Day off today (British company observes US holidays as well as the British ones. Woo!). Slept in (no surprise there), need to shower and probably shave since I didn't do so Saturday or Sunday. The shaving, that is, not the showering. I'm not that much of a bachelor. Of course, I'll have to shave tomorrow unless I want to look stubbly on my Official Corporate ID Badge, which I'll be getting after my Official Corporate New Employee Orientation. I hear this involves watching a sexual harassment video. Big fun.

Today's agenda includes crawling around on the roof again to finish the setup of my old minidish. You can get the local channels in DC now. This rocks.

I'm also looking forward to having 70 channels of nothing on instead of the mere 12 I have now.

Today's also Dad's birthday. He's 65. I'll be calling him once I figure out if he's taking the day off or he's gone into the office. He's his own boss, so it's hard to tell. He's a slave-driver. He makes himself go in on days he probably ought to just stay home, or go fishing. He's better about that now than he used to be. Maybe he'll get even better than that now.

(2000-02-21)