Weekend Relaxation

After what was a fairly stressful week at work – I have decided to take a bit of a mini-vacation this weekend. This will include putting together a 747-444, a massage, start reading a good book, sex, sleep, a nice bottle of wine, and a trip to Target.

Moving from behind bars

Consider it – you have decided to spend your life reporting the truth to the public for a common good. You have been successful and found your career brought you to be a reporter for the perfect bubble butt of all journalistic jobs – reporting for the NY Times. You have a conversation with a source, but decide that you have no intention to write a report about the conversation or information you have gathered. Now imagine that you are told by a court that you must either share that discussion in a grand jury or be thrown in jail until you do.

Judith Miller has been freed (after three months in jail) and will testify today to conclude an investigation of the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's name to the press. She was resolute in her defense that she was acting as a reporter and should be able to keep her source confidential. It seems like a pretty clear cut right that should be honored for the ultimate resolve to get truth from sources which ultimately communicates truth to the general public. But apparently legally it is not that simple. Yesterday, Judith got a personal waiver from her source to release the information which is why she has decided to testify. We will not be hearing from her about her 3 months in jail or her feelings on the subject until after that testimony. What will she say?

I got an early start

I got an early start this morning as I am spending the day in our corporate office today for an all day stretch of meetings. As such I don’t have a whole lot of time to put a thought provoking, funny, bitchy blog entry together this morning…so let me just leave you with this lovely image and say – have a great day!

Bankrupt!

Bankruptcy is one of those words that will create quite an emotional reaction – depending on what you are specifically talking about. If a potential boyfriend chooses to tell you he filed for bankruptcy, you might think “this guy has made some poor decisions in his life.” If a favorite clothing store goes bankrupt, you might run to get the latest styles for the cheapest price. If you are looking to buy a car, you are likely to not even consider going to with a brand that has recently announced bankruptcy. Why am I babbling about bankruptcy this morning? If you are planning to fly in a major airline in the US this week, did you realize that you have a better than 50% chance that your seat will be managed by a bankrupt company (ok – saying it nicely “in Chapter 11 protection”)? In less than two years the airline industries total fuel bill has more than doubled from $44bn in 2003 to what is estimated to be $97bn for 2005. This has resulted in some of the biggest airline players (most recently Delta and Northwest) to go running to the courthouse (and not for the rumored wedding). It is concerning that employees going to work today for these carriers are worried about their employment (not that it’s a new thing in the industry) rather than being focused on fixing the spring connected to the other thing connected to the rudder. I hope that we can finally wake up and get the teams together (corporate airlines with the assistance of our government) and figure out how we are going to address this issue over the long term. What do you think?

Cool Air

I’m feeling a bit groggy this morning after taking some sleepy cold medicine last night before going to bed. I started with a bit of a cold yesterday – or maybe just a bad case of the allergies – they seem to get worse as I get older. We encountered a fair bit of rain last night - it has been a while for us in the Northeast. This morning we awoke to a cool chill in the air – a sign of the fall approaching and the leaves to begin turning. I always say that I would love to live in California or Arizona because of the nice weather…although it’s on mornings like this that I feel very grateful that I live in a part of the country where the weather changes with the seasons. At least that’s how I will feel for the first few weeks until our doorsteps are covered with 3 feet of snow and it will take 30 minutes to prepare the car for transportation in the mornings. I guess the biggest struggle for me during the change of the seasons is the lack of the sun which has a direct effect on my mood. I can definitely get into the doldrums with the weather changes and although I’ve learned how to manage it very well, it is not a fun prospect to have to do so. For today I will simply enjoy the cool air and be grateful.

Happy 7'th Birthday Google!

Talking back to the news

World: Israel and Palestine – can we have progress without attacks?
Americas: F*ck you Rita!
Entertainment: Good for you Demi!
Business: What – no $5.00 a gallon?
Technology: Get your Firefox fixed.
Science: Warning to bee handlers – carry an extinguisher.
Health: To all the left handed women out there – get your mammogram today!
Sports: Tom and Adam are my heroes too…
Gay: Can you pass the civil unions 101 course?

Drunk Night

I seem to have misplaced a ring somewhere and I have an x marked on my hand. My sweetie, I, and friend Jim decided to go out to a local gay bar providing a “carnival” theme last night. The problem is that we arrived too early and were too interested in the clowns that joined us that we didn’t leave until it was too late. Needless to say I am rattling this blog entry as my fingers shake in their own control and I am still in a haze. It is rare when I either don’t know when to stop drinking or let myself get to the point where I have been for so long that I can’t walk straight – but there it is. I have to go and help a friend move today – some furniture lifting and the like, to assist me with the aspirin in getting out of this fog. I hope to have a less intoxicating entry for you tomorrow.