Fiesta Bowl
Tempe, AZ What a day. The forecast was accurate when it said lower 70’s and partly cloudy. But, partly cloudy in Arizona is different than partly cloudy in New York. A few wispy clouds hung over Sun Devil Stadium in the final; Fiesta Bowl to be played there. Next year it moves to Glendale. Anthony and I arrived in Tempe close to noon and drove to the park of the parking deck on 5th and Priest. To our surprise, there were only us and a husband and wife team participating in some tailgating. My phone buzzed with Notre Dame fans. I got on the horn to rub it in to the big Ohio State fan I know,...
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Goodyear, AZ 8:23 AM I wake up to the sight of sunshine and rocky hills in the background. I’m in Phoenix, but more accurately, in Goodyear, AZ. I lived here for 8 months back in 2000 and 2001. My flights in went fine, with window seats for both. I decided that 7 hours of flight beat 40 hours of driving to get here. It allowed me to do some work and get some rest after New Year’s Eve. If you paid money to go to a bed and breakfast you would be hard to beat what I experienced last night. First off my old roommate from college and the guy that no matter how long it’s been since we’ve...
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Rochester, NY 10:14 AM Welcome. Bring it on. Here we go. It’s 2006 and now is the time to get cracking on big plans and resolutions. It’s hard to believe another year has whizzed by us. I think back on ’05 with a lot of great memories. I turned 30. I made many new friends. I kept in touch with my old friends from all over. I stayed in decent shape. I was healthy. I almost finished a book. There are a lot of positives to focus on. I’m sure there are negatives too, but you focus on the positive and build on them and leave the negative in the past, which is now what 2005...
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Rochester, NY I just watched The Graduate for the first time. I see why it’s a classic. Great soundtrack and a story that people can relate too: worries about the future, fantasy made reality, and love. 1967 still fits today.
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WWW 12:41 AM There are wasted days and then there is an unexpected, annoying waste like today. When you turn on your computer and a balloon next to your clock pops up and says your computer has been infected with malware, you get nervous. All day I’ve been trying to get rid of this stupid spyware thing. I’ve run tons of scans and cleanings. But, now I am typing this which means I cleaned it up. With some assistance I went to Google, typed in the name of the virus and up came a guy who told me how to fix it. It took quite a few hours and installing new software, but I’m all...
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