Another long workday. My hours are going to increase for a while until we get over the hump, which will hopefully be sometime in mid-March. In the meantime, I expect longer days. More than likely I’ll start getting up earlier, working from home until Kelly is up and ready to go and then head into…
When the hot/cold knob in the shower is "off" it points to 6 o’clock. To turn it on, one twists it counterclockwise. Observation: at 6:40 AM to obtain my preferred level of hotness, I have to twist the knob to 9 o’clock. Observation: at 7:50 PM to obtain same hotness, I have to twist the knob…
I had completely forgotten about this until this morning. We play in the Senate Softball league. About 3 years ago, we were playing against Illinois at a park in Capital Hill. When the second inning started, I was playing shortstop and noticed a small crowd gather around a guy who’d gotten out of a dark…
I was busy most of the day today–another cold day here in the metro DC area–and even as the day ended there was no relief in sight. I managed to talk my way into a meeting that I thought started at 2 PM, and did start at 2 PM, only in the wrong time zone. So I rushed home…
The DC office was closed today so I worked from home. Good progress in the morning, one phone meeting, and then I took some time to watch the inauguration on TV. It’s all been said already, but let me just give a few of my own impressions: Kind of funny how our Chief Justice doesn’t know the…
I had to work today and I was back in the office despite the fact that nearly all of America gets Martin Luther King, Jr. day off. Today was one of those focused, "programmer mode" days. I was working on data imports and worked steadily for eight hours, finally hitting a good stopping point just before…
Tomorrow will be 50 days since sending the story to ANALOG. Aside from it being a nice round number, it’s more than 20 days longer than any submission I have ever sent there (the longest previous submission I got back in 29 day; that was back in 2003; the most recent submission I got back in 28…
I realize that I haven’t comment much on the effect of the inauguration here in the metro D.C. area. Part of the reason is that I am trying to stay far away from it all. I am thrilled that Obama is going to become President, and I am anxiously awaiting the noon hour–where I can watch the event from…
I went upstairs to read at 7 PM last night and couldn’t get through a page before falling asleep. I woke up at 6 AM and Kelly and I decided to stay in bed (and keep warm) until 7:30. So I basically slept for 12 hours last night. Then it was off to a busy day in the…
The first draft of the story that had a working title of "Cats in the Cradle" is done. I’m now calling the story "Homecoming" and unless I come up with something better in the final draft, that will likely be the title. I did another 1,325 words this evening and overall, I’m pleased with the…
Lately, the little stickers that come on Granny Smith apples have been awfully hard to pull of. What’s up with that?