I took the coworkers up on a lunchtime game of basketball and got whipped. Good exercise is the kind that wears you out, and that’s what I got yesterday. It was fun, but quite a bit of effort to keep up.
I look forward to many more games, though. If I do that regularly I’ll soon be in excellent shape in no time!
Check out this comment I got from MT.Net visitor Sean Fitzpatrick of Fitzy Snowman:
Fitzy Snowman says:
January 23, 2009 at 4:01 pm (Edit)
After the inaguration I was inspired to create a 2.5 ton snow sculpture tribute to our 44th president titles Snowbama. Here is a link to the time lapse video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h40ChZAYDh0
I hope you like it!
I’ve had it in my head for a while that I should write about the jobs I’ve had. My career is full of interesting lessons learned and a bit of humor as well.
Look for the first posting soon.
Since it has been a while since I’ve worked in RTP, I’m provided with an almost-new look at things. One thing I noticed was the cloud of smog that seems to hang over RTP. While I was driving down I-40 recently, I watched as an ancient McDonnell Douglas DC-9 took off from the airport, spewing a black streak behind it as it went.
That got me wondering. There have been many recent winters where drivers were forced to buy watered-down blends of gasoline to combat poor air quality, yet in two minutes one DC-9 can create more air pollution than dozens of cars.
While it’s true airplanes have become far more environmentally-friendly than they were when the DC-9 made its debut, there are still those who say the EPA should regulate airliner emissions. I think it’s worth looking into.
Since I’ve been at the best place to work in America, I’ve noticed some quirkiness with The Google. Simple queries cause Google to question my manhood.
I did a simple search for “Malcolm Gladwell” and I got this screen:
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Frankly I wasn’t aware there was a virus associated with Malcolm Gladwell, but I suppose I can’t blame Google for playing it safe. On second thought, yes I can.
(Its true I use a tool called Privoxy to block my web browser information, but that’s never caused a fuss before.)
It’s been a pretty frenetic week around here: with the snow, board meetings, car-shopping, and new job stuff going on. I feel today I went rushing from one thing to another all the way up to 7 PM.
It was a good day at work, though. I’ve been given the nod of approval to dive in and do what I can. In other words, there isn’t really a “probationary period” per se but I’ve got my boss’s confidence now to run with things, and that’s good. My systems knowledge is going to be quite expansive from this job, that’s for sure.
And today my employer just got named the best place to work in America, too. Doesn’t surprise me.
It turns out President Obama didn’t need a “Beast” of a Caddy to keep him safe. Wired says he was wearing a bulletproof suit.
Watch as Ryan Duffy of the Vice Guide guys (creators of the great Vice Guide to North Korea) visits the manufacturer and takes a bullet wearing these clothes (Warning: salty language and self-starting Flash video).
Absolutely amazing stuff.
I joined the family for a birthday barbecue lunch today at The Pit. Man, was it good.
Thank you, Snow Day, for making it possible.
Snowbama. That’s what area folks are calling yesterday’s snow-and-inauguration mashup.
I thought the inauguration was fitting, and was glad Prez O didn’t promise the moon and the stars. I was also thrilled to see that he and Michelle hopped out of their limo to walk the parade route, a la Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter. One of the first signs of problems with George W. Bush’s term for me was the tank of a Cadillac he rode in during his inauguration. While admittedly Bush likely didn’t have any say about the car, something about that rubbed me the wrong way.
Anyway, time for Prez O to get to work. And what a daunting job it is.
Travis loves his Jerry Lee Lewis, The Definitive Collection CD, to the point that its beginning to drive us all crazy. He plays it literally all day long, all the time. It’s cute and yet maddening.
This morning he’s chosen to play Jerry Lee’s Thirty-Nine And Holding on repeat. The amusing thing is that Travis has no idea of its significance this morning. Just a happy accident. Or torture, depending on your point of view.
As I post this he just switched gears to another song. That makes about 15 times in a row for “Thirty-Nine and Holding.”
(As for me, while my 30s were great, I’m fully ready for my 40s!)
