I took a short break from reading after work today to watch a movie called “Broken Flowers” starring Bill Murray. It was a good movie but the ending!–I hate endings like that!
I initiated the 2006 season of softball today by sending out an email at work recruiting players. I am co-captaining the team this year. We are playing in the same league as last year, the U.S. Senate Softball League. We pay our fees this week and then have a team captain’s meeting the first week…
Switching trains at Mt. Vernon Sq. this morning, there was a train that was being taken out of service because of mechanical problems. When it finally came through the station, it the rear of the train was smoking heavily and filled the station with smoke that smelled like burning oil. Even now, nearly an hour…
Okay, so I ended up dozing off for two hours earlier this afternoon and am not quite far along as I hoped to be at this point. I’m through 492 pages and have read 85 pages today. I’ve still got an hour before The West Wing comes on and so I can knock off another…
I renewed my membership in the American Humanists Association today after a lapse of several years. I first joined the AHA back in the mid-90s. Since then, they have released an updated version of the Humanist Manifesto which I read today and with which I completely agree.
For the first 3 hours this morning, I’ve maintained a good pace, getting through 45 pages of Gotham (considering there’s 800 words/page, that’s a pretty good pace), and more importantly, enjoying it immensely. I have now moved well beyond where I originally gave up when I attempted to read the book back in late 2001,…
My plan for today is to do some catching up on reading. I’m a little behind where I’d like to be in Gotham and I plan on making use of today to change that. I’m trying for about 150 pages today, but I’ll be pretty happy if I can get through about 100 pages. I…
Rich, Tricia, Gabby and Rich, Jr. came by at about 1:30 PM and picked me up. Rich’s mom was in town too, as was his newphew, and we headed to the metro station and then downtown. They wanted a quick tour and that’s what we did: The Mall, a few exhibits at the Musuem of…
I just finished watching this on HBO. I liked it. So sue me!
I was pretty tired last night, and as much as I wanted to get through more of Gotham, I ended up turning out the light at around 9 PM. So it was no surprise that I was pretty much wide awake at 7 AM. I spent the early part of the morning doing some more…