I delayed my departure date so that I could go to my family reunion. It was great to see everyone. The Hooper clan was up from Arkansas. I haven’t seen most of them in 10-15 years. Kevin (and kids) and Christine were down from Wisconsin. There were about 60-70 people there. It was a good [...]
First presidential debate was boring as hell. Don’t know who won, and don’t really care. I just wanted to go to sleep. Didn’t learn very much that I didn’t know. McCain never even looked at Obama. I think there is genuine hatred there. Ha. If I were staying in town, I would just vote for [...]
I was a very good student up until high school. I was pretty smart and could coast through classes with little effort and get an “A.” That is what is expected of a student isn’t it? I got an “A” so my job was complete. Did I learn everything? Well, I did in subjects that [...]
Met up with Laura today and she told me to come to the writing class. These were the group that I studied with while I was in intro through level three. I really wanted to continue on with them, but it was just too much at the time. I was hoping to get back into [...]
Well it is the first day of Autumn, my favorite season. I can feel the energy building in the air. Life is amazing this time of year. I wonder what it will be like in Qatar. There isn’t really the big shift in weather like we get here in Chicago. I am guessing that the [...]
Cubs won today to clinch a playoff berth. It has been an incredible year for them. I have seen good teams in the past, but this is the most complete one that I have seen the Cubs field. Zambrano pitched a no hitter last week, Geovani Soto is going for Rookie of the Year, Ramirez [...]
Forgot to mention that my move to Qatar has been delayed. They are still working on getting my work visa approved. It seems like things are taking a little longer than normal since it is Ramadan. I really want to get started on work over there. One of the good things to come out of [...]
Went out with Laura and her mother for dinner in Evanston. She is the one who pointed out the job to me at Northwestern. She is always looking at the site for a job for herself and saw this one and thought that I would be good for this one. I did a big project [...]
Sold my TV so that I would have enough money to make a trip to see some old friends and colleagues down in Champaign/Urbana. This was the first trip back with Virginia and Joy since the birth. Had some dinner with Jason Pankoke. He seems to be doing some interesting new projects. I look forward [...]
Met up with Doug Jones this afternoon. Love hanging out with him. His friend DJ met us out. Never met DJ before, but he seemed like a really great guy. We talked a lot about TV, friends, life, and Winston Churchill. Went to the Poster shop after meeting up for coffee. I loved some of [...]