I love the West Wing, and this has been a great week for the show. Season 4 came out on DVD Tuesday, and I can’t wait to start working my way through the first season I really watched on TV with any kind of regularity — to see what I missed and to remind myself …

Yesterday’s Quick! horoscope for me was RIGHT on target (hehe): Today is a 9. You’re popular and charming, interesting and interested. You’re attracting the attention of important people. Look sharp. {Aside: It’s too bad I didn’t read that before I left home yesterday morning. I opted to use my day out of the office to …

Congratulations to Melissa and Curtis, who both correctly guessed the answer to Monday Morning Trivia this week. To jog your memory, our question was: When I was very young, my childhood playmates and I put together an impressively daring routine on my swing set (which had monkey bars, rings, swings, a slide and a trapeze-looking …

On a much sadder note, I heard on NPR on my way home tonight that Peter Jennings said today he has lung cancer. While any sort of cancer is a scary proposition, I get especially saddened (and a little upset) whenever I hear about those who’ve contracted lung cancer. I’ve personally known (and known well) …

Today I’ve been noticeable quieter than normal on the blog, and that’s because I’ve spent the day — gasp! — away from an Internet connection. Most of today I spent at an event hosted by NetworkWorld magazine called the “Remote Office Networking” technology tour & expo. It was basically a free event about remote networks …

I actually managed to watch almost all of the college basketball championship game last night. I excitedly rooted for the Tar Heels, and was very happy to see them walk away the winners. It was a great game, though, very exciting all the way up until the end. And really, that’s what I like the …

Curtis has his regular Friday night cat blogging, which I always enjoy, and in the tradition of that kind of weekly blogging, I’ve decided to begin Monday morning trivia. These will be random questions about oddities I’ve experienced personally or heard about. For now, my trivia will be mostly about me — but hey, it’s …

So, you probably haven’t heard yet that Daniel and I decided to start going to Weight Watchers together. And now you get to! Yay! 😉 You probably do know that, for most of last year, I had myself on a fairly rigid low-to-no-sugar diet, inspired by my mid-January 2004 visit to the doctor (well documented …

I only watched half of the UNC-Michigan State game Saturday night (it’s hard to get into a game when nobody else is there screaming at the TV with you … particularly if there IS someone there watching you with mild confusion at your heretofore unseen passion for a team you never root for), but I …

Late March and early April are when I miss living in Washington, D.C., the most … except, perhaps, during election years, when DC comes alive with the sparkle of political campaigning. The reason March & April are so wonderful in DC is because, without fail, from the cold and (especially this year) wet winter of …