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2003 01 14 tom Comments (0)

Anne and I had a busy but useful weekend. Friday night we joined the Usual Suspects for dinner at Joyce’s. Maddy apparently used up most of her sick baby fitfulness during the day, so was able to make an appearance and steal the limelight once again. Ian cooked up a very nice chicken dish and […]

2003 01 13 tom Comments (0)

Apparently a backlash against S.U.V.’s is picking up momentum. Can’t come too soon for me: it’s ridiculous (1) that these things are treated as pickups (2) that pickups are allowed to have crappy fuel mileage and (3) that governments aren’t making reduction of oil usage a national priority. There are now a couple of ads […]

2003 01 08 tom Comments (0)

Third post of the day on this topic. Check out this wonderful article on the current state of the liberal movement in the U.S.. God knows how or why, but the NYTimes seems to have put it in the Travel section. Hilarious. Here’s an important part of this article: One chilly evening in late November, […]

2003 01 07 tom Comments (0)

There was a time a few years ago when my job forced me to start figuring out how to manage people, not something I had any experience with and not something to which my INTJ personality was well-suited. I bought and read a number of books on managing technical people. It turns out that one […]

2003 01 07 tom Comments (0)

The NY Times Magazine on the weekend had a long, rambling essay about American empire, written by Michael Ignatieff. It’s as good a summary of the state of the world today as I’ve read recently. I tend to agree with most of what Ignatieff has to say. In brief, he argues that whether or not […]

2003 01 07 tom Comments (0)

Star Wars Origami. Some people definitely need to have less free time.

2003 01 04 tom Comments (0)

Happy 2003! I’m back at work, though today is very quiet. It’s been a lovely break, but all good things must end. After a day of recovery, Anne and I went to her parents’ place in Georgetown on Sunday for two nights. We had a really nice time, slightly marred by me coming down with […]

2003 01 02 tom Comments (0)

Just a quick note to say Happy New Year to everyone… I hope you have a wonderful 2003! 2002 was very good to me. I’m giving thanks this year for many things, but chief among them my wonderful girlfriend Anne, who’s been making my life very happy for the last few months. I’m also grateful […]

2002 12 31 tom Comments (0)

We’re back! Anne and I got back to Canada on Friday after a wonderful week in England. The photos are here. We started out on the 20th by picking up our rental car, a lovely little Peugeot, and driving to my grandmother’s place in Cuckfield. There, we settled into the tower room in the house […]

2002 12 29 tom Comments (0)