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Apache is serving me up now - hopefully fewer reinstall issues now.
The long weekend in Galveston/Crystal Beach for Chaz's maternal side family reunion was served hot, sticky, and mosquito infested. It came with a side of drama from his two sisters each waving the flag of "Well I'll just pack and leave if you don't get off my back." Neither left, unfortunately. Franz's fish board dinner was a hit, and the nieces/nephews had too much fun bringing back nasty smelly fish bones to the cabins. I can now say I've done it once, and I'll know to book the Sunspree Resort next time they suggest family togetherness in a shared cabin.
Franz did enjoy the drive down, as well as the few trips across the free ferry between Galveston and Bolivar; we had a blast watching the dolphins jump in front of the bows of our ferry and other ships in the channel. Dave took Franz & I on a day of sight-seeing and shopping around Galveston as well. The long weekend ended with us stopping at Baba Yega in Houston for Brunch and making a pit stop at Jim & Ed's in rural Washington county on the way home.
I've been following the mood swings and issues in London and the UK on the Tube Diary. I think what strikes me most is that they're still fascinated about who's reading the new Potter book. I'm in the queue to get one from Phillip when he gets back from caring for his mother next week.
The new job is going pretty well, although the tasks haven't quite lined up with the job description. Some of the new stuff we're doing is pretty cool, but doing the competitive analysis is a bit scary.
Hi David, thanks for popping by and linking to the tube blog. Actually the Harry Potter spots are one of the few bits of light relief with commuting in London at the moment. Funnily enough I've just finished a post about how the new Harry Potter has parallels with what's going on in London right now, so possibly not as mad as you might think.
Not mad at all. I lived off Gloucester road for about 9 months all told, and took the Distict Line in to work each day. The time I spent with some books was pretty valuable.