Thursday, January 08, 2004

Back to Work...I dragged myself back up to the office this morning to prepare for classes which start back up next wednesday. I'm teaching two new courses this spring so i've got my work cut out for me---i may need to keep my door shut to keep out the riff raff over the next few days or so...My lucent stock (trading symbol: LU) is surging big time---which is good because all of my money is tied up in it. All of those financial advisors who told me to diversify or not to "put all of my eggs in one basket" aren't looking very brilliant now...My sister took me to Best Buy yesterday so that i could pick out my Christmas gift (never mind that Christmas was two weeks ago...). She had 70 Best Buy bucks to spend (the store gave them to her after she purchased a laptop recently)...I got three DVD's---"Clerks" ( a true classic), "The Count of Monte Cristo" (inspirational), and "O Brother, Where art Thou" (the best movie made in the last half-century)...


 

Tuesday, January 06, 2004

Abomination...I treated Mark and Jennifer to dinner tonight at Port Arthur's new Texas Roadhouse (it was Mark's birthday). The food was great (i had the southwest chicken...mmmmh...) but the croutons on my ceasar salad were rock hard---i was lucky to still have a full set of teeth after eating the salad. While waiting to be seated, i ran into old high school friends Aaron Pardue and Amy Pousson. They are both married (not to each other fortunately---that would have been a disaster) and have very young children. I can't say i envy them, but they both seemed happy... I've decided that a man should never bring his woman along when he goes to get a haircut. While at Mastercuts in Parkdale Mall today, i watched in horror as a nagging girl hovered over the stylist in the station next to me dictating how her boyfriend's hair should be cut. John, my stylist/barber called the whole scene an abomination---a sure sign that we are living in the last days. He said that women should know their role, and that men need to have a backbone. That bold statement along with his generosity in giving me 3 punches on my Mastercuts Gold Card (when you get your card punched 9 times, you get a free haircut) convinced me to give John a generous tip...


 

Monday, January 05, 2004

Rowdy hockey fans laugh after members of the opposing team call them fat

Back...Big props to Ed Long for hooking me up with tickets to yesterday's Texas Wildcatter's Hockey game versus the hated Columbia Inferno. Former student Candace D. joined me at the game. The home team played hard, but still went down 7-0. After the game we headed down to Rio Rita's---she likes the Chile Relleno dinner almost as much as i do. She also promised to cook me a fine cajun dinner as soon as crawfish season starts back up---i think i'll hold her to it...The ski trip to Red River, NM was fantastic...


 

Don Says:




Powered by Blogger