Next Trip
Phoenix, AZ I’ll be taking a break from writing in about a month. I’m off to Phoenix, AZ to stay with my old roommate from college and his wife, interview someone, and potentially give a talk. An exciting thing on the list out there is a ticket to the Fiesta Bowl, which is Notre Dame versus Ohio State. I’ve never been to a bowl game, and this being a BCS with ND, it should be great. The weather will be a nice change too.
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Phelps, NY 6:42 PM It’s nice when people appreciate your work. I gave a talk to a company’s management staff a few weeks ago and I thought we made good progress. They had very open discussion about the direction they were trying to move. Not too long ago I opened an email with an invitation to their Christmas Party. I was honored and attended last night. Mackenzie and I made the hour drive to Phelps, a small town east of Rochester. I love Main Street of small towns and this one fit the bill. The Phelps Hotel stood out as the main bastion left from the 1800′s. The three story...
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Hollywood I’ve been on a bit of a movie kick which has been a good mind dump during all of this writing. My dad and I went to see Walk the Line, about the life of Johnny Cash. I only knew a handful of his songs, but you don’t need to know them to like the movie. I sometimes give actors a hard time, but in this case, Joaquin Phoenix was awesome. He played and sang the part like a champ, like he was born for the part. That’s not the case because he couldn’t sing or play prior to the movie. That’s talent. I am also told the lovely Reese Whitherspoon sang all of her...
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Rochester, NY 12:05 PM Holiday weekends are always socially active. The newspaper in Rochester wrote that the night before Thanksgiving was the biggest going out night of the year. My age has caught up with me. I stayed in Wednesday and Thursday and Friday was reserved for a pretty mellow house party with some people I hadn’t seen in a few months. Saturday morning was a meeting to go over the marketing section of my book proposal. The meeting was great, with about 20 minutes spent on the proposal and the rest of the 3 hours talking about life, politics, spirituality, money, business, and a...
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Rochester, NY 11:56 PM You have to love a holiday centered around family, food, and football. I type this with a tryptophan buzz after scarfing down a traditional late night turkey feast. My day was spent writing and then heading next door to my aunt and uncle’s at 3:30. We snacked and watched the beginning of the Dallas game. One of the best inventions of recent memory has to be Tivo/DVR. Dinner always used to get in the way of me watching the Cowboys. Not this year. We hit pause on the game and game back to it much later, and fast forwarded through the commercials. There is a lot to...
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