Last night, I headed over to AJ and Denisse’s for dinner. Denisse was whipping up an authentic Peruvian dish and it turned out to be excellent. I forgot to ask her what it was called, but it was layered chicken and potato and hard-boiled eggs and peppers and it was really quite delicious. She also…
Several of my chores and errands are complete. It turns out that I am going out later than I expected so that gives me more time to kill. I can probably get through a few more stories in SF AGE. Or finish the final draft of “4005 B.C.” When the mail came this afternoon, I…
With the Presidents’ Day holiday, I have Monday off and that means a long weekend! I could use it. I’m altering my workout schedule this weekend. I’ve got a lot going on today, and late this afternoon, I’m heading over to AJ and Denisse’s where Denisse is preparing a traditional Peruvian dinner after which we…
I have had a goal since 1996 of reading on average one book per week. That would amount to 52 books per year and the closest I have ever come is 41 books. It doesn’t sound like a lot especially when I see there are people reading two or three times as much as me.…
I came across this cool kinetic map during lunch and thought it was worth mentioning. It illustrates thousands of years of the rise and fall of empires in the Middle East. I’ve never seen anything quite like it. It’s worth taking a look at. I’ve got to go interview someone now…
There were signs posted all around the gym yesterday on 8-1/2 x 11 inch paper and each of them said, in large black letters, “Final Day”. I thought it was funny. It reminded me of existentialism and things like Sartre’s No Exit or Bret Easton Ellis’s Less Than Zero. But here it was hanging in…
Two more signs that I am just too damn busy these days. First, I was up at 4:30 AM this morning, as usual, and into the office by 5:40 AM. However, once I got up here, I hesitated to go to the gym for my cardio workout because I thought I might be able to…
I had a 4 PM workout scheduled with Bernard yesterday afternoon. The gym seemed unusually empty, but it was a Thursday afternoon and it is still pretty darn cold out and so that might explain some of it. I normally do lower body on Thursday’s but I strained a muscle in my right calf and…
Busy, busy, busy! It’s been busy at work the last few days with no immediate end in sight, although my meeting schedule is a bit more forgiving tomorrow, with only 3 hours of meetings, and then, finally! a long weekend! I was beat when I headed home last night, and when I turned into my…
Up at 4:30 AM and there was a sheet of ice outside from the icing and freezing rain all night. It was bad. I left for the metro station and my car made it only halfway up a small hill (there had been no plowing yet). I lowered the gear, backed up slowly and took…