We made it back from the beach (not that we really wanted to) around 3PM. Some unpacking has been done, but we’re mostly chilling. Man, that’s a long trip.

Kelly hasn’t been feeling well at all since last night and I’m not too stable, either. I’ve got intermittent chills, too, which makes me think fever.

Actually, I think I’m subconsciously digging my heels at the thought of going back to work. Unfortunately for me, there are no sick days in my current business plan. Crum.

My blogging idol Doc Searls will be speaking at UNC on September 7th on “The Independence Revolution: How self-informing markets are changing business, technology, politics and everything else.” I plan to take some time to hear him speak, but I especially look forward to picking his brain about where things are going. He has plenty of ideas on media and markets which I seemed to have co-opted.

Tomorrow we hit the road for the long trip back to the Carolinas. It has been a fun week here in Panama City Beach. Quite a precious time for Hallie, too, who’s already chanting “come back, come back” every time we mention leaving.

Already, I’m thinking of what this place might be like in the offseason, a pipe dream since we’ll certainly have our hands full this fall and winter.

For the first real vacation we’ve taken in three years, it has lived up to its billing. Shows me how much fun we’re missing by not doing this more often. Every year, we should take a vacation … somewhere!

I copied another batch of vacation pictures up to the gallery, including a couple of great group shots. Also, there are a few good shots of our expanding family.
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More great info on lightning. This time, a useful page showing how to ground your boat to keep lightning from killing you.

I’ve set up my home phone system to ring to the Packet8 DTA that I brought with me. Thus, we can get our home calls here at the beach. Sound is great, too.

It’s a good thing I brought it, because the rates here at the resort are high: fifty cents for local calls.

The only bummer of being on vacation is missing another great Sleazefest. I went to the shows in ’95 and ’96 and had an absolute blast. Been trying to get Kelly out there to see the Sleaze, but never been successful. Guess it will have to wait another year.

A Good Idea – Sugar
From the album Copper Blue
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They went down to the river
On a warm summer night
The air was think with the
Smell of temptation
He said why don’t we lay in the water
Let the water run over me
And she grinned and she said
Now she said now she said

Now that’s a good idea
She said she said
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I posted a mess of pictures from our vacation up in the gallery. More will arrive each day, since I seem to enjoy filling up the camera. 🙂