http://journal.toddsville.com Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:31:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I started collecting comic books my senior year in high school when Superman died.  At the time I just thought that that issue would be an interesting collectible and I never expected to actually read it and enjoy it.  Of course, as with most things, once you start, it's hard ... http://journal.toddsville.com/2008/11/comic-book-project-finished-for-now/ Saturday's lately have become out out and about day.  This weekends was the longest yet!  We left home at like 9:30 and headed to the Harvest Cafe for breakfast.  We only recently tried it for the first time, but they have crazy good breakfast.  Then we headed down to Newington ... http://journal.toddsville.com/2008/11/weekend-3/ When I was in Iraq, I read a book by Dean Koontz called Odd Thomas.  I really liked it.  Last year, I discovered on accident that 2 more books (now 3) have been written about Odd Thomas.  Keeping an eye out for them at used book stores, I finally found ... http://journal.toddsville.com/2008/11/scared/ I can't remember which of my friends I'm quoting, but I think it was possibly Ben.  The thought was that on everyone's calendar on election day, the caption reads, "Vote!"  Then the day after the election the caption reads, "Drink Heavily."  :-)  For better or for worse, the election is ... http://journal.toddsville.com/2008/11/drink-heavily/ Sharron and I both got up early today to make sure we could go out and vote.  She made it out of the house early and arrived at the voting station about 10 minutes after they opened.  She had to wait for 30 minutes!  After she told me that, I ... http://journal.toddsville.com/2008/11/vote-day/ Thursday night I had a business dinner at Morton's Steakhouse.  My boss, Keith, had asked our 3 vendors to come in to town for a strategy meeting on Friday and wanted to have dinner the night before.  Jokingly, as I was setting it up, had suggested Morton's.  The vendors thought ... http://journal.toddsville.com/2008/11/mortons-steakhouse/ Looking ahead between now and Christmas, it's hard to see any time during the next couple of months for any relaxation.  Next weekend I'm probably going to have to go down to New York city for a Saturday night dinner with a lot of Todd's.  A bunch of them have ... http://journal.toddsville.com/2008/10/busy/ Friday afternoon while I was drinking some tea I had quite the dizzy spell.  I didn't really think anything was the matter as I felt great.  Saturday I was a bit more tired than usual, but still felt ok.  Sunday I work up and felt pretty crappy and had a ... http://journal.toddsville.com/2008/10/sickness/ On Friday I was in a meeting with a vice president that's in my actual reporting chain. The other military guys were part of this meeting and we were discussing the who program of bringing us in to Travelers and how we are doing. Us military guys of ... http://journal.toddsville.com/2008/09/praise/ Ok, both Janet and Sharron did it, so here goes: Ten things I wish I could say to ten different people right now: 1 - I love you! 2 - John thinks you rock! 3 - I've lost track of many of my friends in life and I don't want to lose track of ... http://journal.toddsville.com/2008/09/list-of-lists-of-things/