So after 66 years, Marvel Comics is killing off Captain America. I’ve never been a big comics fan, but I can still remember the theme song from the Captain America cartoon back when I was a wee lad of four or five. When Captain America throws his mighty shield… Killing off America. Is it me,…
People at work are in a panic. over what they keep referring to as the “daylight savings” issue. I don’t know what daylight savings is. The normative form of the name is “daylight saving”. Daylight savings sounds like something you put in a bank account. Everyone seems to have been caught by surprise by this…
I couldn’t get to the gym this morning so I went at lunch today. It’s not bad at lunch, the place is pretty empty. I needed to eat beforehand so I brought a Subway sandwich into my 11 AM meeting and then tried to eat it quietly with a half dozen people sitting around me.
I was up at 4:30 and caught the 5:10 AM Yellow line train as usual. When we got to the Pentagon stop, however (one stop before I get off the train at Pentagon City) we were held there for fifteen minutes due to track work. Fifteen minutes doesn’t sound like much, but it meant that…
Weather forecast is for 1-2 inches tomorrow. I’m ready for spring.
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I got a few things done today, but little work on my current project, mainly because my time was being sucked up by other things, like the tail of the recent software rollout. However, I did get a few things done today. I contacted my (potentially) new tax preparer to set up a phone call.…
I went into the bathroom a little while ago and noticed one of the faucets was leaking. For some reason, this triggered the instantaneous invention of a complete country-western song in my head. I ran out of the bathroom, and back to my office to write it down before I forgot it. Keep in mind…
Up at 4:30 AM after getting a full night’s sleep last night. I was in bed before 7 PM and lights out by 8:30. I woke up having a bad dream when my alarm went off this morning, but otherwise had a good night’s sleep. I did have a stomach ache and when I got…
Meanwhile, I asked Dan for a recommendation on a second Social Distortion album, because I liked their debut album so much. He recommended Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell, which is ironically how I feel right about now. I bought it from the iTunes store tonight and I look forward to listening to it tomorrow. Thanks…