December 2008
54 posts
I. Am. Not. Ready. To. Travel.
Dec 30th
My year in cities, 2008
Plano, Texas Arlington, Texas Spring, Texas Longview, Texas Eagan, Minnesota Cologne, Germany Paris, France Bern, Switzerland Rome, Italy Athens, Greece Seattle, Washington Black Diamond, Washington Carson City, Nevada Columbia, South Carolina Newnan, Georgia Orrum, North Carolina Des Moines, Iowa Fayetteville, Arkansas Thanks to Kottke for the idea. I’ve done this for a...
Dec 30th
I can deal with a one-day work week. Anytime.
Dec 29th
Visited The Village church in Highland Village this morning. Was very, very good. Think I’ll visit again.
Dec 29th
Fixing up my bike for a little jaunt to the pub before the week begins again.
Dec 29th
Got some great new cycle commuting gear. Thanks Grandma!
Dec 26th
Dec 25th
Driving to Houston. See you on the other side.
Dec 24th
Merry Festivus to all!
Dec 23rd
Just received best Christmas card ever from client. They donated a night at a homeless shelter for every card. SulzbacherCenter.org
Dec 23rd
How have I missed out on SPAMasterpiece Theater on BoingBoingTV featuring @hodgman ??
Dec 23rd
I love white chocolate+pretzels.
Dec 22nd
A lot of hard work on a particular project and Dave Ramsey philosophy have made for a good year for my finances. So I’m pitching in to help out two organizations this Christmas: North Texas Food Bank (charity rating) Living Water International (charity rating) Both happen to be based here in Texas. Both have excellent ratings from Charity Navigator. (Especially the North Texas...
Dec 22nd
Hard to not feel the Fight Club message when moving into a new place.
Dec 22nd
Nice, a 757. Haven’t been on a big plane in awhile. Little disorienting. http://snipurl.com/8uygt
Dec 19th
Being a business traveller during the holidays is kind of weird.
Dec 19th
I always get a kick out of people coming into Flying Saucer bewildered by the lack of domestic crap on draft. Payback!
Dec 18th
“If that much money is left in the monetary base, it would be extremely...”
– Fed Cuts Benchmark Rate to Near Zero - NYTimes.com
Dec 16th
Barn. It’s what’s for dinner. http://snipurl.com/8fww7
Dec 16th
Dearest Apple Store: When Unit Price == Free, no email receipt is necessary. Thanks for conserving precious bits!
Dec 15th
Dec 14th
For some unknown reason I just love Waffle House. It’s the experience, I think.
Dec 14th
You’d think for $1000/seat, I’d get first class.
Dec 14th
Do me a favor today: spend some time with good friends and enjoy their company.
Dec 13th
Tempted to rejoin the facebook world. Just a little bit.
Dec 13th
Dec 13th
Why has no one implemented Tufte’s weather app for the iPhone? http://bit.ly/paxQ
Dec 13th
What is this? The Senate has some cojones?
Dec 12th
Boo. There went the weekend.
Dec 11th
I’m missing Texas Winter! It only comes for a few days a year and I’m in South Carolina with 70 F weather.
Dec 10th
I love @starbucks oatmeal. Even though it is manufactured by Quaker, it tastes amazing.
Dec 10th
Sent my car off today, back to Dallas it goes. Hope I see it again. A little nervous handing it off.
Dec 10th
Great time to buy a house in the UK! http://tinyurl.com/5c5lrh
Dec 9th
A car czar? Are we communist now? When did that happen?
Dec 9th
How can this be better than bankruptcy?
Dec 9th
I would blog what this guy next to me at work does all day; but I don’t want to bore you.
Dec 8th
There seems to be some sort of sporting event going on. At least I assume so from all the TV staring.
Dec 8th
Today was a waste.
Dec 7th
Wow, what a concept! Professional ring tones. Wish I heard these instead of the latest hip-hop song in the next work mtg http://iringpro.com
Dec 6th
I am tired of waiting on things today.
Dec 6th
I wonder what happened to my scheduled 10a FedEx delivery. Seems to be 2 hours late.
Dec 6th
Somehow made it to Dallas. Off to find a talkative taxi and go do some unpacking at my new place.
Dec 5th
What are the chances of two broken planes at different airports and different airlines both on their way to Dallas this morning?
Dec 5th
Ok, srsly, does the Fed or Treasury know what in the world they are doing? Are we throwing darts at the economy?
Dec 5th
Woops. Should have gone to bed awhile ago. Extremely early flight tomorrow!
Dec 5th
I never fail to be amazed at people’s capacity in work environments to spend tremendous amount of energy discussing insignificant things.
Dec 4th
Here’s the story on homebuilders that makes me want to puke. http://tinyurl.com/6nzhg7
Dec 4th
Did I just hear that right? Home builders want bailout? Are they serious?
Dec 4th
Artificial limitations in software design tools will be the death of me. 32 characters? Really? Why?
Dec 3rd
Dear Neighbors With U-Haul Truck: Do you mind not parking it overnight in front of my garage? That would be ever so convenient. Thanks.
Dec 3rd