I’ve been feeling like crap since about Sunday afternoon. My stomach and mouth can’t seem to agree on what constitutes a healthy meal. My ass keeps interrupting to weigh in with its own opinion.<\/p>\n
My illness this week has led to some interesting challenges. I’ve been spending time on both sides of the sickness fence. On Monday, I stayed home and slept. The hour or so I spent in a status meeting that day were painful, as sitting upright made my nauseous meter go to full.<\/p>\n
Since then, I’ve been heading to work with mixed success. I feel good. I feel bad. I feel in between. Yesterday, I made it down to a customer site only to spend half my time in the bathroom issuing lighting strikes that crackled through the nearby halls. Watch out.<\/p>\n
Believe it or not, I have other things to discuss outside of a good, solid grip on the toilet seat.<\/p>\n
Madden<\/b><\/p>\n
Madden 2005 was released late last week and I haven’t bought it. This would be considered news, as it may mark the first time in about 10 years I have not purchased the game immediately after it was released. I’d say the issue was money but it’s also this<\/a>. I’ve joined an online football league and I’m winning. Madden will have to wait.<\/p>\n While I’m on the subject …<\/b><\/p>\n Here’s another, more conservative, article<\/a> about stem cell research and Kerry’s disingenuous use of it as an issue. He wants to lift the stem cell ban. That should be easy. No such ban exists.<\/p>\n DOOM!<\/b><\/p>\n I picked up a copy of Doom 3 the day it was released and I have to say I’m pretty happy with it. Most reviews<\/a> have been pretty positive. Some haven’t been that enthusiastic.<\/p>\n I’m just pleased that they included an actual game along with some of the most impressive technology I’ve seen in a videogame. They took a couple parts Half-Life, a couple parts System Shock 2, and turned off the lights. I’ll have something to show off my PC while I wait for all the (sure to be) amazing user modifications to be released.<\/p>\n The Metro<\/b><\/p>\n I rode the DC metro to work yesterday and couldn’t help but think a bit about Spain and their absolutely awful reaction<\/a> to terrorism. Of course, I did all that thinking before I got to the train. It didn’t really cross my mind once I was there. Good thing. There’s something about the metro and its underground tunnels that I enjoy. I’m sure that has something to do with the fact that I don’t have to ride it every day.<\/p>\n Baby Room, part 2<\/b><\/p>\n