My taxes are all done for 2006 and are being filed electronically as I write this. I predicted owing about $3,000, and as it turns out, the situation was a little better than that. I owe $2,693 in federal taxes (and a $65 penalty for withholding too little throughout the year). That comes to a…
With my vacation less than 83 days away, I have begun to consider what books I want to take along with me to read while I’m on the trip. To this end, and being a software developer by trade, I have developed a framework to help determine what books shall be brought and what books…
Yes, at 7:15 PM, I’m finally starting to feel sleepy. But I’m not taking any chances tonight. I’m going to sleep and I’ve helped myself in that direction by taking some NyQuil now so that by the time I head off to bed (not very long from now), I’ll be ready to collapse. My guess…
I’m heading up to New York this weekend to see Norm and Vicky of vickyandnorm fame, now that they are back from their honeymoon. In a crazy coincidence, they are having their church wedding (convalidation ceremony) on Saturday so I will be there to attend that. This means that in the space of three weeks,…
Not having slept last night, I headed into the gym early today and got started at about 5:55 AM. I did nearly a full chest and back workout, and discovered some of the pitfalls of skipping several days at the gym. I will try and avoid this in the future as much as possible, but…
I read for about an hour and began to feel sleepy. So I turned out the light and proceeded to toss and turn. And toss and turn. And toss and turn. About 20 minutes ago I gave up (not without some frustration). I’m dressed (for the gym), going to have some breakfast, and then heading…
Yes, it’s 2:26 AM . I managed to sleep from about 9:30 until midnight, and I have been up ever since, tossing and turning and unable to sleep. I decided that I would get up and read for a while (and have a glass of chocolate milk) to see if either act as a soporific.…
I actually did some work on my story “If By Reason of Strength” today, but it wasn’t very much or very good. I have a great idea that I just can’t seem to manage yet. I know the whole story, more or less. I know how it ends. I know what problem needs to be…
I was going to save this for the exact date, but I will be on a cruise ship among the Greek islands. The picture is dated July 7, 1977. Click on the image to see a larger picture: From our local newspaper in New Jersey. The caption reads: “Jamie Rubin, 5, is startled by the…
Well, I may have slept in this morning, but as promised, after missing 4 days of workouts out of pure laziness, I’m back in the saddle again. I went to the gym this afternoon, did a full cardio workout and a group up chest exercises in preparation for a full chest and back workout tomorrow.