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  • Trip update

    We’ve been having a great time in Texas this week. The weather’s been great, the food’s been awesome, and even having our train back from a day trip in Austin Sunday delayed turned into a fun adventure. It was cool to be sitting in the little train depot in Austin using Twitter from my Blackberry…

  • I hate today

    Well no, actually I don’t hate April 1, I have a good reason to love April 1, but I hate trying to read RSS feeds or even news stories because you never know what to believe. On top of that, not many people actually do anything remotely funny as an April Fool’s joke anymore. There…

  • More About Thank you Notes

    I was listening to the latest Manager Tools podcast at lunch today. They’ve talked about the importance of writing thank you notes before, but today’s podcast was entirely on that topic. In true Manager Tools style, not only did I learn how important the act of sending thank you notes is, both professionally and personally,…

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    Missed opportunity

    So Angela and I scored some passes to the premiere of Zodiac earlier this week. It was a pretty good, intense, dramatic kind of movie. But I felt like something was missing. See, towards the end of the movie Jake Gyllenhaal’s character becomes completely obsessed with finding out who the Zodiac Killer is, and “solving…

  • Vacation plans

    Angela and I both put together various proposals for an April vacation, and in the end her itinerary for a long weekend in San Antonio won out. I’m really looking forward to having some time away and exploring San Antonio. Anyone have any favorite spots we shouldn’t miss? (Aside from the obvious stuff?) Tags: Vacation,…