Andreas Matern’s Weblog

I’ve been a bad blogger.  It’s only going to get worse with vacation next week.  Today is my Friday!  There are currently four people about 5 feet over my head, ripping up the old roof.  It’s not noisy at all.  Nope.  I can barely hear it.  (I gotta get out of here).

What a fantastic orator.

I do admit, I like working from home.  There are fewer distractions, and I tend to get a lot done in a short amount of time.  What do I do with an extra time?  This comic shows that almost exactly.

From here.  Now, its time for Happy Hour.

This is basically a post for Andreas to remember to watch this later. Michael Pollan, author of the Omnivore’s Dilemma among others, gave a talk at Google the other day (why can’t I work there?). This is from BoingBoing.

Home again after a wonderful vacation in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee.  Now, its back to life, back to reality. 

Before I got to reality, however, I picked up Zelda (gift from Mike), Guitar Hero and Mario Kart all for our Wii.  I’ve been so freakin’ busy today this post has been sitting here since about 11:00 am.  I guess it will have to do. 

Having a Friday before my birthday beer, listening to Pearl Jam, got chills running down my spine thanks to the live version of Release Me.

1.9 days might be a bit excessive though.

Yesterday was just gorgeous out, and we went for a nice after work walk to Jamaica Pond. Then we grilled steaks outside on the BBQ. Oh wonders of late Spring/early Summer! Tonight we’re going to Ten Tables in JP to celebrate my aging process, and Saturday I’m regretfully off to London for a week of work. Don’t know how often I’ll be updating. I have a bunch of stuff on my camera that I need to unload, and holy host of work to finish before landing in London.

I found this from Neil Gaiman’s blog - haunting, creepy, and beautiful.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend….

Opening Day today for the Red Sox, and they have some fine weather!  Too bad I’ll be in the freakin’ office all day - I really wanted to sneak out and sit in a pub with wireless to watch and work!  Maybe I’ll try the mlb.com radio…. but $15.00?  I might just go to Best Buy and get an inexpensive little radio to listen to.  Would love to listen on WEEI, but they are not allowed to stream their Sox broadcasts.

I took the “T” to work today, thereby reducing my carbon footprint, and, more importantly, requiring only one car (and one designated driver) for our anniversary dinner tonight at Troquet. 

So much is happening today, even Starbucks is introducing a new coffee:  Pike Place Roast.  Al of their cups are sporting a new logo (or is it their 1971 logo)? 

From their e-mail:

Introducing our new, daily brew - Pike Place Roast.
Roasted fresh, ground fresh and brewed fresh. Our smoothest coffee
ever.  Come celebrate the launch of our newest brew. Visit your
local Starbucks today at noon Eastern / 9 a.m. Pacific, sharp, and
join us for a special coffee tasting of a freshly brewed cup.

Two more tracks are up on rileysmile.com - Fifty Seven Starts at the End and Fifty Five Knows Nothing About Limits.  Check them out if you like funky dance tracks.

Another work day finally winds down.  I had a fantastic weekend - Friday dinner with Friends, Saturday dinner for friends at our house, Sunday dinner for me at the In-laws.  Life is good.  I got Monster Seats for my birthday!  I got Super Mario Galaxy!  I got fancy pants wine and cool retro salt and pepper shakers!  I got … hell, I got a lot of stuff.  (Red Sox gloves! Steak Sauce!)  But honestly the best part of the weekend was hanging out with folks. 

Busy work week ahead.  Like most weeks it would appear as if the time allotted to do everything I have to do is not nearly enough.  Tomorrow’s the anniversary, and I’m psyched to try Troquet.  Friday’s at Ten Tables for my birthday, and again, if you live in Boston and haven’t been, you are really missing a treat.

Not at all excited about leaving for London on Saturday.  That is just cruel and unusual punishment in my book.  Will be interesting to see how well I hold up for the flight back to Boston on Thursday, followed by a Friday morning flight on vacation.  Ah, vacation.  That is going to be most heinously awesome.

The Random Vandal has resurfaced.  I am a big fan, I hope s/he keeps up the good work. 

Our bathroom at work is broken, I wonder if this is the cause