( Three or four posts, really, so cut for length )

Work continues to be busy, etc., etc.

I've been reading Elizabeth Warren's memoir A Fighting Chance. Really interesting, it discusses her early life and career up through her Senate campaign. It's remarkable what she's achieved in her career, and how hard she's worked to get where she is today. In some cases, like in her time on the oversight ( Read more... )

It's been so many weeks.

Julie's trip went well. Eris was reasonably good in her absence, though there were a few major tantrums ( Read more... )

After a few weeks, it's hard for me even to recall what's been on my mind ( Read more... )

Everyone in the family has been a bit under the weather the past few weeks ( Read more... )

London was pretty cool.

I really liked the Google office there (at Belgrave House, accross from Victoria Station). Seemed like a really cool place to work, and the food was fantastic (including a juice bar with one of these nifty machinesWas good to see Xave again. We spent some time wandering the city, visited the museum at Bletchley Park and the ( Read more... )

Life has been busy, but it's still a bit much to keep up with it all ( Read more... )

Intercon (live-action gaming convention) was this past weekend, and it was fun ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving break was great. I really enjoyed spending time with Cleveland friends and family. Though the travel itself was a bit exhausting, the trip was a nice break. We saw some plays that my sister, Melissa worked on in some capacity, a Cleveland Playhouse production of "Venus in Fur" (Melissa is interning at the Cleveland Playhouse this ( Read more... )

Two weekends ago: Whale watching with Julie's lab cohort (quite a sight to see the humpbacks playing), Sunday brunch, saw Headhunters (suspense-thriller about a corporate headhunter who moonlights as an art thief, thought it was okay), gin and tonics made with Ethereal Gin (Batch 5) and Q Tonic, and a dinner in JP ( Read more... )