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Heading to Vegas tomorrow... which would be fun if it weren't for work. Oh, well, it's my own fault. I picked Vegas as the spot for our meeting, so I shouldn't be too irritated. I'd only be getting irritated at myself, and that smacks of schizophrenic. And that couldn't be good.

Before I leave, a quick note on a Hopeful I just stumbled across, Ireland_...
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Half the week is gone, and I've been able to spend it all at HOME! What a nice change of pace...

Love to you all...

--- THW

Damn, it's been a while. But I have an excuse. You guessed it -- more travel. I was gone Friday-to-Friday to Seattle. And I have two or three more cross-country Seattle trips to go before the end of Spring. Plust a couple of trips to Vegas. It's all getting to be a bit much. I usually only travel around my little neck of the woods....
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The San Fran trip was fun, but tiring. Fortunately I caught an earlier flight home and made it back by 7pm instead of 11pm. Much nice!

It was a relaxing weekend. I watched my TiVo (love that thing) and played my Xbox. I got to play several different games, and COD4 is everything it's cracked up to be in online play. Quite intense. I also...
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So I finally played the Call of Duty 4 single player game this weekend, and it is a really stunning game. The shocking and intense parts are pretty much the whole game. I tore through it and wrapped it up in one weekend, and managed to nab some nifty Achievements along the way.

The good news is I have a pretty good feel for the...
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I have been sick... Since Sunday, I've felt aches and pains and tingling skin (not the good kind, either) all over my body. I went about my business on Monday, but that knocked me down. I ended up calling in sick yesterday and today. No fun.

Fortunately my doctor wrote a script for some anibiotics. They taste terrible, are as large as any drug I've...
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I finally finished all the Mass Effect Achievements today. It took the better part of a fourth (yes, fourth) playthrough, so I decided to go ahead and finish it up a fourth time. What a fun game!

Now I am on to Call of Duty 4. I'm looking forward to this one. But first a business trip this entire week, so COD4 will have to...
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Hump day... Today's interviews did not result in a hire, so the pressure continues to build. Our Vegas meeting planning, on the other hand, is shaping up nicely. We have a pretty solid agenda and most folks are buying in.

I still need ideas for "team building" and a dinner venue suggestion. Anyone?

So... Work starts in earnest tomorrow. The first full week back from holiday. Honestly, I would love to be independently wealthy so I could just spend all my time at home enjoying my family, reading books (just started The Amber Room by Steve Berry), and playing games. But I gotta eat, so I gotta work.

Work this week will involve wrapping up some final reporting...
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Well, I'm not off to a great start to 2008... My first day back at work was Thursday, 1/3. I put in a good, solid day, but my inbox was *so* full from taking 10 days off that I didn't get everything cleared out before leaving. So I got home, had dinner, and then got back to work around 6pm... and didn't finish until 11p....
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