June 2008 Archives
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Watch out, here I come! I just booked my plane ticket, so it is now official. I am flying to Amsterdam on Sept 24 (arriving the 25). I'll be speaking at the EuroIA Conference Sept 26-27 in Amsterdam. The next thing on the agenda is UX Intensive Copenhagen Oct 13-16. (Register before the price goes up June 30 and be sure to use the code FOCF to save an extra 15%!) Sandwiched between those two events is two weeks of lovely, lovely vacation. E and I haven't been on a proper vacation (e.g., one that doesn't involve family and is
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Phoenix has a lovely airport. I can't speak to the rest of the city, since I have only ever been in the airport. But I know the Phoenix airport really well. How is that you may wonder? Let me tell you about my trip to Minneapolis for UX Intensive. I knew better than to book a flight straight on NorthWest to Minneapolis. I opted for the US Airways one with a stop in Phoenix simply so I would still get miles on United. I WILL get Premier status this year! I left San Francisco at 8:25 this morning, on a
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To get away from all the hungry people. Tonight I ate meat for the first time since the summer of 1993. Okay, technically that isn't true. I've had the random bite of fried chicken or such every now and then since '93. And in Mexico once I had a ground chicken burger cause it was the least offensive meat on the menu. But tonight, tonight I made meat and potatoes. A whole roasted chicken with thyme and lemon with potatoes and carrots. I came home from work and started cooking. Felt very old-skool house-wifey. Everything was in the oven when
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The elimination diet is officially over! Yippie! While this brings the end of the g'nasty shakes and drinks, it marks the beginning of the Food Challenge Period (tm). Over the the course of the month I get to slowly add foods back to my "okay to eat list" and see if I can tolerate it or not. This past Sunday we started with dairy. I had about 2.5 glasses of cow's milk and some cheese. It was so wonderful to have cheese again. Yum. Sadly though, my intestinal track didn't think it was so wonderful, if you know what I
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Last night E and I went to the Greek Theater in Berkeley to see REM. This is the second time we've seen then there, the fourth time I've seen them. It was a great show. Modest Mouse was one of the opening acts, as where The Nationals. We only saw MM since we got there a bit late. They reminded me a bit of when I saw Live for the first time, at the WOMAD concert in 1994. I bet they are amazing in a small venue, but they just didn't have enough stage presence for a venue as big
