Tony Bennett

I met Tony Bennett today. He came to visit Google, give a little talk, and he even sang some songs for us. I knew that he would be visiting and was so bummed I would be missing his visit because I had a meeting at the very same time. I was fortunate enough that Tine saved me a seat and after running over to the cafe after my meeting, was able to catch him singing a few songs for us. He was amazing. What an awesome voice and command of the crowd. Everyone was smiling and leaning forward in awe of his presence. Once the show was over, I rushed back to all the work that was waiting for me. After stopping to talk about an issue with a colleague, I walked outside of my building and who was walking down the path towards me....but him, Mr. Tony Bennett.

He is such a sweet gentleman. Is it wrong to have a crush on an 81 year old man?

Dodged another bullet

I changed my last name a couple of years ago when I got married. I also moved to a new house about 6 months ago. Apparently I forgot to inform the county about both of these changes. When some of my mail is sent to my old address, the post office forwards it to my new address...this takes several days (or longer?). Today after work, I went through my mail that arrived today and there was a forwarded letter from the county calling me in for jury duty. Aw man. Jury duty? I opened up the letter to read the date that I have to report...which was...today. Oops! I called the automated line, entered in my juror number and waited wondering what will happen now since I completely missed another call of jury duty. To my surprise and relief, the automated system told me I had fulfilled my jury duty and am excused for another year!

Phew! Looks like next year I won't be able to get out of it again. I promise I'll be good and ready next year.

d.s.t. schmee-est-tee

This time change is screwing with my head. Despite the extra hour of sleep, I have been walking around like a zombie. And rather than just "falling back" in time, I'd rather just fall back into bed.