My birthday was this week. Yay, another year older ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving '24 Travelog #9
Back in Falls Church, VA - Tue, 26 Nov 2024, 11pm

As I write this I'm back at our hotel in Falls Church, VA. I'm even back in our room. You'll see why that matters in a moment.

After meeting one of our nieces for lunch and then going on an impromptu road tour along the Skyline Drive this afternoon, we met my cousin, ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving '24 Travelog #4
Martinsburg, WV - Sun, 24 Nov 2024, 5pmThis morning we got in the car at our hotel in Falls Church, VA and drove out to Martinsburg, West Virginia. Yes, it's a bit of a haul; about 63 miles by shortest route. While that would be a terrible commute it's fine for a day-trip. We made the drive out there in 90 minutes even ( Read more... )

I never thought I'd say it, but I'm feeling burnt out on eating at good steak restaurants. I don't mean burnt out forever, fortunately. Just burnt out for maybe a few days after eating at nice steakhouses two nights in a row.

These two dinners were connected to the small conference my company sponsored yesterday. Both meals were with customers. ( Read more... )

Yesterday I got my pneumococcal shot - the vaccine against pneumonia. I'm at T+20 hours now so maybe it's a little premature to say but my side effects from the shot have been mild to nonexistent. I've got a dull ache in the upper arm where the shot was administered; that's it ( Read more... )

Yesterday I got a flu shot and a Covid booster at noon. Thankfully my side effects are mild this time around ( Read more... )

Blue Ridge Trip '24 #18
Boone, NC - Wed, 4 Sep 2024. 11pmOnce we got back to Boone this evening, after a satisfying long day out, our first order of business was finding dinner. It's surprising for a college town that Boone doesn't have more local, casual eats; mostly it's chains here. But we did find a well reviewed local burgers place call the ( Read more... )

Two Nights in San Diego #4
Back at the hotel - Wed, 26 Jun 2024, 9pm

This evening my two colleagues and I who traveled to San Diego for a couple of customer visits met for dinner. Perhaps this is what May, my sales colleague, intended when he told me to arrive in time for dinner last nightBusiness dinner was nice. The pick of a restaurant was good ( Read more... )

Phoenix Weekend Travelog #3
Arizona Grand Resort - Fri, 10 May 2024, 1pmI had grand plans for this morning. I'd get up early (I've been rising early the past week anyway) and use the hot tub near our hotel room in the quiet and cool morning hours when the hot water would feel good, then come back to the room to putter around a bit, then go out to ( Read more... )

I clicked on a BuzzFeed listicle today with a click-bait headline, You're Officially A Boomer If You've Done Half Of These 40 Things (4 Apr 2024). It was pretty amusing... but not in the way I expect the authors thought. It was amusing because of how stupid it was. Most of the things on their list have been done by typical Gen Xers, and quite a few ( Read more... )