I did it. I was totally off email (and IM and regular surfing) all day last Friday. I thought it might be more difficult, but by lunch time I was actually thriving on the idea of not checking my email that day.
Instead, I built a snowman and went on an expedition with my son.
Try it. On Saturday, for example.
What do you know … I went to the store today, to get some ketchup and mustard for my sausages that I would then cook on the stove in the sauna and who did I see there if not Miss Ellie.
It was quite a surprise. But I guess that this is a great place to hide if you want to fake your own death.
Just read in Fast Company that the demand for biofuel makes the price of corn go up. That, in turn, makes the price of tortillas go up, and the poor in Mexico ain’t happy about it.
You can’t please everybody.
Helsingin Sanomat, March 9, 2007:
“ADHD Support Concert Cancelled
The charity concert to support people with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been cancelled.
According to the organizers, the reason was that an inexperienced organizer was overwhelmed with too many things to deal with simultaneously.
The organizers will give full refund of the tickets that have been purchased.”
“The Finnish journalist names his favorites, but says Wayne Gretzky stands alone.“
The whole piece from the above link or after the jump.
Our cable TV provider was acquired by another company a few months ago. For us, that meant picking up a new digital box for our TV. According to the instructions that came with the new box, we should now throw the old one in the garbage.
I was so bored today I had to call my Mom and tell her that I had nothing to do. As usual, she had a few suggestions. Mothers always do. Must be something they get at the maternity clinic when the father is in the parking lot, trying to find his car.
Tough guys don’t dance:
Here’s an entry from the archives. All the way from December 2005, in fact.
Magic with Malik and Dad
There we were, Dad and I, in the Madison Square Garden last Saturday. It was Dad’s first NHL game ever, and for me, it was the first time I was in MSG.
