I fell asleep pretty quickly last night. Unfortunately, I woke up around 2 AM. Unable to get back to sleep, I got caught up on my Scrabulous moves. Right now I am playing 5 games. I eventually went back to sleep at around 5AM, and woke up at 7. So I got 3 hours of sleep initally, and 2 hours later, for a total of 5 hours. An improvement, but ( Read more... )

Day one. I barely got any sleep on the airplane, because I watched American Gangster instead of trying to sleep. Not a bad flick. I had a few drinks in the "Business Elite" lounge, and on the plane - that didn't help any. When Derek & I got to Charles de Gaul, we hopped in a cab. I had an interesting time talking with the cab driver. He didn' ( Read more... )

Last night Jess & myself met up with Jennifer at Pinch & 'Smac. Jennifer wasn't able to make it when I invited people to meet me there, to celebrate me obtaining a weight loss goal. She has been kicking herself ever since, and drooling over the menu. The restaurant was a bit crowded, but nowhere near as crowded as the first time ( Read more... )

The tickets have been bought ... I leave Tuesday evening for Paris. Mon Dieu!

I have a big blue betta. I wanted to get a big fish, so that it could kick Jess's betta's ass. Also, it is very active for a betta. I guess that it is an alpha betta. Yowsa. I named him Macdougal, and I call him Mac. I just like the name of that street. I like saying it with my teeth clenched.

After a rocky 2007, I started dieting/exercising again in 2008. I have just reached my first milestone - 245 pounds! To celebrate, I am going to go to Pinch & S'MAC. I have been to the S'MAC downtown, and I am psyched about trying the mac & cheez at the new location. Jess and I are going to have lunch there Monday, the 18th at 1PM. I think ( Read more... )

The carnage in the sub-prime mortgage world is far from over.

"In all, the interest rates on about $1 trillion worth of mortgages, or 12 percent of the nation’s total, will reset for the first time this year or next. A couple of years ago, by comparison, only a marginal amount of mortgage debt - a few billion dollars - was resetting each month."

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I hit a grand slam in a softball game! This is a first for me. The ground was a bit muddy (the game was on Roosevelt Island, on Tuesday), and I fell between first and second. My right leg has about 1 foot worth of abrasions - walking around yesterday was brutal! There is a patch about 1 inch in diameter right over my knee that got the worst of ( Read more... )

She has created an outdoor sculpture, check out the NYT article:

New York Times article about Barbara Lubliner

Also, here is more of Barbara Lubliner's art.

Me helping Jess with editing (her resume), and her helping me fix my computer.

Isn't it ironic? Dontcha think?

Truly, it is like 10,000 spoons. (When all you need is a knife!)