Daily Archives Monday, November 2008

Maskerade, Feet of Clay, Hogfather, Jingo, The Last Continent and The Celestine Prophecy…

I’ve read a five more of the Discworld series.
Maskerade: The witches get involved in a Phantom of the Opera plot.
Feet of Clay : The City Watch are involved in a detective story involving Golems, men made out of clay.
Hogfather : Death takes over the role of the Hogfather and leaves his granddaughter to carry on [...]

An Interesting Week Ahead

No, I’m not talking about the US election, which I will be so happy to see in the rear view mirror.
I’m talking about conferences. Paul and I are at Defrag in Denver Monday and Tuesday. Paul is giving a session this afternoon, and though I haven’t seen the slides yet, it’s going to be something [...]

ignorati

Occasionally, I commute into London on South West Trains. I normally listen to music or podcasts during the half hour commute into Waterloo.Whenever I buy a ticket at the station, I always pause the music and remove my earphones. This is for two reason…

Elections and Jury Duty: A Good Week to be an American

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I am sitting here in the Juror Auditorium at the Hillsborough County courthouse. I was picked for jury duty. I’m 42 years old and have been driving since I was 15 (jurors are picked from motor vehicle …