We have moved in, and actually gotten some boxes unpacked. Finally, I am back to cyberspace after an almost two week drought. Steve got the network up and running last night and I'm overjoyed. It's not the Wireless Utopia that he envisioned, but the upside for me is that I get to keep my current email address for a while longer and I could finally check my email. There wasn't anything of burning importance in my in box, but I did need to send out a couple of invoices so I could get paid for work I did last week. Almost all my work this year has been making costumes for puppets, and the trend continues.

I tried to look at the email break as a vacation, but all it felt like was an inadequate communication ability. I do rely on email to get stuff done. It's hard to imagine ten years ago when email was more of a novelty item, and so was your cell phone. What weird little used item will be common place in ten years? My combo washer/dryer? With the average dry time of over two hours, I'm guessing not, but my first cell phone was the size of a half a sub sandwich and weighed a ton. I am a total Tivo convert...

Completely off the subject, we went and played poker at Bill and Jane's over the weekend, and I won. I came in first place out of 11 in a Texas Hold 'em tourney, and won $120. Most of our friends play very seriously so it was quite the accomplishment. I think I'm ready to play with strangers. Not at a casino or anything, but perhaps other comedians' games. I hear there is a game sometimes with the ACME folks...