Entries from June 2005

BBQ, booze, and beach

Date June 13, 2005

The weekend turned out better than I could have expected, and short of bringing along my camera (why do I have that thing if I’m not going to use it, anyway?) I wouldn’t have changed a thing.
Friday after work I headed over to Paddy’s with a few of my coworkers and we had some drinks, [...]

Get behind me Satan

Date June 10, 2005

It’s been a week of ups and downs. More ups, I like to think, but the downs have been largely conspicuous at times.
GOOD: Erika’s birthday was this week. I was at a bit of a loss of what to give her, and most of my ideas had somehow fallen through. My first [...]

My titles never serve as teasers of the content within.

Date June 5, 2005

I began writing an entry Thursday evening after I got back from a jog at Commonwealth Lake near my apartment, but as I logged in and started my entry, the phone rang. Erika was on her way to a meeting with a financial advisor, and she said she had a huge favor to ask [...]

About last night….

Date June 1, 2005

I tend to avoid political stuff for the most part except for odd comments now and then because I don’t want to be one of “those people” who write blogs and do nothing more than spout opinion rather than report facts. Op/Ed writers aren’t journalists, in my book, but simply writers. A journalist [...]