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Well, my St. Patrick’s Day turned out to be much less eventful than I had planned. I went over to my brother’s dorm for a bit, was back here by 9, and fell asleep by 10. Saturday was a little bit better since Laura and Joe were in town. We went to see V for Vendetta and I liked it a lot. If you like stuff like 1984 or Clockwork Orange it will probably be right up your alley. Today I made some Irish boiled dinner and it turned out really well. Who doesn’t love corned beef? My new video card is coming tomorrow; it’s about time I actually invested in a card that can play some games. I’m still trying to figure out what I’m going to do with my video files in the Gallery. The software has a module that can handle video files, but I can’t use it at the moment because Go Daddy doesn’t support it. Hopefully I’ll get my movies up soon. Time to get ready for another week of work.

Going to Madison last weekend was awesome. I still love that place just as much as I did when I was in school and living there. We were able to get in a nice mix of activities, such as hanging out at Memorial Union, visiting the bookstore and State Street, going to the Nitty, and going to Jordan’s. The bookstore had a lot of good half-priced books; I picked up Portable Poe (I love Edgar A Poe) and What’s the Matter with Kansas? I also brought back a couple of new t-shirts, which I’m pretty happy about. Cindy thinks my “Mad City” shirt is cheesy, but I say it’s flippin’ sweet. I took some pictures of the remnants of 419 W Doty. Check them out in the Gallery. On our way out of town I picked up a whole Philly Cheesesteak pizza at Ian’s. Philly Cheesesteak has to be my favorite.

I started reading The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman tonight. I’ve only gotten through the first chapter so far, but it’s a good read. It really makes you think about where this country is headed. He writes in the first chapter that the death of old industries and the emergence of new ones in their place have happened throughout our country’s history. His point is that as we outsource more and more jobs it will create new opportunities, such as allowing US workers to focus on more sophisticated work. Sorry, but I don’t think the guy gluing the soles onto the Nikes is going to find work as an astrophysicist when his job gets shipped off to India. More on the book after I finish the next chapter.

We’re going to Madison this weekend and I can’t wait. Working at the Legislature up here is pretty cool. I added a few new albums to the Gallery, but I haven’t had time to work on anything else, so for now all of the navigation links are dead except for “Home” and “Gallery”. More about my weekend when I get back.