I've decided to turn 40 in style. My coworkers can't believe I'm taking yet *another* vacation (I was in Europe from 12/22 to 1/7, and then Puerto Vallarta from 1/29 to 2/8). Here's the itinerary ( Read more... )

While at the Dublin airport, I came across this while looking for a new book (I had finished the Chelsea Handler book I bought at SeaTac). I had the Frost/Nixon book in hand, at an attempt to make myself smarter when I saw it ( Read more... )

For those of you that want to see photos from my trip:

Picasa GalleryThey are broken up by places I went and took pictures in: Madrid, Toledo, El Escorial, Dublin, Amsterdam and Antwerp ( Read more... )

Things in Europe are going well, though I have some kind of stomach flu. I have had it since Sunday and this is day #3 of diarrhea. Not sure what happened, maybe its because I had some tap water at Shane's apartment in Madrid (referred to as 'Franco's Revenge'). Anyways, I've been taking immodium since yesterday afternoon. Hopefully it will go away ( Read more... )

Good news and bad news. Harvey was given the promotion at work and is now the station manager for Virgin America at SEA. He'd been trying to get promoted at AS for years now, and made the decision (and took the paycut) to switch to VX last February. It paid off and he was promoted last month ( Read more... )

Not that I'm a fan, but it sounds like Republican insiders are trying to ruin Sarah Palin's political future at the national level.

In Alaska politics, you don't need to know where or what Africa is, they're in their own little world. They're making her look really really bad now that the election is over.

I'm working from home today and I hope to see the doctor later about my shoulder.

I'm at Starbucks across the street doing email stuff, and they are playing Yma Sumac. :-)

Yma Sumac has passed away. She was one of the most gifted singers in the world.

I was so excited about today, being Election Day and all (and finally putting an end to the Darcy Burner/Dave Reichart and Dino Rossi/Cristine Gregoire ads). I'm sad now :-(

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This is what the race is coming down to. The McCain campaign's desperate attempts to scare white folks with big-black-guy stories just makes my stomach churn ( Read more... )

This is a great segment from Jon Stewart calling out the hypocrisy on Fox News. He and his writers totally nailed it on the head.

Remember, if you frequent MySpace or have an account with them, you are supporting News Corp and their right-wing, pro-war, anti-gay views.*



*Simpsons and Family Guy are quite liberal in their writing. Things on Fox ( Read more... )