Tweeter dumb, tweeter dee

It was kind of fun to do the Tweeter thing. I really had to watch the character limit (140 spaces--filled or not), but it's a cool way, methinks, for capturing a long, episodic event--vacation, big gig, overseas travel, book tour, media appearances, the inauguration, etc.

So it won't be something I do everyday (so far, at least), but I can see using it regularly and perhaps for the more observational bits I just want to stream with no special effort..

The problem for me is the archiving, which is what I love about the blog. So I'm having Sean bundle it all up and linking it off my Tom's trips page.

Flights back last night easy enough. We got home at midnight with no delays or troubles. Today was errand and catch-up tasks of all sorts. Tomorrow is the annual New Year's Eve movie marathon, skipped last year for DisneyWorld. We view a non-stop show of something, like one year we did all the Lord of the Rings movies (extended) in a row. We start at noon.

This year it'll be Mel Brooks movies. May have to Tweet that.

Gave an impromptu interview by cell to Matthew Stannard of the San Francisco Chronicle (walked right past the HQ this weekend--off Mission?), who's closing a story on Obama's challenges coming into office. He's reading Great Powers (proof) and says he's liking it a lot. Hoping for a review . . . He says he will try to plug the book. Good thing he was reading, because I was on my way to the doc for another sinus infection (following a cold).

Took down all the Xmas stuff today. No work tomorrow with the marathon and then, bright and early on the 1st, I begin my big push on the new brief, prepping it for a counter-terrorism conference at the Reagan Building on the 8th. Second show will be the Minnesota open-to-the-public gig at Mankato at 4pm CST on the 16th.

We going to watch "Escape From Alcatraz" tonight, while the island is fresh in our memory.

I am glad I got the antibiotics, I can feel it kick in now for real. Got my workouts (Precor elliptical and Bowflex) in, though. I'm thinking of adding yoga as the third leg to the stool.

My secret dream as it emerges: Eli versus Peyton in the SB. Could happen. Giants are the class of NFC and nobody's hotter than the Colts right now.