Got my inbox down to 2 items. Should be able to get down to 0 next week. Been a long time since I have been there.

I didn't want to let Michelle Obama down, so I signed up as a mentor/engineer for a high school robotics team. We are at a school Hombolt Park in Chicago. I lived there for 3 months when I first came to the city, so I can claim to be "giving back".

I just got back in the office and got to talk to the dude that went to the Dominican Republic. He paid $625/person with everything (food, travel, drinks, rooms) included. The only charge that he had to pay extra was $10 for a visa when he got to the island. 7 days ( Read more... )

My next trip over 300 miles will be The Dominican Republic.

Madoff plead guilty yet they still gave him the maximum sentence. Madoff could have fought this case in court, gone on a national talk show tour to drum up compassion, and forced the government to spend plenty of loot just to convict him ( Read more... )

Google seems to have suspended text messages. I can't send them from Google Chat or Google Calendar anymore. I am not sure if they are punishing me individually or if this is a collective punishment inflicted on everybody. I did get in trouble last week for sending text messages too quickly but they made it sound like I was only temporary ( Read more... )

Oh shit! Not only do we get The MC Hammer this summer, we are also getting The Vanilla Ice! Vanilla's show is only $5.

To all you people not living in Chicago, eat it!

Do the workers of the new GM and Chrysler have a union?

I missed my train this morning, so I went home, put on some sun block, and rode my bike to work. I thought that it would only be 23 miles, but it turned into 25. I really wish that I had known that it was a high of 95 today. It took me a hair under 2 hours, which gives me hope that I could do it in 1.5 hours on days that the heat is in more ( Read more... )

Outside of hijackers, high school girls are the worst demographic to be on a train with.