Wow... it was quite a long weekend for me... a joyous one. I've heard some of the trials and tribulations from friends, other family, and coworkers. I don't know who was watching over me, but I had a fabulous time.

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Yeah, it's that day again. I've already received all the automated "older again, huh?" emails from all the Internet forums. More enjoyable were the wishes from S and S, who I was up late chatting with (and arm wrestling with the computer). But then I got home for the last time and found something fun in my mail slot -- wow, that's a real opening ( Read more... )

What's been amusing is that Obama used the rhetoric that he's the new guy and yet both McCain and Palin seem to be demonstrating that they are quite light on understanding of the issues. At dinner this weekend, a friend mentioned McCain's appearance on The View (not a show I usually watch). I had such fun watching it myself I thought I'd share it ( Read more... )

After the odd sort of IM conversation I had with Mike -- more like email than IM since we weren't online at the same times -- regarding when to set aside time to talk, I was a little surprised when he started messaging me during work hours. I thought we'd agreed that this would be too much to visit until after work. Anyway, we worked out that we ( Read more... )

After picking up Mike (different one) & Karen from the airport and spending some time with them -- they invited me to lunch but I really needed some quiet time to reflect on events -- I headed home around 3. I wound up exchanging SMS'es and phone calls with Shadow, Courtney, and Sue. Had some good discussion time and feedback. I went to visit Sue ( Read more... )

A couple of us had a lovely sushi dinner last night, and part of the conversation turned to my root canal adventure -- these folks were the ones who were there when the massive pain first hit, but I still thought it was my sinus. When I got to the part about Dr. Feelgood, my complaint of not being able to eat normally, and his pulling out the ruler ( Read more... )

Sadly, Friday munch feels a little like a refugee camp lately, but we still manage to have fun while evil restaurant managers parade around flaunting their power. Highlights for me were C in cuffs, raucous bantering about horsey bits, "Never Fear... I like Pie!", and openly sharing our favorite preparations for snotty children and their oblivious ( Read more... )

We had our last Subspace discussion in the current Edges location on Tuesday. I agree with H that it is nice we're seeing some regular faces there. It helps build rapport amongst those attending and adds continuity to the discussions.

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