The Aerie
Whoo, boy, that was a bit of a mistake.
One of the reasons (among many excuses) I haven't posted anything here
for a couple weeks has been to NOT ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VISIT! See, I
didn't anticipate my slideshow viewer would be such a success! I
posted a few pictures, sent the links to a very limited set of people
(well, and the world at large), and the next thing I knew, I was 'way
over my ISP's miserly bandwidth allocations!
That ends tonight, however, with the arbitrary passage of midnight of
the 31st of July, it's tabula rasa for the monthly bandwidth
limitation. And I'm taking some steps on my end to make my own
utilization more efficient.
Meanwhile it has been a zoo around here. We busted our butts trying to
get a proposal accepted at a large local manufacturer, but the fix was
in all along and we got turned down. Mind you, we under-bid the other
guys by 40%, so I'm pretty confident that the fix was in. But I'll
never know.
On the upside, we didn't get it, so I get my August back. Granted, I'm
broke, but at least I'm broke at my leisure. Got a million
business-related things I need to do, but hopefully I can take some
time off in there for a little relaxation.
Had a nice time last night. The writing group was over, and afterwards
Terry suggested we go get a beer at Molly Quinn's. A capital idea if
ever there was one, despite the fact that I had an 8:30 a.m. meeting
half an hour away. I ended up meeting Tam's beau, the elusive
rock-and-roll star Paul, and we had a great chat about adoption (we're
both adopted: I've searched and found, he hasn't). Closed the place
down at 1:30, but not till Paul showed off some of his acoustic guitar
licks on a borrowed instrument. And apparently he's entirely
self-taught.
I should do that more often, and it's a shame and a pity that I don't.
But then, the same could be said about getting to the gym, too.
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Posted by Albatross at July 31, 2002 12:00 AM