Most of my computer time since we got here has been devoted to a couple of client projects that blooped up unexpectedly our first day here, and with Mr. D. at my elbow, chomping at the bit to get onto his blog, I haven’t had much of an opportunity for my own pointless blather. You [...]

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Thank goodness for free wifi. Not one but two client emergencies already, the first Monday morning of my vacation. But somehow, sitting in a cafe on 18th St. in San Francisco, downloading files while Barry reads the Chronicle, doesn’t quite seem like work.
I’m anxious to get out an exhaust myself climbing hills (in between [...]

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On United, you can print your boarding passes out 24 hours before your flight. Since I had paid with miles and Barry paid with cold hard cash, we had purchased our flights separately, but since you can now choose your own seat assignments, we got seats together.
After we printed out our passes, we discovered that [...]

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In the middle of the night tomorrow, we’ll be rising to go to the airport. As long as Hannah’s visit doesn’t cause too many flight delays, we’ll be in San Francisco by noon.
I’m trying really hard not to think of it as going home.
I was only a visitor in San Francisco once, in 1968, when [...]

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As someone whose work experience includes both a 108-hour week and a 28-hour day, I applaud the efforts of California workers to actually get paid overtime for the utterly abusive expectations of workers in the high-tech industry.
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