I had lunch at Chevy’s (I was craving the table-side guacamole) and when I got back home, I accomplished several more tasks: I upgraded my return flight from London/Heathrow to Business Class. I was 470 miles short of what I needed, but sometime last night, my 4,000 bonus miles for joining United’s Red Carpet Club…
I managed to get a few more items checked off my list, after having spent some time sending two mass-emailings to just about everyone I know, telling them that my first story is available. I headed over to Greenbelt and got a haircut. I also finally got around to getting myself a couple of new…
That’s right. Issue #5 of Intergalactic Medicine Show contains my first published story, “When I Kissed the Learned Astronomer“. The issue is a mere $2.50 and for that you also get stories by the great fantasy writer Peter S. Beagle, and Orson Scott Card, all edited by Edmund Schubert. The illustration for my story was…
I cleaned up the table in the kitchen, which was piled with junk mail and bills and other stuff that was preoccupying me and I figured getting it all cleaned up would be a good place to start. That didn’t take too long. In doing so, I also paid the rest of the bills that…
Happy hour was a lot of fun last night. We went to Crystal City Sports Pub again and this time, we had the second floor balcony all to ourselves. I drank half a shot more than I intended to thanks to a fair amount of peer pressure, but I still had a lot of fun.…
My month-long vacation has begun! Happy hour was a lot of fun tonight. I’ll post some pictures tomorrow. For now, I’m off to bed. Whoo-hoo! I can’t believe my vacation is finally here!
This is from the first day of the last vacation I took way back on October 25, 2005, 612 days ago!
The Apple Store here in the Pentagon City Mall opened at 10 AM and there is a line of people waiting to get in to buy their $600 iPhone.
Well, it has finally arrived: my last day in the office for an entire month. The next time I’ll be back in the office will be July 30. I’ve been waiting for this for a year and it is finally here! A bunch of us are going over to the Crystal City Sports Pub for…
Summer showers are a phenomenon that, for me, are exclusive to the East Coast, and I had my first one last night. A summer shower, you see, is like a regular shower with one added element at the end. Okay, so you get into the shower on a hot and muggy evening. You wash your…
Over the weekend, I had Tivo record the movie Eight Below. I remember being a fan of Call of the Wild as a kid (which is why I am taking that book on vacation) and I thought I might like it. I did. I watched it tonight and I thought it was terrific. I’m not…
This afternoon, for the first time since I’ve been living out here (5 years now), I screwed up and got on the wrong train coming home from work. For those not familiar with the area and who can’t understand how this can happen, let me explain. There are two trains that come through my station…