All over the place....

There was an interesting off-Broadway play review in the NYT that's a one-woman show chronicling a teacher's trials and travails.  Since a number of people in my family are in education, I thought I would mention it.

Gary Sheffield, SHUT THE HECK UP and play out your contract.  You negotiated the contract yourself, so deal with the $13 million that you will be paid in 2007.  You'll make more money next year than most will in a lifetime, so just sit back and be thankful/hopeful that you don't end up like your uncle who once thought he was irreplaceable (scroll to Legal Troubles).

When I worked at Cisco in 2000, I was at a new hire breakfast with John Chambers and someone asked him why they would not sponsor a sports stadium (note this was at the height of the tech boom).  John responded that there was not a good return on investment typically associated with that kind of marketing.  Guess they changed their mind with the Oakland A's (or should I say Fremont A's of the Bay Area?).

History buffs - check this out as it tends to be rare to have history be as vivid as this.

A blog that I subscribe to published a journal from someone serving in Iraq.  Regardless of what is going on in Washington, we gotta keep supporting these guys out in the field.  Scroll down to the bottom of the link's page for some perspective on the election.

OK - JDRF is probably really happy with Tuesday's election results.  Gotta get that stem cell research bill through!!

In the continuing saga of 'you cannot make this stuff up', some Brit decided to light a firecracker in a creative place wth less than stellar results.  Unbelievable.

My father-in-law made a hole-in-one today.  Wow.  Great job, Bruce.  Too bad you were not keeping score.

Lots of publicity for Microsoft with Windows Vista being ready to ship (party tomorrow - I am told it will be crazy - glad I take the bus).  I work on a great team of people and some of the great work that the team has been completed has been featured in a couple of high profile blogs like Robert Scoble's (new networking stack) as well as Mary Jo Foley (IPv6).  Great job, guys!