The details are still to be worked out, and the offer is contingent on my references checking out–the calls have been scheduled for today–but I was offered the job. Assuming the formal offer letter comes by the end of the week, and I accept, we’ll likely be heading to San Francisco around mid-June. My new […]
A few days ago I noted that I’d be flying to San Francisco for a job interview sometime after returning from London; I was thinking that it would likely be sometime the week of May 8-12. Today I got an email asking if I could come out there on May 3, 4 or 5. Since […]
We’re all packed, and we’re both pretty proud of how relatively lightly: we both have empty space in our luggage this time around, and I even had room to include an extra (folded up) carry-on inside my suitcase, for bringing back souvenirs if we need the extra space. As Jeff pointed out, we’ll have plenty […]
The five-day forecast for London from the BBC is looking pretty good at the moment, with the prediction for our arrival there (next Wednesday) being rainy but still pleasant (high 64°F), with Thursday sunny (high 60°F) and Friday partly sunny (high 62°F). Sunset is around 8:10 each day, so we’re hoping to do at least […]
Inspired by Jeff’s Union Jack banner–in preparation for our London trip just four days away–I’ve also created a temporary “Westmintster” London Underground roundel-inspired banner graphic for light refresh-mints. [The original Pep-O-Mint photo from which my graphic is derived was taken and uploaded to Flickr by Bret Arnett, and is used here under the terms of […]
I don’t mean to be a tease, but I don’t want to say much more than this at this stage in the game: I had a telephone interview earlier this evening for the cool-sounding job opportunity in San Francisco. It went really well; I felt a strong connection with the interviewer–who would be my boss […]
Geez. Even the NASA Image of the Day today is about the 1906 earthquake, showing the topography and tectonics of the region. Image Credit: NASA I can’t seem to get away from this earthquake synchronicity.
As we continue to prepare to move–eventually–to the Bay Area, with all the press attention surrounding the centennial of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and starting perhaps with Gene’s posting about exploring the Hayward Fault in Google Earth, which coincided with my own renewed obsession with Google Earth, seismicity–specifically, that associated with my probable new […]
Yesterday Jeff mentioned that his mother had left a message; when he relayed it to me verbatim, short and staccato, I responded, “She left that in a voicemail?” And he replied, “No, in an email.” We talked some more about his mother and her use of the Internet, and he noted that she hadn’t completely […]
As noted by doppelbloggers Tom Watson and Tom Watson, Tom Watson is running for mayor of New Orleans.