Monthly Archives: March 2005

Oklahoma: Well, the people are very nice. I’m not sure they’re used to our east coast mentality. My boss and I were at an italian restaurant in Oklahoma Cities and had just ordered, when my boss got an “emergency” email … Continue reading →

Even with the Kansas loss mentioned below, my NCAA picks for the first two rounds weren’t bad at all. I’m winning the Mellman Group office pool, running in the 98th percentile in ESPN, and moving up in the all-important family … Continue reading →

Bucknell?! Where the heck is Bucknell?! I’ve barely even heard of them! And their mascot: what is that even supposed to be?! Damn them. My bracket is ruined…after the second day! While I have a decent 65 percentile in the … Continue reading →

Between focus groups in Philadelphia (Monday) and Baltimore (Tuesday), West Wing night yesterday, visiting the University of Michigan over the next two days, Jenna’s party on Saturday, and Oklahoma focus groups next week, I almost would have gone 11 days … Continue reading →

Thursday, CH and I went to Politics and Prose, where Jennifer Gordon was reading from and aswering questions about her book, Suburban Sweatshops. C-Span was there (I presume for Book TV, on the deuce) and being the media whore I … Continue reading →

Last night was a Mellman Group poker night, and I played poker the best way I know how: playing with someone else’s money. I spotted a coworker the $20 buy-in fee and played some of her hands while she finished … Continue reading →

When I was a kid, my Mom had in her study the largest book I had ever seen: the Merriam-Webster unabridged dictionary. I remember the spine being about 8 inches long, but since I was smaller back then my scale … Continue reading →

I started the weekend off with contradancing. Counter to coworker’s prediction, there were more boys than girls in our group. The dance was held in Glen Echo Park, and over 200 dancers attended (with the gender ratio about even). To … Continue reading →

Cool new feature from our friends at Google (maybe this is what JonK was working on?): weather 22202.   Sat42° | 31° UPDATE: JonK’s project did launch: Google’s busniess center is now open for businnes.

The snow has already melted, but I had lots of fun with the white stuff when it was on the ground. Monday, during work hours, I was practically bouncing off the walls waiting to get outside. Unfortunately, coworkers and I … Continue reading →