We had a nice (though long) drive up through Alabama, have been spending every waking moment hanging out with friends, and will be leaving early tomorrow morning to come home. More details later, of course.

If you want to get in on the Farecast beta, let me know. I've got 25 invites. Right now you can only shop for tickets from Boston and Seattle, but they're working on it. Tampa is already on their drop-down list, it's just not active yet...

The apartment has been officially safe to occupy for the past 23 hours, but I only just got home. There's probably still a bit of chloropicrin in the air, since my eyes are watering ever so slightly. I'm going to open up some windows before I go to get the cats ( Read more... )

I'm so glad I left early to get to the meeting this morning. I had time to get the oil changed, and I got a raincheck for a car wash. After the meeting I returned for the car wash, paid for an upgrade, and drove to the office in a nice clean car ( Read more... )

Woo-hoo! We finally get a chance to use the free SpringHill Suites by Marriott stay this weekend ( Read more... )

Mardi Frog 2006 photos are now available. Enjoy!

The city of Fairhope seems to have lost their bid to keep Wal*Mart out. However, there was already a Wal*Mart a few miles up the road in Daphne, and the nannies, housekeepers, gardeners, and assorted servants of this rich community have to buy clothing somewhere. Perhaps the good citizens of Fairhope will simply boycott the store they claim to ( Read more... )

Written yesterday, posted today ( Read more... )

The pharmacist said that I probably don't have anything that would care about antibiotics, so I've got some DayQuil and NyQuil, and I'm going to make sure I fall asleep right after dinner. WIth any luck I'll get enough rest to feel better before I have to go get my congested ears blown out on a plane ( Read more... )

I arrived slightly late to the general session this morning, but found a seat and listened to the presentation. It all sounded good, but the real applause came when we saw a live demo of the serials prediction calendar -- an actual one-year calendar that showed you exactly when each issue was expected. Judging by the applause, I'd guess that this ( Read more... )