Stormy Weather

Dark clouds and lightning over NYC skyline
Originally uploaded by John P Sullivan

It seems appropriate that today was gloomy and rainy and stormy. There was a bunch of thunder earlier in the day, but I'm not sure it was anything THIS dramatic. Still, always fun to find a great picture on flickr and share it, especially when it helps move Larry Craig off the top of the page.

That's what I get for being topical and then not posting for a week. Yuck.

Barney Frank on the Craig Kerfluffle

"It’s one thing to say that someone can’t be trusted to vote without being corrupt, it’s another to say that he can’t be trusted to go to the bathroom by himself."

--Representative Barney Frank, on why he thinks that embattled Idaho Senator Larry Craig should serve out his term.

From the Schadenfreude Files

Old news by now I guess, but I just love this whole thing with Senator Craig, R-Idaho.

Also, why do the Republican hypocrites involved in these things always look so creepy?

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Finished!

Finally finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows tonight. Quite satisfying is all I’ll say. I think she ended the series very well.

Now I should proabably get to bed . . . .

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Spa Day!

Spa
Originally uploaded by austinite

So last year for my birthday, my lovely parents got me a gift certificate for a day spa, which has spent the past 11 months stuck to my refrigerator.

Well, today's the day! Salt scrub, facial and massage, here I come! Heading off to Dorit Baxter in just a few minutes, to return refreshed and relaxed!

The Problem Isn’t Mr. Maliki

If President Bush took the time to study the real lessons of Vietnam, he would not be so eager to lead America deeper into the quagmire he has created in Iraq.

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Work work work

lexington tower
Originally uploaded by kenyee

So, this is my office, high above Lexington Avenue. Actually, I'm right on the first setback, the 16th floor.

They keep coming up with more and more projects for me here at work, so it looks like I'll be around for a little while longer. I spent the better part of the afternoon poring over a commercial office lease....ye gods, who comes up with this stuff? Right now I'm just waiting for some feedback so that I can go to the next phase of the thing we're working on.

Going back to the hotel for a little vacation replacement work over the Labor Day holiday. I hope that I remember how to use the computers there, and that I remember any of the restaurants in the neighborhood. I will also be interested to see how patient I am with ridiculous guest requests, now that I've been away from hospitality for a bit. I hope I don't deck anyone.

Lemonade on a Cold Day

Lemon Slice Drop
Originally uploaded by Daffodilious

It's a strangely cold day here in New York today. It's not even going to break 70, and it's been raining steadily all day.

So why was I craving lemonade today? I don't know. But I will say that Starbucks makes a mean Blueberry White Iced Tea Lemonade combo. Yum.

Raising Hill

I've just become a Hillraiser!

A little 80's flashback for Sunday

Hey, this is basically on a religious theme, right?