1. I'm selling stuff on ebay this week. It makes me feel like an entrepreneur. Out of 14 auctions, so far 6 have bids. I'm so rich.
2. I'm enjoying reading the Corner Office series on NYT. My favorite line from this week's column is about giving feedback: "When the puppy pees on the carpet, you say something right then because you don’t say six months later, “Remember that day, January 12th, when you peed on the carpet?” That doesn’t make any sense."
3. I've blocked January 2-5 in my iCal for "Tokyo with Helen and Janice." Seriously. Can't. Wait. It's going to be a million times better than the real 10-year high school reunion, which was canceled because only 50 people out of 300 signed up. Kinda sad but shrug. I'm glad that 10 years later most of us are older and wiser and don't want to fork over $50 to catch up with people we haven't bothered to stay in touch with anyway.
4. My Starcraft phase is finally petering out. There's this one Zerg mission that I just can't beat. You win, Zerglings. I've run out of vespene gas.
5. In the past two weeks, I've seen three plays as part of an event called Free Night of Theater. It's a freebie lover's paradise. I saw Death of a Salesman at the Raven Theater. Richard III at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. And last night I went to see Fake at the Steppenwolf. The shows have all been great and I've seen lots of well-delivered spitballs.
6. I've booked my December plane ticket from Chicago to Taipei using United miles. I love you, United.
7. I'm seriously considering whether or not to be one of those people with the shiny metal Kindles. It's like having a library in my bag! The only thing holding me back is the feeling that in 6 months' time they'll introduce another Kindle that downloads movies, has a camera, has a phone and plays Starcraft.
8. I made guacamole on Saturday night and learned that having too much guacamole makes it less delicious.
9. Churros at XOCO are worth the wait.
2. I'm enjoying reading the Corner Office series on NYT. My favorite line from this week's column is about giving feedback: "When the puppy pees on the carpet, you say something right then because you don’t say six months later, “Remember that day, January 12th, when you peed on the carpet?” That doesn’t make any sense."
3. I've blocked January 2-5 in my iCal for "Tokyo with Helen and Janice." Seriously. Can't. Wait. It's going to be a million times better than the real 10-year high school reunion, which was canceled because only 50 people out of 300 signed up. Kinda sad but shrug. I'm glad that 10 years later most of us are older and wiser and don't want to fork over $50 to catch up with people we haven't bothered to stay in touch with anyway.
4. My Starcraft phase is finally petering out. There's this one Zerg mission that I just can't beat. You win, Zerglings. I've run out of vespene gas.
5. In the past two weeks, I've seen three plays as part of an event called Free Night of Theater. It's a freebie lover's paradise. I saw Death of a Salesman at the Raven Theater. Richard III at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. And last night I went to see Fake at the Steppenwolf. The shows have all been great and I've seen lots of well-delivered spitballs.
6. I've booked my December plane ticket from Chicago to Taipei using United miles. I love you, United.
7. I'm seriously considering whether or not to be one of those people with the shiny metal Kindles. It's like having a library in my bag! The only thing holding me back is the feeling that in 6 months' time they'll introduce another Kindle that downloads movies, has a camera, has a phone and plays Starcraft.
8. I made guacamole on Saturday night and learned that having too much guacamole makes it less delicious.
9. Churros at XOCO are worth the wait.
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