day. It is my ice cream addiction that is tough to beat. That and the beer. We’ll see.

Alright, have you had just about enough of nothin’ yet? Good, me too! Let me leave you with today’s “interesting” walking photo:

Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose,
And nothin’ ain’t worth nothin’ but it’s free,
Feelin’ good was easy, Lord, when Bobby sang the blues,
And buddy, that was good enough for me,
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee.