• The Rainbow Room

    28 Feb 2006 » 1 min read

    Reservations have been made and the date has been set: April 8, 2006 8:30 PM at the Rainbow Room Grill on the 65th floor of Rockefeller Center. I almost always celebrate my birthday pretty low key, but recently, I got the idea to live a little this year. So I invited some good friends who…

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  • Giving up trying to sleep

    27 Feb 2006 » 1 min read

    I’ve tossed and turned since waking up at 1:30 AM, nearly 3 hours ago and have finally decided to give up trying to sleep. It doesn’t happen very often, but I know when I’m beat. I’ve decided instead to read for the next two hours until I have to get ready for work.

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  • Nightmare

    27 Feb 2006 » 1 min read

    I woke up from a bad dream about 45 minutes ago, laughed it off, got some juice to drink, and now I can’t seem to get back to sleep. I’ve got to get up in 3-1/2 hours. Go figure.

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  • Full compliment of pushups!

    27 Feb 2006 » 1 min read

    I finally did it. My goal all along has been to gradually work up to a total of 90 pushups a night, spread over three sets of 40/30/20. I just completed a full compliment of all three sets for the first time tonight. And you know what, it felt pretty good. Here on out it’s…

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  • “Thematic Elements”

    26 Feb 2006 » 1 min read

    I notice that some movies, which are rated PG-13, indicate that one of the reasons for the rating is “thematic elements”. Does anyone know what “thematic elements” means? Are stories no longer supposed to have themes? If a movie does have a theme, does that somehow necessitate a stronger rating? If I were a parent,…

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  • Reading day

    26 Feb 2006 » 1 min read about Reading & Books

    So far, I’ve spent almost the entire day reading Gotham. What a great book. I’m not 102 pages into it and I really like it. No wonder it won the Pulitzer. What a rich and detailed history. I’m really enjoying it and have stopped only to come up for a bit of air. I’ll probably…

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  • A Late Evening Phone Call

    26 Feb 2006 » 3 min read

    Every now and then, I get in this mood to call people to see how they are doing. Tonight, for instance, I called Dan to wish him a happy birthday, and then I called Jen to tell her about my own birthday celebration arrangements at the Rainbow Room in New York late in March. For…

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  • The Incredible Mister Limpet

    25 Feb 2006 » 1 min read

    I just heard the sad news that Don Knotts died today at the age of 81.

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  • Chores are done

    25 Feb 2006 » 1 min read about Reading & Books

    Most of the chores I set out to do today are done. The house is cleaned. I finally managed to get a decent haircut. I even went out and bought a new floor rug for the living room, which is something I’d been meaning to do for a while now. Now I get to spent…

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  • Chore day

    25 Feb 2006 » 1 min read

    Lots to do today. It’s time again to clean the house up. I need to vacuum, clean the bathroom, dust, mop floors, etc. There is also laundry to do and trash to take out. And, of course, I need to get my hair cut. Once that stuff is done, can relax a bit, and read…

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