So I had a pretty interesting day (aside from the snow). I had a meeting in the Pentagon.
Most of the people I deal with are either based in Crystal City (across the freeway from the Pentagon) or they come to the office in Crystal City when they want to have a meeting. As far as I know, this was my first time ever visiting the Pentagon itself (the first since I’ve been old enough to remember, anyway).
So it occurred to me as I was playing with the site yesterday that my last ‘Life’ entry was twelve days ago. So here’s a new one ;-).
The thing is that there aren’t a lot of new developments in the life area. Since Melissa’s been quite busy with her senior thesis project, much of the wedding planning has been on hold. Outside of that, I’ve just been trucking along with my regular activities—working, writing, poetry-organizing, churching, eating, and sleeping (although I do still have some of that pesky wedding stuff going on too).
I installed the 4.5.2 upgrade to the Mambo content management system today, which resulted in some downtime this afternoon. Most of the fixes in this upgrade aren’t of any note to the end-user, but there are a lot of improvements in the administrative interface that I use to post.
I live near the intersection of Chain Bridge Road (route 123) and Eaton Place in Fairfax, Virginia. This particular intersection—which I pass through often—is somewhat dangerous and confusing. One complex set of signals controls traffic coming from literally five separate roads. Not only that, but much of the traffic heading south on 123 has just exited off of Interstate 66 and is still moving at near-freeway speeds. (Click to see a map centered on a hotel near the intersection; you can zoom in with the slider as needed.)
President Bush is scheduled to give the annual State of the Union address at 9:00 tonight (EST) before a joint session of Congress. The speech will be aired on most television stations, as will the Democratic response, though I recommend C-SPAN for unfettered coverage of both.
Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.
