Beginning this Monday, I will be working doing fundraising for a local nonprofit organization, as well as hopefully running the office.  I traveled to Boston with some of the crew to talk with various representatives about the Safer Atlernatives Bill, which includes a provision for phasing out vinyl shower curtains.  Just yesterday, some scientific ( Read more... )

Well, I have done it - using a combination of herbs available from any local health food store, I have concocted a unisex aphrodisiac beverage that is ever-so-slightly hallucinogenic when consumed in large quantities. The ingredients are 100% legal, and after extensive research, I have read of no harmful effects other than what might be expected ( Read more... )

It has been a fine weekend spent with existing friends as well as new acquaintances. I have one important point to make, however.

The exchange of a business card by a man to a woman or vice versa should never be interpreted as a romantic overture, especially when the surrounding conversation is 75% business, and the remainder casual smalltalk, ( Read more... )

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Busy, busy, busy...

Oil went to 137 a barrel today, but at least silver is holding its value... yay - I wish I had known to buy a heap of it when spot was 6 dollars an ounce. At any rate, time for someone to figure out how to get us to a nice, tolerable, 1 billion souls so demand for oil will drop, as well as gas prices. I am too poor so I don't ( Read more... )

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So far, so good.  Business cards are in the mill somewhere, suit is dry-cleaning somewhere else, desperately-needed haircut tomorrow, and a networking cocktail party organized by the Chamber of Commerce in a little over a week.  I actually discovered that it is possible to have business cards made in plastic, wood, rubber, and, with the most ( Read more... )

I departed the City of the Damned on Sunday, and stayed at my friend Mike's house in Redondo Beach, before heading out Monday. The heat of the California desert was brutal, and many cars were pulling over on the upward inclines to cool off, including myself. I rarely complain about the weather, so this was a landmark day in temperature hell. ( Read more... )

M______ victor!
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While driving across the country, I noticed the more relaxed pace as I moved further into the heartland states, and started thinking about the importance of family, and friends, and just how few of us on our deathbeds will be wishing we had spent more time at the office.  This led me to ponder over the lyrics to Harry Chapin's "Cats in the Cradle ( Read more... )