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Happy Birthday Charity

Oct 2nd

I have to go to Toledo this afternoon. This does not excite me.

Oct 1st

Feels like fall this morning.

Oct 1st

Enjoying a Tazo Green Tea with Herbal Infusion to get me through this lecture. Ugh.

Oct 1st

Finished lesson one. 9/10. Time for bed.

Oct 1st

Working on Life Care Planning course. What fun!

Oct 1st

Just got back from walking @broadwaychica09 to her English Comp class.

Sep 30th

Is there a stat on hedge fund redemptions today and/or employment blood letting in that sector? I am...

Sep 30th

Wringing the last few billable hours out of this month.

Sep 30th

Banks do not need relief from mark to market. They need to get that crap off their balance sheets.

Sep 30th

Couldn’t agree more with @howardlindzon. The economy is in the toilet, go start a company.

Sep 30th

Just had a nice discussion with my boss on whether to continue using National City as they may not...

Sep 30th

Going to pick Gabri up from school.

Sep 30th

L’Shana Tova

Sep 30th

Lots to do today and nowhere to go.

Sep 30th

Twits and Blogs posted on the bailout bill remind me of the phrase about opinions and belly buttons...

Sep 30th

At dinner with friends. Hope $amex can cover my bill without the bailout.

Sep 30th

Great Quotes in History

Sep 30th

Reading really smart people’s take on the market http://tinyurl.com/3laqve

Sep 29th

Regarding Market Turmoil/Bailout/Etc.

Sep 29th

Bailout bill failed in the House. Commodities prices are going through the floor. $Gold up sharply....

Sep 29th

$aapl is down over $21. I wish I had money to buy a significant stake.

Sep 29th

National City Bank next to fail/be bought $NCC down 57% today.

Sep 29th

In Light Of the House No Vote Today

Sep 29th

I noticed the WNBA finals were coming up. Does anyone even care? I didn’t even know they had...

Sep 29th

Must get ready for work. Not feeling it today.

Sep 29th

Watching/reading about the bailout this morning. I wish someone would bail me out.

Sep 28th

Twitter search for Mets collapse. Terrific. http://tinyurl.com/4f22nr

Sep 28th

Drove home last night from NY instead of waiting on a next day flight. Very happy with that...

Sep 27th

Watching football while my 5 year-old sleeps on my lap. So good to be home.

Sep 27th

RIP- Paul Newman. Graduated from Kenyon College in Gambier in 1949. He spoke at their commencement a...

Sep 27th

Home Sweet Home

Sep 27th

Absolutely miserable weather in New York today.

Sep 27th

Eating at my favorite diner in New York.

Sep 26th

Looking for a show for tomorrow night.

Sep 26th

Bag has not made it from the uber sheik Hudson Hotel front desk to my room. Uh, this is a problem....

Sep 26th

People watching in the Hudson Hotel lobby. Fascinating.

Sep 26th

Noted- the Hudson Hotel is far hipper than I am.

Sep 25th

Heading out and about in New York before the weather turns ugly.

Sep 25th

Watching dude get cuffed and stuffed in Times Square. Definitely not his day.

Sep 25th

At Patroon on the UES. Lots of old money here (and me).

Sep 25th

Varsity People Watching

Sep 25th

Irrational Fear

Sep 25th

Flight delayed. Feel this is the first of many delays. Bummer.

Sep 25th

Thinking of extending my NYC trip by a day due to the storm.

Sep 25th

Has a throbbing headache.

Sep 25th

Okay, stop me if you’ve heard this one before: CMH-LGA

Sep 25th

You know your flight was rough when the captain apologizes for it. Not good times!

Sep 25th

Time to go to the airport.

Sep 25th

It’s supposed to rain like crazy this afternoon in NYC. Nuts.

Sep 25th

Packing for tomorrow. Have a meeting and then to the airport. Have a great night.

Sep 25th

Booking car service for my trip to NYC tomorrow.

Sep 24th

More on the LIRR

Sep 24th

Extraordinary of OHP on I-71 north of Columbus this morning.

Sep 24th

We have Spaghetti-Os in the house! FTW!

Sep 24th

Later all. Early meeting in Columbus tomorrow. Hope tomorrow is as awesome as today was.

Sep 24th

Had fabulous Chinese for dinner tonight with our small group study. Outstanding.

Sep 24th

Off to Columbus.

Sep 24th

My son’s vanilla pudding tastes like Play-Doh. Not good times!

Sep 23rd

Epic FAIL http://tinyurl.com/54dg6t

Sep 23rd

Economy FAIL

Sep 23rd

Think about this before your next round of layoffs....

Sep 23rd

Quit Kidding Yourself!

Sep 23rd

Anyone know if you can convert a print WSJ subscription to a digital one? I am traveling too much to...

Sep 23rd

Guy over a my neighbor’s house is wearing a coat and gloves this morning. Dude, it’s...

Sep 23rd

LIRR Follow-Up

Sep 23rd

Doing litigation leg work.

Sep 23rd

Watching House Hunters on hulu with my kids. We are real estate junkies.

Sep 23rd

Good night all.

Sep 23rd

The Week that Is

Sep 23rd

Creating Followers of Jesus or Church...

Sep 22nd

On A Lighter Note

Sep 22nd

That last tweet was done about 8:30 this morning. Bizarre.

Sep 22nd

The First Church of Losers

Sep 22nd

Coffee and scone at BG Starbucks on my way back to the office.

Sep 22nd

At the ortho center at UT Medical Center is morning. They are a model of efficiency.

Sep 22nd

Number 20 at the BMV. Ugh.

Sep 22nd

At a reception at church for one of our ministers who is moving to Florida.

Sep 22nd

Going to a meeting in Toledo at 8 AM. That’s right, Toledo at 8. Ugh.

Sep 22nd

We retrieved the last of our frozen food from friends today. Hard to believe one week ago that all...

Sep 21st

LIRR=The Most Dangerous Job in America?

Sep 21st

The Lion King

Sep 21st

Waiting for the Lion King to start. May catch a quick nap. Seats at the Ohio Theater are comfy.

Sep 21st

Act 1 of the Lion King = INCREDIBLE!

Sep 21st

Visual appraisal- lots of Blackberries. No iPhones. Don’t know if that means anything or not....

Sep 21st

Heading to Columbus. Going to see the Lion King with the family today.

Sep 20th

It makes me laugh http://tinyurl.com/4qxk7o

Sep 20th

Got a card from Verizon for the Blackberry Storm. I am intrigued.

Sep 20th

Econ 201

Sep 20th

Simple. Yet Profound.

Sep 20th

At the park with my five year old. My wireless network reaches across the street and half way down...

Sep 20th

Nothing to watch. May switch to reading.

Sep 20th

Just valued our company on YouNoodle.com. Very pleased.

Sep 20th

Off to renew my driver’s license (yes, I’m aware that I’m a couple of days late on...

Sep 20th

Knox County BMV doesn’t have power yet. So much for that great idea.

Sep 20th

Roadtrip for ice cream? I think so.

Sep 20th

My book on the fall of Bear Stearns came today. Kind of spooky.

Sep 19th

Productivity is just not happening today. It’s amazing how three days without power can...

Sep 19th

Note- before pronouncing your business “recession proof”, remember that that standard is...

Sep 19th

Listening to FatBoy Slim. No, I can’t believe I’m typing this either.

Sep 19th

No longer reading news. Far too depressing. I need to get to work and do my part to stimulate the...

Sep 19th

Good night, friends. See you tomorrow.

Sep 19th

Enjoying @fredwilson ‘s Web 2.0 presentation.

Sep 19th

Happy Birthday Michael

Sep 19th

Have coffee, computer, news, blogs… Yep, we are back to normal. Good times!

Sep 19th

Forgot how to work with the three days off. Eyes are starting to cross.

Sep 19th

My feed reader is finally empty- 224 feeds later.

Sep 19th

Alright kids, the office will be back in full swing tomorrow. Calling it a night.

Sep 19th

Enjoying not going to bed at 9:30 tonight.

Sep 19th

Drinking coffee and watching video. It’s good to not be Amish anymore.

Sep 19th

Looking at bikes for my son’s birthday.

Sep 19th

My son and his friend are yelling and playing in the back yard. I believe that’s how kids are...

Sep 19th

What Ike Hath Wrought

Sep 18th

Cable is still out. Air card was a prescient investment.

Sep 17th

My fax machine is ringing. It is a happy sound.

Sep 17th

Guys from Pike Electric in North Carolina working in front of my house. Cross your fingers.

Sep 17th

Side note- @broadwaychica09 is very happy to have said North Carolinians (and their accents) in the...

Sep 17th

There are electric trucks in my neighborhood. Maybe they heard my griping last night.

Sep 17th

Just received my Gator-link ID info from the U of Florida. Feel dirty.

Sep 17th

Eating pizza with my kids in the front yard. Bought an Air Card from Verizon so I can get some work...

Sep 17th

I am 40 today. Off to buy prunes.

Sep 17th

AEP estimates full restoration of power by midnight Sunday? Really? A week to turn the power back...

Sep 17th

On my way to Massillon. Still no power.

Sep 17th

After 72 hours, power just kicked back on. Bully!

Sep 17th

The Big 4-0

Sep 17th

Still Living Amish

Sep 17th

I get that the no electricity thing is an inconvenience vs. a hardship but as a work at home person...

Sep 16th

I believe @10tv is hovering over my (still Amish) hood in the MtV.

Sep 16th

I hear that the power is supoposed to be on in Mount Vernon by noon. They have 20 minutes left. I...

Sep 16th

Still no power. More reading today I guess.

Sep 16th

Reading David Einhorn’s excellent book.

Sep 16th

AEP drove down my street… and kept driving. Curses!

Sep 16th

Can’t sleep due to sound of generator next door. Now in hour 38 withiout power.

Sep 16th

Another night sans electric. The novelty is now gone.

Sep 16th

They are just now cutting up the tree that fell over our phone and cable lines.

Sep 15th

Still now power. Heading into hour 22. This bites.

Sep 15th

Getting ready to switch to second Blackberry battery. Still Amish.

Sep 15th

Cell service restored. Neighbors have generator. Hate them.

Sep 15th

Still no power in MtV. The tree laying across the power line has been taped off. I find a chain saw...

Sep 15th

Blackberry emails are working fine. Cell phone and data are spotty. Don’t get this at all.

Sep 15th

Ike Comes to Ohio

Sep 15th

Power is now out. Goody. Playing Amish tonight.

Sep 15th

Still no power in the MtV. Our street looks like a war zone.

Sep 15th

Wife made a stellar dinner for today. Will commence gorging myself.

Sep 15th

Something cinnamony is being baked in the kitchen. This bodes well for me.

Sep 15th

Off to church.

Sep 15th

Power is flickering on and off due to high winds. Wonder if it will hold out.

Sep 15th

No school in MtV tomorrow.

Sep 15th

Checking out now. No cell. No electric. Data on BB spotty. Good times!

Sep 15th

Quoted: Edward I. Koch

Sep 14th

Received some great business news today.

Sep 14th

Dear soccer dad: these kids are four and five. SHUT UP!

Sep 13th

Gabri’s team won, 3-1! Blog post on soccer dads forthcoming.

Sep 13th

Taking the five year old to soccer. Pics to follow.

Sep 13th

Finishing my continuing education course. I do much better with some sleep.

Sep 13th

Watching movies. The weekend is here.

Sep 13th

Internet is just dreadful tonight. Thank you Time Warner.

Sep 13th

Working on a continuing education course on Social Security. What an exciting life I lead.

Sep 13th

Reflections from Fantasyland

Sep 13th

Clicking through the Hype Machine. Great fun on a Friday afternoon.

Sep 12th

This appointment is like the live version of Stairway to Heaven. Just when you think it’s...

Sep 12th

Service at Bob Evans on Tuttle this morning = FAIL

Sep 12th

Had the time of my appointment wrong. Well, at least I can get breakfast while I wait.

Sep 12th

I think I saw a parade of animals walking two-by-two…

Sep 12th

Time to go to Columbus. May shut down the week after this meeting.

Sep 12th

Off to bed. Good night all.

Sep 12th

For having been gone (which normally kills me), this has been a pretty productive week.

Sep 12th

Just noticed the taxes on my airline ticket are nearly 20% of the fare. Does that seem a little...

Sep 11th

Taking Gabri to school. A perk of being home.

Sep 11th

Now to catch up on all of the work the traveling brings on.

Sep 11th

Made it to Dublin with time to spare.

Sep 11th

Finally home after 150 hour day including 2 hours flying and 7 hours driving. Yeah, let’s not...

Sep 11th

September 11

Sep 11th

LGA-CMH (side note- the flight attendant and I recognized each other. Probably a bad sign).

Sep 10th

Landed in Columbus. Now on my way to Toledo.

Sep 10th

At my appointment in Toledo. Nothing caps off a two hour flight like a three hour drive. Shoot me...

Sep 10th

Need to get from Findlay to Columbus in two hours for a business dinner. Yes we can!

Sep 10th

Found Pat Benatar on the radio- I am now 17 again.

Sep 10th

Feel much better this morning but American canceled my flight and put me on one three hours later....

Sep 10th

Dinner did not agree with me. Feeling somewhat better after laying in hotel room for a couple hours....

Sep 10th

Going across the Manhattan bridge toward LGA.

Sep 10th

Perhaps you’ve traveled somewhere too much when your kids have every souvenier fro Hudson...

Sep 10th

Speaking of Greenwich Village- going to walk off dinner now.

Sep 10th

Heading out for one last fun evening in NYC (until two weeks from now).

Sep 10th

Finally back to my room. Interesting driving in NYC today. Didn’t hit any cars but took out...

Sep 10th

If I am not in a wreck at some point in this cab ride it will be a miracle.

Sep 10th

NY Governor David Paterson says referring to Barack Obama as a community organizer are racist....

Sep 10th

Dinner at Agave, West Village.

Sep 10th

Wardrobe malfunction=trip back to hotel=running late=FAIL

Sep 10th

In Other News

Sep 10th

Watching football in my hotel room. Big day tomorrow.

Sep 9th

http://twitpic.com/as38 - View from my hotel room, looking north across Houston.

Sep 9th

At Salt in the West Village for dinner.

Sep 9th

Going to attempt driving in Manhattan today. Not too excited about that.

Sep 9th

Greetings from NYC

Sep 8th

CMH-LGA (again).

Sep 8th

Hello New York City

Sep 8th

So much to do, so little time. Have a plane to catch this afternoon.

Sep 8th

Pros/Cons of going to NYC during fashion week: Pros- tons of emaciated Eurotrash models, Cons- not a...

Sep 8th

Um, the plane that’s supposed to leave in 45 minutes isn’t here yet. Not a good sign....

Sep 8th

What does it say about the airline industry when we expect next to nothing and they constantly...

Sep 8th

Great interview by Gene Simmons of KISS http://tinyurl.com/6d286u

Sep 8th

Really enjoying journaling. Like therapy only vastly less expensive.

Sep 8th

Got to bolt- back later.

Sep 8th

Going to NYC tomorrow. My SoHo hotel is actually LES. This could be dicey.

Sep 8th

Just walked in on a 5/13 Manning? What’s up with that?

Sep 8th

Side note, not following Bengals, Browns, or Steelers. After years of NFL apathy, I declare myself...

Sep 8th

Tired for no good reason

Sep 7th

Having eggplant parmigiana for dinner. Excellent.

Sep 6th

It appears Ohio State has woken up.

Sep 6th

Not watching Ohio State. I feel dirty.

Sep 6th

Another frustrated writer is born http://donaldryan.net/2008/09/06/journaling/

Sep 6th

Journaling

Sep 6th

WSJ.com Link Love

Sep 6th

Ohio- One of the Most Affordable States

Sep 6th

Very, very quiet this morning. Wonderful.

Sep 6th

Also, uninstalled IE 8 update. A little too unstable right now.

Sep 5th

Two days of Chrome, back to Firefox. It was fun while it lasted.

Sep 5th

So glad the conventions are over. Back to regularly scheduled programming. Watched the...

Sep 5th

In Other Developments

Sep 5th

First Day of School

Sep 5th

Best. Quote. Ever.

Sep 5th

Wednesday Junior Youth

Sep 4th

Giving serious thought to de-twittering until after the election. Reasonable people turning not so...

Sep 4th

It is TUESDAY! This is going to screw me up all week.

Sep 4th

I really hope someone is taking a beating on this...

Sep 4th

Ten business days to unsubscribe from email newsletters? Really? Methinks this is a load.

Sep 4th

Creating a new basket on my desk called “Things I really need to look at but today isn’t...

Sep 4th

Calgon, Take Me Away

Sep 3rd

On Your Mark, Get Set…

Sep 2nd

Succeeding at being very lazy today.

Sep 1st

Getting office back in shape. Heading to our neighbors for a cook-out.

Sep 1st

Back from dinner. Lived next to neighbors for 10 years. Great folks. First time we’ve ever had...

Sep 1st