At work we have Wednesday sales meetings at 4:30. Usually they're in the office, but from time to time they like to go out to a bar and have a few drinks while discussing events of the week. This is great fun, but there is so much smoke in the air by the time I leave an hour later my throat is sore and I'm feeling wheezy. So, do I ask them to move these meetings to non-smoking areas? In Las Vegas, that generally means to a non-bar location. It also means that my boss won't be able to smoke during the meeting.

major grrr! Even with the accessibility of the internet, cableTV has become my window to the world following the horrible events of September 11th. And, as of right now, the cable is down. So I did the sensible thing, I called COX communications to find out what the deal-e-o was. Alas, they are even less informed and capable to do anything than the phone company is. Although they knew the system was down, and techs had been dispatched, they couldn't give me an ETA or even a phone call when my service came back up. They couldn't even verify for me that techs were actually on scene and not just planning to show up at some later point. These monopoly's should have mandated levels of customer service or be forced to refund a portion of their bills.

Last night we had a couple of visitors over. One brought an Ostrich egg she had done a relief carving of a sunflower on. She says the going market rate for a good egg is $500. I can see why, it was beautiful. She's getting her training at Two Cows studio, right here in Vegas.

Hey... the cable is back on!

Am back from CA with two days of work under my belt. Nothing to show for it, however. Stacey has been busy studying and decorating the house for Halloween. While we were gone one neighbor had decorated their home, so the pressure is on up and down the cul-de-sac to get into the spirit. Christmas decoration is going to get brutal. :-)

One of the e-lists I'm on has a wonderful collection of personalities, historians, political observers, etc.. Today someone posted a link to a story on their website. It has a unique view of the 'recovery' effort in NYC.