As I was getting ready to head to boxing class this morning I got a phone call from Peter. He invited me to go mountain biking and I couldn't resist. I rushed around to pack for boxing and biking all at once, trying my best not to forget anything critical since his plan was to take the ferry from West Seattle across to a trail he tried out last ( Read more... )

I've had the same computer at work since I started there almost four years ago. It was new when I began and I hadn't given it much thought, but I guess it's gotten pretty slow over the years, as Windows machines always do. Our IT guy has had a new machine sitting in his office for me for months now but it's always too busy for us to set it up. ( Read more... )

Back in 7th grade, my interest in Disney stuff started. I remember reading about and seeing pictures of Walt Disney’s very early Alice films starring Virgina Davis live alongside cartoon characters, many decades before Dick Van Dyke was dancing with animated penguins. Today at work, as part of a special event for students, I got to watch three of ( Read more... )

Lunch at work was included this afternoon at a going away party for our controller who has worked for the company for years. I forgot that was happening and took pasta with me, which will not be my lunch tomorrow. Isn’t it nice that we have refrigeration for days like this?

Instead of focusing all my attention on War Horse today, I spent hours ( Read more... )

Today was an important gym day, not only because Paul was back to share my session trade punches with me, but also because today was Barry's first day training with Alisher. I was there from 12-1, Barry came in at the end of my session, and I stuck around to see how he managed. Both of us are eager to have a gym buddy and he's really looking ( Read more... )

Time keeps on ticking toward our inevitable 200 mile ride on Saturday. We all got one step closer to it during the first packet pick-up day today (advanced pick-up continues through Friday at REI). Justin was there at 11am, when Cascade opened for business, and he had to wait in line. It was empty when I went at 2:30 and almost empty when Eric went ( Read more... )