So I post this one in compensation.
My bosses’ youngest son just qualified to represent the US in the Olympics in Beijing next summer by winning the Men’s Modern Pentathlon at the Pan American games. We didn’t get much work done today because we kept hitting refresh on the PanAm site. He had a decent shoot, an okay fence, and won the swim. That put him going into the ride in third place. He went into the run in first place, and then all we could do was hit refresh constantly. Then Duncan’s phone rang, and he started screaming. It was his son saying, “Dad, I’m an…
I don’t know if I like New York or not. I spent some effort trying to decide, but it doesn’t matter. While Jonah’s working on the narratives, I thought I would observate a bit. As we drove away from the Denver airport, I noticed a light happy feeling that took a moment to place. I eventually realized that the feeling was one of escape. We escaped New York. I mentioned it to Joanna and she agreed. The top was down, the buildings were small, few and far between, the world was green and brown, and while it was currently hotter…
I got a summons for jury duty a couple weeks back. I was excited. Then Berck said, “It’s not during our trip to New York, is it?” We’re leaving Tuesday night and coming back on Monday next week. Sure enough, my date was for today. If I got selected for a trial, it would probably conflict with our trip. Not only that, but the way I think it works here is, you call on Friday evening to see if you show up on Monday morning. If you don’t have to show up on Monday, you have to come on Tuesday,…