I was up at 7 AM and headed over to Saturn to have my car serviced. It believe it was my 117,000 mile maintenance. A while back I received a $500 gift card from Saturn. Each time I use it, I can get 15% off parts and labor on service and so this time the…
When I came home today, my Internet access wasn’t working. There was a single blinking light on the cable modem. Cable TV was fine. I did some basic troubleshooting and decided it was hardware but called Comcast anyway. The customer service person I spoke to agreed it was hardware. She suggested I bring in my…
Five and a half hours since the Apple Store opened and at least in Pentagon City, the is still wrapped around the third level of the mall, above the food court. I saw Apple employees handing out water bottles to people in line earlier. It takes some dedication to stay in on (ugh!) in line…
Summers appear to be very lean months for me as far as reading goes. I was just glancing at what I had been reading in past years on today’s date, July 11 (via my reading lists) and I made a surprising discovery: Since January 1, 1996, there were only 4 years (out of 13) that…
I read in some reviews of the new iPhone that people wouldn’t be flooding Apple stores the same way they did for the original phone more than a year ago. I don’t know why the reviewers thought this would be so, but they were definitely wrong about it. The picture to the right was taken…
Yesterday, after work, Kelly and I headed over to Pentagon Row (right behind the office) to see the 80s cover band Gonzo’s Nose. The band didn’t start until 7 PM, so we first went to Sine, where we sat outside and had a light dinner as the crowd gathered. Then we made our way across…
A big HAPPY 41ST ANNIVERSARY goes out to Mom (rubysnina) and Dad (bigblu4). It was just a year ago today that we celebrated their anniversary on a beach in Mykonos, Greece. Happy Anniversary, kids. I hope you have a great day!
I had four back-to-back meetings today, stretching from 11 AM to just about 3 PM and that effectively took away half of my work day. No chance to call more places about the rehearsal dinner. I called the Chart House yesterday only to find out that they don’t do special parties on the day we…
I just completed about 850 words of the new story. Still no title, but it seems to be moving pretty well so far. The second scene is a little longer than I wanted it to be but I’ll worry about that later. Tonight’s work was done on the computer, rather than longhand. Thanks go out…
This was a much closer game than the final score let on. First, we had a field on the Mall, now that the Folk Life festival had packed up and left. Second, I played much better this week than last week. I only had a handful of chances at shortstop, but I made no errors…