Living Reflections from a Dream

Some of you may have noticed that I haven't been around these parts much at all lately. I had originally decided to take a weeks blog break, but then things got way beyond hectic and it became a blog leave of absence. I haven't written, nor have a been reading any blogs. According to Bloglines, I have 1329 blog posts to read and that is just personal blogs. For political blogs, I have 1069.. but even that is deceptive as it seems Bloglines stops counting at 200 unread post per blog. Lets just say... I won't be catching up.

So what have I accomplished over the last month or so??

• Traveled to a red state(!) for work and lived to tale. I was bemused to see a sign saying President Davis* once slept here.


• Spent a week in a foreign country. I knew some people outside the US have a negative perception of us, but wow.. it was brutal. Also, there is a perception that everyone in the US supports Bush because they've been told he won in a "landslide". Also, it's a little embarassing when you search out a place that may have a cable station that will allow you can see your alma mater play in a bowl game - beg a cajole to have that station put on, only to discover they are losing 49 - 6 in the third quarter. Ok, nevermind...


• In the midst of this travel managed to interview for and get a new job. Yes, a new job. Wo! I'm escaping cube life! To an office with walls and a door! Cue the Jeffersons theme song now in your head.


• Did all my Xmas shopping and got Xmas cards out in a reasonable timeframe. Minor miracle.


• Read most of:
  ok, this wasn't that hard.. it's impossible to put this book down.


• Ok, I might as well admit that I have watched game 4 and game 5 of the ACLS (all approx. 10 hours of them) again. What can I say.. it makes me happy. Speaking of the Red Sox.. NESN is playing the 1975 World Series, 1986 World Series, the 2004 ALCS and World Series again this January (see schedule). What could be better than that? (ok, I just can't watch '86... I just can't).


• I redesigned this site.. of course very few will see that as a very large percentage of people read this site do so via RSS


• What else.. I feel like I'm leaving something out. Well.. there were the holidays and all

Anyway, I'm glad to be back...

* for those not so up on their history: Jefferson Davis was the president of the confederacy.-----
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