My cousin Sue has wanted to take me to the Spam Museum in Austin, MN for several years. Yesterday our dream came true when we made the 1-hour trek with my mom from my hometown of Riceville, IA. Unfortunately, when we arrived, we found that the museum is closed on Monday. Even so, the gift shop was open and I picked up a few things. Afterwards we drove across the street to Johnny’s Spamarama for a spam-themed lunch. I had a delicious Spam Reuben and Sue had the Spam Western Melt. My mom declined to have a Spam dish.
Vital Statistics
Relatives seen: 30 (approximate)
Weight lost (in pounds):Â 0
Aches & pains:Â sciatic
Current reading: My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk, Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy
Recent listening:Â “Grandma music”
Recent viewing:Â CBS Morning News, The Fugitive, Presidential debate
Recent playing: Chain Factor, Spaceward Ho!
Recently accomplished:Â Travel to Iowa, birthday celebrations with my birthday uncle, Spam Museum (outside only)
Imperative To Do:Â Return home, cancel gym membership, get rid of office junk, freecycle, activate new Tivo, oil change for van, clean garage, office organization, get rid of MacRenewal Macs
David Letterman Reacts to John McCain Snub
Dave’s point about having Palin continue the campaign is a good one. Of course, they are too scared to put her in front of the press.
Memetacular
Internet meme of the day is:
1. Take a picture of yourself right now.
2. Don’t change your clothes, don’t fix your hair…just take a picture wearing The Fifth Collection.
3. Post that picture with NO editing.
4. Post these instructions with your picture.
More pictures here.
Vital Statistics
Bike odometer: 2510
Van odometer: 154024
Weight lost (in pounds):Â 2
Aches & pains:Â numbness in left leg at times, dry left eye in the morning
Current reading: My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk, Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy
Recent listening: All Hope Is Gone by Slipknot, Quadrophenia, Pink Floyd
Recent viewing: Superbad, No Country For Old Men, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Countdown, The Rachel Maddow Show
Recent playing: Chain Factor, Spaceward Ho!, foosball (at Yahoo!)
Recently accomplished: Prepped “new” computers for Thomas & Graham, installed Tina’s bike computer, Craigslist ad for Thomas/Graham, freecycle, Goodwill runs, booked trip to Iowa, book trip to Foster City, returned cans, office organization, returned Xbox
Imperative To Do:Â Cancel gym membership, get rid of office junk, freecycle, activate new Tivo, oil change for van, clean garage, office organization, get rid of MacRenewal Macs
Peeping from behind every window pane
I find myself in Foster City once again at EFI headquarters. I’ve been moved to another team again so I’m here familiarizing myself with the tool set and meeting the other team members. I’ll be here until Friday night.
Working from home has been better than I expected. Even though I’ve been very busy, I get to choose the times when I work and the times that I don’t. That means when I feel like doing a couple of hours in the evening, it’s no big deal. Or if I have to run some errand in the afternoon. So far I feel like I’ve been pretty productive and my new office feels like a cockpit controlling my working world and it has to do with the decoration I put on it, including windows with motorized blinds so I can control it from everywhere I’m with my phone. I’m sure I’ll write more on this later. I bought Hunter Douglas honeycomb shades and saved a ton of money on my electric bill right away.
What American Accent Do You Have
| What American accent do you have?Â
Your Result: The Inland North
You may think you speak “Standard English straight out of the dictionary” but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like “Are you from Wisconsin?” or “Are you from Chicago?” Chances are you call carbonated drinks “pop.” |
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For the record, I stopped saying “pop” when I was a teenager in order to differentiate myself from the masses. I say “soda”.
Vital Statistics
Bike odometer: 2510
Van odometer: 154018
Weight lost (in pounds): 1
Aches & pains:Â n/a
Current reading: My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk, Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy
Recent listening: DrugMusic, Down by the Old Mainstream by Golden Smog, Cyberpunk by Billy Idol, It’s A Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads, Accelerate by R.E.M., Van Halen
Recent viewing: House of D, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Bears at Colts, How I Met Your Mother, Everyone Says I Love You
Recent playing: Chain Factor, Spaceward Ho!
Recently accomplished: Prepped “new” computers for Thomas & Graham, installed Tina’s bike computer, Craigslist ad for Thomas/Graham, freecycle, Goodwill runs, booked trip to Iowa, book trip to Foster City, returned cans, office organization
Imperative To Do:Â Cancel gym membership, return XBox, get rid of office junk, freecycle, activate new Tivo, oil change for van, clean garage, return cans with Graham, office organization
First Daily Show after 9/11
Morning Bike Ride
Distance: 10.0 miles
Riding time: 57 minutes
Max speed: 29.8 mph
Average speed: 10.4 mph
Temperature: 90º (according to questionable bike computer read)
Route:
- Stanton to 162nd
- 162nd to I-84 bike path
- Bike path to Fairview Parkway
- Fairview Parkway to Sandy
- Sandy to 223rd
- 223rd to Marine Drive
- Marine Drive to 185th Ave
- 185th to Airport Way
- Airport Way to 158th
- 158th to Fremont
- Fremont to 156th
- 156th to home
Tina recovered quickly from our soul-sapping ride last week and got back in the saddle on Saturday to ride with Thomas. I was more conservative about my recovery time and didn’t attempt to ride again until today. I felt pretty good the whole way and my legs felt fine going up hills. I had a conference call so I headed for home from Marine Drive but Tina decided to keep going.