December 2004 Entries

Sometimes you take a moment (or you get distracted from what you are suppose to be doing) and remember a few of the little things that you are thankful for and that make life worth living!  Here is a short list.  Please feel free to comment and add some more.

Candyboots and the Mackerelly! I still get comments regularly thanking me for pointing people to Candyboots...it is worth the tour. Makes me cry laughing every time.

Standing on top of the Barcelona Cathedral.  The best, most cramped and hardest to find elevator ride in Barcelona is its accompaniment. I still can't believe they let you go up there.

A little side trip in Sau Paulo that was framed by an old fashioned cash register, large dragon sculpture, too much champagne and a clandestine moment (or two). Those of you who were there lived to never tell the tale. 

Sushi with fantastic Japanese hosts who promised I was not eating the potentially fatal blowfish! And don't forget about the Saki.

A summer day full of mead and madness!

Waterfalls that go for miles, dancing on the beach, eating stingray on the street, getting shots with the team, seeing shooting stars, and realizing how long you have known your friends!

Happy Holidays everyone!

All is quiet here in the offices this week.  There are some folks here, but not the full raucous bunch that is normally present.  Everyone who is around has high hopes for getting lots of work done.  The problem - Motivation!  There is more hallway chatting than normal, there is more wandering to see who is around, there is more time for lunch.  I suspect that even with this distinct lack of motivation all of the gang that is int he office will still get a lot more done than normal, we don;t have our calendars full of meetings as we usually do. 

A holiday gift idea for your office mates:  Beta fish.  Doug and I got the team fish and they love them. The fish provided much needed friendship and bragging rights.  We are not letting them fight, but sometimes we have mini-showdowns to see whose fish seems more intimidating!  All the fish are good, guys!

Jono has posted the news about the MSDN Smart Client Developer Center.  Check it out here, http://blogs.msdn.com/onoj/archive/2004/12/03/274799.aspx

With Chris Sells and Jono at the helm - it has to be good!