The whims of human nature

Dateline: above the garage in Portsmouth RI, 19 September 2004

Rushing through another Sunday. Up to mow lawn, then Son #1 and I do 5k road race for ovarian cancer over in Mass. Then it's Packers versus Bears, listening over the Internet, while Kev and I get a start on a school project.

Spent last night watching movies with the kids and reading through more of the blog. Every time I do this, I get a lot more optimistic about Son of PNM, because I realize my gut instinct for pursuing this is dead on. There is so much material in those blogs: a couple of good cites, a couple of good analytic paras, and two killer lines each and every day. The trick will be organizing, but that's my strong suit, so the internal sense of momentum builds.

Actually, more than a few of the emails I receive on PNM II are pretty good with the suggestions. One yesterday reminded me of trick I did in Y2K report (crisis response load measure for US military worldwide), so keep 'em coming.

Did something very whimsical yesterday. Wife loves to roam Net looking for "best cities to live" and she left her browser sitting on Madison, WI, where we met at college, fell in love, got married, and where Daughter #2 will be baptized in October (same priest, same church).

So, on a whim, I surfed the University of Wisconsin-Madison site, found a job opening for Assistant Professor in poli sci (international relations), and put together an updated resume and cover letter. The package sits in my mailbox out front, waiting for the Monday pick-up.

Am I serious? Not really, I tell my wife. If requested, I'll interview simply for the practice.

Hmmm, she replies, that's what you said about interviewing at the Naval War College and six years later, we're still here.

Hmmm, I counter, and then slink off to the PC.

No news stories for today as I read the Sunday Times late, so two entries to clear some decks. First is Mark R. Anderson's intro to piece I wrote for his "strategic newsletter" series. His company is found at Strategic News Service. His "special issue" letters are considered very cool, so it was an honor to be asked to pen one. You get his service by subscription, and supposedly everybody who's anybody in information technology reads his stuff. I don't include my piece here, because it's an adaptation from the book (Preface and last chapter), so if you want to read that stuff, buy the book!

The second sub-post today is simply the draft of the entry on me for the Contemporary Authors series. I include it simply to get it in my database.