If it hadn’t been for a promise to deliver an iPod, I probably wouldn’t have made the trip to Macworld/Boston yesterday, but as it turns out, I’m so glad I did.
Grands
This week, I’ve had a triple dose of the grandkids, which has been great, but, boy, am I feeling my age tonight.
Then again, the recent weather hasn’t helped (more on that below).
Fact – and Fiction
CNN and CareerBuilder.com published a story yesterday about yet another research study – this one, by econ professors Daniel Hamermesh of the University of Texas and Jeff Biddle of Michigan State University – that proves, once again, the advantage that good-looking people have in the workplace, or maybe it’s more the disadvantage the rest of us mere mortals haul around like a dead carcass.
More Damp
After a picture-perfect July 4th weekend, we seem to be back in a pattern of soggy weather, which is great for evergreens, but can be nasty for flowers.
War Zone
I have some sociopathic neighbors who think it’s fun to set off fireworks until well after 10 or even 11:00.
Here’s a suggestion, meatheads: if you like the sound of bombs so much, why don’t you take yourselves to Afghanistan, or even better, Iraq.
And as for the loud-mouthed punk who was on Route 28 tonight and pulled in to one of those low-rent condos by the dump: I’m really REALLY sorry I didn’t make life better for the rest of us by following you the rest of the way home and crushing your ignorant, worthless ass into a blob of insensate protoplasm – sort of like the goo that sloshes around in that Neanderthal skull of yours.
Then again, I’m glad I didn’t soil my new truck.
Third of July
The annual Fourth of July party at Bonnie’s parents’ house has come and gone, a much-looked-forward-to event which features Bonnie’s colorful family, tons of food and drink, recorded and live music and a sublime setting.
July Fourth Weekend 2005
The boys stayed over on Friday night and we had a busy Saturday, starting with breakfast and later, a swim in Candy’s pool (I spaced on taking photos). We had all kinds of equipment in the pool – boogie boards, floaties, and a beach ball.
To Heck With ‘Em
I’ve tried – for years – to figure out how to develop a tech biz with customers on Cape Cod.
In the course of meeting lots of IT people much smarter than I, a common pattern has emerged: they live here, but they don’t have clients here.
Good Truck
Made a second transfer station run today with the Tacoma, what a pleasure to get rid of stuff that’s been sitting in the back yard for almost 4 years.
Rain
It’s raining, and the gardeners and landscapers are happy, if not the parents of schoolkids on their first day of summer vacation.
It’s been weeks since we’ve had rain, and this is a good, soaking one that comes, luckily, a day after the local Pro-Am.