I just heard an ad on the radio for UMD's Robert H. Smith School of Business that tried to entice me with promises of leveraging the wisdom of "thought-leaders" in my "cohort". Am I enlisting in the Roman army? This management stuff is confusing.

Normally I'd tell you that executives are vastly overcompensated, but when I hear this kind of shit it makes sense that you'd have to pay business school graduates enough money to keep them from indulging in even a moment of introspection.

Con: Going outside feels like swimming through a suspiciously warm kiddy pool.

Pro: I only had to go as far as the Convention Center.

Con: For reasons that remain unclear, the neighborhood around the Convention Center smells like rotting garbage. GarbageCon '05?

Pro: The new DC Circulator bus provides quick and efficient service to and from Union Station, which is a block away from the server I had to go fix.

Con: The ride's sights currently include a dead body lying in the field near 3rd and H, plus the police that are milling about it.

so, i finished it. i thorougly enjoyed it. and now i'm dying to talk about it. but tommy hasn't read it yet, and if i post any spoilers on here, i think he might cut off my beer supply. for those who have read it, julian sanchez has an excellent and probably correct (spoilerish) point here. i'm also trying to say what i think in the vaguest terms possible so i can't spoil it for everybody, but my guess is that the person who did the very evil thing near the end of the book that made me cry - is it obvious to anyone else that said person is not actually evil? or will turn out to not be evil and have had good reason for doing that?

i have said too much.