So after about a year and a half, i have a modest urge to start blogging again.
In the past three weeks, i've flown over 7300 miles and have been in 9 states. work brought me from denver to midland, TX - back to denver for 8 hours - to williston, ND - back to denver for 12 hours - and then vacation brought me to Newark, NJ - to Boston, MA - to Portland, ME - to Saratoga, NY - and back to Denver. I leave in two days to go to casper, WY and then hopefully i will be back home for a bit. vacation was a lot of fun. I got to see family and friends and even played some golf while it rained for the entire time i was there.
with my few days in denver, i plan to go to Wally World to stock up on apocalypse neccesities such as beer. meanwile my office stocks up on blankets, water, air horns, and oxygen tanks. "why is this," you ask? because in two weeks, the Democratic National Convention will be in town. i plan to work from home that week along with almost everyone in my office. the poor secretary at the front desk, however, must be in the office to field phone calls and take deliveries. we are providing her with her own armed guard, we have put special locks on all the doors, we're buying the supplies mentioned above, and we're taking our sign off the building. the city of denver seems to think there will be mass chaos, and i suppose they have good reason. here's a list of the actions some of the protestors plan at the DNC as provided by the city of denver and my building's management:
my office is planning on un-bolting everything from the sidewalk outside so that it can't be worked loose and thrown through the glass front of the building, including mailboxes. they'll be fined from the USPS and the newspapers for violating "freedom of speech" and they are willing to pay the fine. i hope the city doesn't burn to the ground, but building management keeps mentioning tear gas and asking us to learn how to use oxygen tanks.
i choose to sit at home, drink beer, and watch it all unfold.
