When the walls came tumbling down

The economy is falling apart, but life goes on. I’ve decided not to look at my retirement accounts for at least a year. I figure it will take around that long to make up any losses I’ve taken. I woke up this morning feeling pretty good about finishing up my workshop story yesterday and that [...]

First draft of the workshop story is done!

In what is by far my best marathon writing session of the entire year, I have as of two minutes ago, finished the first draft of my workshop story.  I just finished 4,100 words in a single writing session.  For my non-writer friends that’s the equivalent of about 20 manuscript pages.  It took me four hours which [...]

Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head

Today was supposed to be my last Orioles game of the season.  But weather and other tasks kept me away.  And while I was fairly certain this game would be postponed–or at least delayed–it turns out it wasn’t.  The Orioles lost 10-1.  They lost every game I attended this season, some 10 out of 13.  At least [...]

My favorite news anchor

Charles Osgood.  Hands down.  Kelly and I have been spending a relaxing 90 minutes each Sunday morning watching Charles Osgood’s Sunday Morning program on CBS.  I think it’s probably the best news program out there, and for my money, the only one worth watching. When I lived in L.A., I used to listen to The Osgood File on [...]

House elf

We started the day with various errands and tasks.  We ran over to Home Depot to look at grills, but decided to wait until we got back from our vacation before buying anything.  We also wrapped up several wedding-related tasks.  (Only two weeks to go!)  Kelly made us grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch.  Yum! Then [...]

“Let’s be clear…”

I watched the first Presidential debate last night.  The bottom line is that I was not blown away by either candidate.  I tend to agree with George F. Will, who said that this debate was like a play at first base, where a tie goes to the runner.  The runner, in this case, was Barak Obama.  He [...]

1,000

I had two blog entries way back on January 1, 2006.  The day before that, December 31, 2005, there is no entry.  In the 1,000 days that have passed since, I have had, as of today, 1,000 consecutive days of blog entries.  This entry is my 2,962nd blog entry since that date, which means nearly 3 entries [...]

Special day!

Tomorrow is a special day for this blog.  Stay-tuned for just why it is so special…  

Wrapping up

Today marks the end of the fiscal year and I more or less finished my part of a multi-year project in which we developed a sophisticated, web-based project portfolio management system for our research units.  6 of our 8 units are in production as of today, and that’s what we needed to meet our goal.  Beginning [...]

The latest ASIMOV’S and ANALOG

A pleasant surprise when I got home today:  I had in my mailbox the December issues of ASIMOV’S and ANALOG, both in their new size and format.  I am particularly looking forward to relaxing to Part II of Robert J. Sawyer’s serial Wake. 

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