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Saturday, December 07, 2002

Ideas of Love

I read something in an unreliable place. Studies have shown that people are most likely to make a 'love connection' on a first date. I do not know what studies this person is talking about. I am not sure if they are real or made up. I am not sure if I should believe it, there might be studies that say the opposite.

The truth is that this idea scares the living hell out of me. I cannot be sure it is right, but it makes sense to me. I cannot tell you the last time I made a good first impression on a woman. I am not sure about making that love connection. I guess my strategy of wearing women down, like stones in a river, will not work. I have some rethinking to do.

- Rich, 11:30 PM |

Friday, December 06, 2002

Thankful

Last year Jeremy asked me to make a list of things I am thankful for. I missed publishing this list for Thanksgiving day. I think this is different then the list of my 100 favorite things. I try not to put anything marginal on this list. These are all things that mean something important to my life.

employment, apartment, running car, air travel, family, friends, somewhere to watch the Eagles game very Sunday, health, blogger, worldwide communication, Internet, parents, my sense of the world, my intellect, computer with bells and whistles, health insurance, people I know, general condition of my life.

Tell me what makes you thankful.

- Rich, 8:55 AM |

Thursday, December 05, 2002

How I treat my time

Sometimes I think I know what my problem is. I treat my time like it is not precious. I know that I should be treating my time better, but I still do not do it. Sitting around watching television, you would think that I would never die. Either that or you would think I have no goals in this world. I act like there is nothing for me to accomplish.

I have so many ideas bumping around my head. I have thoughts about stories and projects that would be great. I feel there is a good novel or a good screenplay up there just waiting to be tapped. Still I just sit on the couch watching television.

I am not sure what the best way is to get these ideas out of my head. I wish I worked with people who knew how to use my ideas. I would give a few of them away to see them developed. I would learn how to develop the rest of myself. These are the moments I feel like I am in the wrong part of the world.

- Rich, 12:31 AM |

Wednesday, December 04, 2002

No one to give me a massage

I need a good massage. My neck and shoulders have been tight for a long time. Being a single man, I have no one to give me a massage. I wish I had a sweet woman to come home to and rub down my back. If I asked the people I do know, they would just look at me funny.

I am always afraid to go to a random massage parlor. I feel that I have no way of knowing what kind of place I am going to. I do not want to go to a massage parlor that the vice squad is watching. I am not smart enough to know the difference on my own.

One of the guys I work with told me I should check out Watercourse Way. It is a spa in ritzy Palo Alto. It is the kind of place a Silicon Valley CEO buys a day pass for his wife or mistress. It is a little pricy, but I would love to go there sometime.

Tell me if you have ever heard of this place. Should I go there?

- Rich, 10:58 PM |

Tuesday, December 03, 2002

Blogs of Interest

I like blogs with a sense of place. Place is an idea that we too often overlook in America. We are too ready to say that every place is the same. I know that is not true. I want to read about what it is like to be someplace else. SurfaceCity is a blog mostly about Boston. I think you could learn something about Boston if you read SurfaceCity long enough.

- Rich, 11:02 PM |

Monday, December 02, 2002

Cars that don't suck.....up gas

I know that I am at least a year or two away from buying a new car. When I buy that new car, I want something that will get great gas milage. Some of the cars on this list are already cars that I have been looking at.

Which one of the cars on this list would you own?

- Rich, 9:46 AM |

Sunday, December 01, 2002

Bad meetings

Where I work we give people a hard time when an Instant Message window pops up during a presentation. I am not sure what would happen in a meeting if a guy popped this off. It would be a moment you would remember forever. It would be a bad situation if the pictures were not illegal.

- Rich, 12:12 PM |

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