Monthly Archives: May 2005

News From KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY of DPRK Some real gems here. For instance, some of the benefits of “a new medicine ‘Polyazin’ for protection of DNA”: It improves metabolism in liver, biliary tract, blood, immunity and psychoneurosis systems. It … Continue reading →

Got the computer/networking situation all squared away at Melissa’s, got in some quality time with Crash and Ella , then got online to shop for a new phone: since my poor hand-me-down Treo never really operated correctly, and Cingular wouldn’t … Continue reading →

Woke up about 8, and felt fine! As a precaution, though, took a couple of Tylenol. Also felt ravenous, so gathered the troops and ate breakfast at the Menlo Park Diner (not too far from where my great-grandfather lived when … Continue reading →

Bit of confusion about whether breakfast came with our room or not: I thought it did, the front desk didn’t. Oh, well. The Houston and DC contingents went shopping, but I stayed in the room and tried to reload on … Continue reading →

Before finally crashing at 5am, called and asked the front desk for an extended checkout time, which, luckily, they gave. Woke up around noon (though Gil took a bit longer ). The Trans had just checked out, and had gone … Continue reading →

Will finish the trip report later, but thought folks ought to know about this deal! [hat tip: SlickDeals.net] Staples has the Samsung ML-1740 Laser Printer for $25 after $60 rebate. Add the printer for $100. Add paperclips. Apply coupon code … Continue reading →

Waited for the Beltway traffic to die down before heading out Thursday morning. Got to Chatham, NJ around 2ish, where we met up with Jason Haddox , who is working on his Ph.D in liturgics at Drew (quite a long … Continue reading →

Had a pretty uneventful drive from Tennessee to Virginia (although we did notice that the number of idiot drivers increased substantially the closer we got to DC, and we did pass a dump truck with it’s cargo on fire ). … Continue reading →

Glenn came over around 9, and we hit the road, stopping in Beaumont to get a car charger for his cell phone and a three-way adapter for the cigarette lighter to plug in all the toys. Got to Henderson around … Continue reading →