Monthly Archives: May 2005
Once.
With my 35th birthday coming up on Friday and with me off for the summer from school, there has never been a better time to fill up on my Amazon wishlist and send one or more gifts to yours truly.
Jetset.
Off for the week. Heading to the Quebec City region first for individual meetings followed by a 2 days of team meetings with the marketing crew. The I am off to Rimouski. Don;t turn right at Rivière-du-Loup. Keep driving for … Continue reading
Bullitt.
Previously had watched the car scene with the volume turned up on my Dolby 7.1-equipped receiver and correspondingly tricked out family room above the garage. BTW, looks right now like we won;t be doing the in-ground pool.
Cirque.
Left work early-ish to go down to the Old Port to see Cirque Du Soleil’s latest effort, Corteo…. After having seen ‘O’ a couple of years back though, it is hard to be blown away again.
Nada.
The only priorities are to plow through my backlog of 4 unfinished issues of The Economist…. Maybe take a crack at last month’s issue of Foreign Affairs, so as to make room for this month’s.
Evening.
With HCW™ away for the weekend, it cincumbs upon to me entertian myself. Luckily, The Movie Network is playing Soul Plane tonight.
Smart choice.
She had been too busy to do the grcoeries–her only responsibility–and so there was nothing to eat…. The first was to head home, take the dog out, and order 2 medium pizzas from the local joint.
Hophead.
A study commissioned by Hewlett-Packard cautions that data overload gives rise to a condition called “infomania,” in which a worker deluged with information experiences diminished concentration. Tests demonstrated that office workers inundated with phone calls, e-mail and other data inputs suffer a higher effective loss of IQ than marijuana smokers.
Bursary.
I somehow found time last night to write a cover letter as part of an application to win a bursary from the Quebec Association of MBAs. What wonderful projects one could consider with the winnings …
2 pounds.
I have put on 2 pounds in the last few weeks as a result of all the junk food I have been eating to keep up. The plan now is to use the remaining bit in my health balance account to buy a stationary bicycle and some free weights so I can work out from home either before or after the workday.