Posted 9:53 AM by Marco (0) comments

And you think NY potholes are huge? Be glad you do not live in the Czech Republic.

Posted 8:55 AM by Marco (0) comments

My cab arrived at 7:00 (on time for the first time), and we drove to Baltimore in the rain. I went to the Hyatt's gym (actually my last gym when I lived in Baltimore), and had a not-too-bad workout, although my shoulder was a bit balky. Also saw the old manager, whom I had not seen in five years or so. Slept so well, I did not get to our office until 0745.

Posted 12:33 PM by Marco (0) comments

Did Gore really say this? Did the Washington Post really print this Michael Kelly column? I guess Krauthammer had another couple of days to reflect. But kudos to the Washington Post for embracing diversity (at least among their opinion columnists).

Posted 12:02 PM by Marco (0) comments

Could the NYT be any more biased? Instead of the headline "Anti-Abortion Lobbyists Tying Up Bankruptcy-Overhaul Bill", they could have just as easily written that "Unrelated Pro-Abortion Provision Tying Up Bankruptcy-Overhaul Bill". What would be the odds of that? And I got my fifteen minutes of fame. I brought the headline to the attention of Opinion Journal.

Posted 12:00 PM by Marco (0) comments

It was cooler and almost dark this morning on the way to my 0651, which I made easily. The train arrived on time, but departed the station a few minutes late. Much more crowded than it had been this summer, and the guy next to me was gently snoring in his window seat in the middle of a middle car. Funny, BWI at 0830 felt cooler than Philadelphia at 0630. Maybe being outside the city, or a strange weather pattern. Because it turns out that the hotel next to our office is not on our preferred list, I will be staying in Baltimore. In the old days, I would have just done what was right (and a two minute walk sounds right to me), and felt comfortable that I could justify myself, but now I will not be following the advice of our marketing types, who advise me to just continue staying there as nobody has ever had a problem before. So, it will be tough for me to show up at a ridiculous hour this week.

Posted 4:07 PM by Marco (0) comments

In Tech World, Recovery Always Seems 6 Months Away. I now know how fans of the Chicago Cubs feel. And another few years have passed, so the joke needed to be updated.

Posted 3:19 PM by Marco (0) comments

One of my favourite factoids just isn't true, if it ever was.

Posted 2:46 PM by Marco (0) comments

It is starting to look like the IBM acquisition of PwC Consulting is a done deal. First the 30-day waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act had expired without the US antitrust regulators requesting additional information. And now the EU. So, I got my picture taken for my IBM badge today. I suppose we will upload all our photos to IBM, and they will have badges ready for us very soon after the transaction date.

Posted 2:27 PM by Marco (0) comments

This was a great weekend. On Saturday, I passed a milestone. I tried on a morning coat for the first time ever. Then Notre Dame went 4-0, for the first time since 1993. Saturday night, I took my inamorata to the White Dog Cafe in University City. She had lamb; I had tuna. Sunday, we planted azaleas and chrysanthemums. Now I know why they spell them mums.