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July 15, 2004

Getting Away

I'm leaving for California on Thursday to visit old friends. I haven't been to California since I visited in 1999, soon after leaving my job at Sapient in San Francisco.

Meanwhile, back in my old home state of New Jersey, the state has managed to be rocked by a sex-and-blackmail scandal involving one of the current governor's major campaign contributors. Really, it sounds like an upstart rich guy trying to act like a mobster. However, the incident did remind me about why I like The Sopranos so much. It's just the sort of sleazy corruption we enjoy hearing about.

Also, recent book acquisitions: The graphic novel The Fixer by Joe Sacco and When Genius Failed by Roger Lowenstein. Will make some good in-flight reading while taking a break from editing thesis proposal.

Posted by Dean at July 15, 2004 1:12 AM