Blogging again quickly on a Thursday morning. Tons going on and I'll be popping in here and there all day as I take care of tasks ahead of me.

A little shocked but really not surprised by the news that the Justice Department is settling with Microsoft. It was well known that if Bush got into office, Microsoft would win this case or this case would go away. It's that simple. Is it the right decision? No. But was the fix in worse than a boxing scenario? You bet your buttons, buster.

7:38 PM
The long awaited Meeting Leo story:

Yesterday started for me at about 5:45 AM, I showered quickly and was out the door by 6:15 AM. Not exactly sure why I was going. I mean I've never been the biggest Leo fan in the world, it was a 5 hour drive and I could be working. But there are days when you just have to say the heck with it ...

Got to Evil James' house in Hershey by about 8:15 AM and we were on the road by 8:30. My little Microsoft travel planner software had us leaving at 9 am and getting there at around noon, so I figured that it would give us time to get lost or stop for breakfast. Wasn't sure why Evil James was going either, since he doesn't even have TechTV and had no idea who Leo was (other than a guy in the strip), but I didn't really ask.

11/11/01 12:25 AM

Writing late at night on the last day of total freedom I have in a while. My folks have been visiting my sister for the last 5 days or so and I've had the house to myself. It's been nice and quiet, and other than a visit from Evil James today, it's been relatively uneventful.

As I write this we're about 26 minutes into the 2nd month after the attacks of 911. It's kind of strange how the world has changed, yet really, we're still going on.

12:40 AM
Whew.

Writing at the end of a very long day, which ends a very long week of a very long month in a year that I hope to god forget one day.

Today was black Friday at TechTV.

Checked in during chat this morning to see what was up. I was dazed from hauling wood this morning. Noticed that there was no one on at the chat desk, which is weird for Friday afternoons.

2:19 PM

It's the Monday after and it feels weird. So sharing random thoughts before I go back to work ...

Techlive came on at it's normal time at 9 am and went for about an hour and a half. Erica Hill hosted mainly a collection of pre-taped segments from the old chat desk instead of the news desk. There were reviews of the Gamecube by Adam & Ray and an interview with Jack Myers. So That's 4 people for sure that we know of who are still there. The annoying ticker was still there, but you know, it could have been pre-taped because it felt so cold and robotic that I don't know if I'll watch it again.

12:04 AM

Writing late at night at the end of another bad week around here.

Jumping right in here, the majority of the week was spent worrying about my dad. Early in the week he started passing out and falling down. Since he's well over 250 lbs. neither my mom nor myself could get him back on his feet. Even when it was both of us we'd have trouble getting him back up.