Month: January 2006

  • Other random blogs

    01 Feb 2006 » 2 min read

    I’ve just spend the last 30 minutes or so reading through the most recent posts to LiveJournal to see what random people write in their blogs. It was a depressing 30 minutes. Keep in mind that my blog is a replacement for a diary that I have kept for nearly 10 years now. My diary…

  • Santa Monica, Day 2

    01 Feb 2006 » 2 min read about Work & Career

    Long day today, and another night filled with crazy and intense dreams. I couldn’t remember the dream I had last night until dinner this evening when something Jim said triggered a memory of what the dream was about. Today was the first day of the Crystal Reports training class and I think it went very…

  • Mens Room Urinals

    31 Jan 2006 » 1 min read

    I have to ask: why is it that the floor beneath every urinal in the men’s room appears moist? Come on, guys, is it really that difficult? I mean, it’s not like you started this yesterday!

  • Bored Beyond Belief

    31 Jan 2006 » 1 min read about Writing & Publishing

    There is not much to do here at this hotel and I was just tired and lazy enough to not want to go out and do anything either after work today. And so I find myself in one of those moods where I just don’t know what to do with myself. I watched an episode…

  • First full day in Santa Monica

    31 Jan 2006 » 1 min read about Work & Career

    It’s been a long day. I ended up going into the office at 6:30 AM because I just couldn’t sleep anymore. Had breakfast and lunch at the cafe; the lunch in particular was good, some kind of pasta dish. I had about 3 meetings today, the first one starting at 8 AM but none of…

  • What a night!

    30 Jan 2006 » 2 min read about Writing & Publishing

    I turned out the light to go to sleep just after 9 PM. I woke up shortly after 11 PM and some crazy dream that involved the Incredible Hulk, but of which I can recall no other details. When I woke up, I also had a terrible headache. I took a few more Advil and…

  • Dinner with Mom and Dad

    30 Jan 2006 » 1 min read about Writing & Publishing

    Mom and Dad got to the hotel right on time, at almost precisely 5:30 PM. We headed over to Ocean Avenue Seafood shortly thereafter. I got to see (and ride in) Dad’s new Acura, which I think is the same color as Norm’s Acura, and the same model, too, minus the navigation unit. While Norm’s…

  • Just back from Andy and Lisa’s kickball game

    30 Jan 2006 » 1 min read

    Well, I’m just back from Andy and Lisa’s kickball game. They lost, but it was a close game and it came down to a run scored in the bottom of the 5th inning that brough in the winning run for the home team. It was a well-played game on both sides. Lisa had a good…

  • Finished The Many World of Barry Malzberg

    29 Jan 2006 » 1 min read about Reading & Books

    I just finished up The Many World of Barry Malzberg. It was a short read, but I enjoyed it as I enjoy all of his stuff. Some of it is so dense that I’m not actually sure I understand it. But I enjoy it nontheless. Going to get started in on The Best Of Barry…

  • In Santa Monica

    29 Jan 2006 » 1 min read

    I’m here at the hotel in Santa Moncia, just before 10 AM local time. My flight got in a little early. The flight was more than half empty, I’d estimate. There were some bumps, but nothing I’d consider moderate. I managed to sleep about 2 hours on the flight, and spent most of the rest…

  • In Santa Monica

    29 Jan 2006 » 1 min read about Travel

    I’m here at the hotel in Santa Moncia, just before 10 AM local time. My flight got in a little early. The flight was more than half empty, I’d estimate. There were some bumps, but nothing I’d consider moderate. I managed to sleep about 2 hours on the flight, and spent most of the rest…

  • On my way to L.A.

    29 Jan 2006 » 1 min read

    Up at 4:30 AM ET. I’m all packed and ready to go. The car was waiting out front when I woke up this morning at 4:30, which was good because they’ve cut it close the last couple times I’ve used the service. Looks like my flight is ontime as well. I’ve given Zeke a ton…