January 2001
| 1 | Our party wasn't very big, but it was graced by good friends, and that made it wonderful. |
| 2 | Maybe I'll be insightful and fascinating tomorrow. |
| 3 | In the end, it came down to exactly four differences: |
| 4 | My PowerBook has shipped! |
| 5 | Okay, I promise, I won't babble about the PowerBook anymore. Today. |
| 8 | Why not just use Pillsbury pizza dough? |
| 9 | But I really do mean to get some actual work done. |
| 10 | I have a rule, with offers like these: |
| 11 | I'm just kidding. Maybe. |
| 12 | I decided it was time to take control and quit - while I still could. |
| 16 | I'll probably still be debating it next year, and I'll probably still go. That's the way these things are. |
| 17 | I'm a worry-wart with a mile-wide bossy streak. That should be enough. |
| 18 | You want to know what I've been thinking about lately? |
| 19 | We were a classroomful of Igors, watching in half fear, half wonder as our Frankenstein dissected the lifeless words, showed us their meaning, and then brought them to life before our astonished eyes. |
| 22 | At least there was some warning this time. |
| 23 | And I'm starting to see a horizon where "fulfilling" matters. |
| 24 | Yesterday was not a good day. |
| 25 | There is trouble in paradise. |
| 26 | It's Friday. Thank every god ever to have been worshipped on this or any other planet. |
| 29 | Everyone seemed to enjoy the part of the party we actually had any control over - which is to say, the chili. |
| 30 | I'm sorry if this was too ugly for you, my readers. But it wanted to come out, and I've been fighting the impulse for weeks. |
| 31 | Well, that was quick. |