I am back in Santa Clara now. Tahoe was really fun, but tiring. 2 hours of sleep Friday night, 5 or 6 fitful hours Saturday.. I guess I got 10 hours of sleep sunday night, but I woke up every other hour, so it didn't feel like much. Managed to fall asleep in the backseat of the Jeep for 15 mins today. On the freeway. With the windows down. At ( Read more... )

up at 6am eastern today after a night of drinking... a mostly full day of class ending as the tropical storm arrived ( Read more... )

Got a shipping notice from Apple this AM.  My new system shipped yesterday ( Read more... )

So tonight we had an etiquette/business behavior class at dinner.  6:15 to 9:45.. yes, of course, that meant we got to remain in uncomfortable clothes AND cooped up in conference rooms for almost 14 hours, instead of the usual 9-10 ( Read more... )

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my body hates me so much.  I just can't get out of bed in the morning.

Sure, I only slept 6 hours last night, but I've been doing 7.5ish most nights, and I just cannot get up before 7 morning after morning after morning... feels so miserable for the first half hour or hour.

Not a lot of time to talk before breakfast.. forgot to bring my camera to Jersey... d'oh!

But here is the view out of the 9th floor window of our hotel on the beach.. home for the next 12 days.  Free drinks last night, a bunch of us were up till 2 waiting for the pizza we ordered to show up.. we hadn't eaten in 13+ hours!


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Tonight has made me question my choice of future more than any other time that I can remember ( Read more... )

I was just thinking a few minutes ago about what was cool about autocross. Of course, there's always a debate whether racing around a coned-off course can compare to high-performance driving schools (or, indeed, racing) on a real track ( Read more... )

This weekend was just awesome ( Read more... )