D.C.

Not that I've been posting a ton lately anyway . . . but it might get even more sparse. Next week I am going on my very first real business trip. It involves flying, staying in a hotel, and going to a training course on AS9100. (If you don't know what AS9100 is, it's kinda like ISO9000. If you don't know what ISO9000 is, they're both quality systems standards. If you're still lost, count yourself lucky.)

So, Monday I'll be flying off to the Washington D.C. area. I've never been out there, so it should be exciting. Don't worry though, I'll be dropping Shannon and Julia off at the Andersons for the week, so they won't be left alone. Also, they can visit all the grandma's and great-grandma's and friends who haven't seen Julia yet. It's sort of a 'win-win-win' situation.

Indy

Either all the TV stations want the new Indiana Jones movie to do well, or they're trying to piggy-back off all the Indy promotions. imdb only has 58 credits (2 not out yet) for Harrison Ford, which is actually a small number, considering the first one was back in 1966. Usually about half of an actors credits are for extremely small parts when they were just starting out, or short appearances once they were big. I don't want to bother counting, but Harrison Ford has probably only "starred" in 2 dozen movies at the most.

And yet, they were all on TV over the weekend. Yes, this weekend if you had enough TVs and my standard cable package you could have watched:

• Raiders of the Lost Ark (twice in English, once in Spanish)
• Temple of Doom (twice in English, once in Spanish)
• The Last Crusade (twice in English, once in Spanish)
• Star Wars: A New Hope
• Air Force One
• Witness
• Patriot Games

Surely this can't be a coincidence?

Movies

Have you seen these movies?

Movie1

Movie2

Movie3

More Biking

The first day of May seemed to be a good day for the first bike ride to work of the year. It really is tricky riding to work, because it was still fairly cool this morning at 8am (cool enough that I wished I had gloves) but it'll be plenty warm this afternoon. Before too long, it'll be way too hot in the afternoons to go home. The ride went well, and a co-worker rode in with me. He only lives a few blocks away, so we met about a half mile from our homes and rode the rest of the way in together.