man, oh man, that pfizer news is crappy for my hometown. lots of jobs and tax revenue lost. is there no good news coming from the mitten state anymore?

on a positive note, the bay area rapid transit (aka "bart") is finally catching up with the other major US cities by launching a stored value card. about time -- sheeesh! (how much does it rule that it's called the "EZ Rider Card"?)

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sorry that i haven't written more lately. we have some new projects at work, and they were enough that we actually have a few new people. i'm busy, but happy. i think once everyone is up-to-speed, the workload will be reasonable.

this past weekend steve and i went to utah. we were there to go to sundance, but it turns out that none of the movies getting any buzz had anything other than bleak, depressing descriptions. we went to one film, offscreen, the first day. it was the most disturbing thing i've ever seen (steve agreed) and i actually couldn't watch the last few minutes. i'm glad i didn't, since i really enjoy sleeping at night.
anyhow, that led us to decide that since none of the tickets available to our group were for movies getting any buzz or for anything that sounded remotely pleasant, we would skip out on the films and enjoy the park city area. we went snowshoeing and cross country skiing, and steve went snowmobiling. the locals were complaining that there wasn't much snow (and i guess for downhill skiing, there wasn't) but it worked for us, and we had a lovely relaxing weekend. there was a little work schmoozing, but it wasn't overwhelming. in fact, i came back relaxed. much needed!