8:27 PM PDT — Early warning: I'm off to the east coast again this weekend so updates will likely be sparse. I'll get to hang with my pal Frank too. Unfortunately, he's taken umbrage at me not mentioning him here. So here goes. Frank, Frank, Frank, Frank, Frank, Frank.

Let him know I did this, okay?

9:34 AM PDT — I noticed IBM's graffiti ads all over my hood last week. At the time, I wondered how they got away with it. And more importantly, why they bothered.

4:50 PM PDT — Just watch.

11:06 PM PDT — Too busy to update during the day. Too tired to update in the evening. Welcome to my world.

More proof that we're living through 1991 a second time: A friend announces he's sero-converted. Definitely the bad kind of retro.

5:07 PM PDT — SF municipal employees will soon be covered for sex changes. There's gotta be a joke in there someplace.

9:15 AM PDT — Yes, I'm back from the East. Actually, I landed as planned on Monday night. Just haven't had the energy to string together words here. Sorry. I must have caught the apathy bug that's going around.

9:08 PM PDT — I'll likely go quiet again for several days. More work duties. Though nothing dramatic this time. No, I simply have to visit a client's facility in the wilds of New Jersey on a location scouting trip.

1:44 PM PDT — Oh jeez, what a week. Work is newly energized. A good thing, until you're faced with the specter of the cleaning lady appearing in your office doorway to announce that she's finished and oh by the way remember to lock up on your way out.

(I'm not even going to touch on delightful conversational bon mots tossed off by the graveyard-shift lobby security guy with the funny haircut.)

Yes, the world of advertising remains as glamorous as ever.

10:03 AM PDT — One more thing no one needs in the morning: crawfish-flavored potato chips.

10:00 AM PDT — Viewing PDFs on your Palm? That has to fall in the category of stupid technology trick.

9:50 PM PDT — Now I know I said this was a fresh start and all but there is some sad news. The digicam is temporarily disabled. Seems the latch on the compact flash card compartment has given up the ghost so it will be making a visit to the Canon repair depot in the great state of Illinois. Until the triumphant return, you'll have to be satisfied with web cam captures.

I know, life is tough.

9:42 PM PDT — I'm a bit giddy this evening. Went to see the accountant (Yes, my accountant has a site. Not sure how I feel about that.) today and learned I'm in for a healthy refund. Whew. Big relieve. I had been sweating this one out in part because last year's bonus was paid in cash with no withholding.

9:19 PM PDT — Okay. Time for a fresh start.

10:39 PM PDT — Well the unpleasantness is over. Hopefully for a long time. Still, I'd like to I'll go crawl in a hole.

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