Chicago, dogs, business, software, books and other random subjects.

• Off to work. Remembered to get expense reports done. Forgot about travel time accounting. And really need to hit an ATM. (IntrstScore: 3/10) #
• Oh yeah: this is why I don’t drive to work. It pretty much basically sucks. #
• Why do fifths of pure vermont maple syrup and fifths of whiskey come is almost identical bottles? #
• @jernst ha! Likewise they’re both good with bacon but that’s another story. #

• @scootergirl thanks! I must admit I was suspicious of you living and "getting hair done" in a-ville the very same wkend I’m there for lunch. #
• First mother’s day gift seems to have worked out. (Pic on the blog) #
• @shobyabdi sounds like a pretty good day of TV. but where is "deadliest catch" and "man vs. wild"???? #

Mother’s Day, originally uploaded by ReidCarlberg.

A few have asked what I was planning on getting The Lovely J for Mother’s Day. Here it is: in sterling silver, a 19th century wax seal with The Critter’s real first initial. (Yes, random stranger: my child is not actually named “The Critter”. That’s just his blog handle.)

• Lga is - if not quite a zoo - more crowded than I would like. Plane an hour late. Plus side: good blondie at au bon pain. #
• Still at LGA but end is in sight. We have equipment, no notices about the crew being close to over their legal time limits, etc. Seat 12a. #
• Boarding. Hoo. Ray. Looks like someone left a copy of a remaindered dan brown hardback. Harried gate agent just fetched it. Author=guess. #
• Ooooooh so this is how I twittered away 500 text messages and more last month. #
• The Critter stirs. This means I may have missed my chance for a morning nap. Damn. #
• Off to lunch in andersonville with friends and The Critter. #
• Listening to this american life talk about the mortgage crisis. I wonder what will happen to mortgage brokers who committed fraud. Anything? #
• @scootergirl don’t know yet. In edgewater now and picking them up. #
• @jernst awesome!! #
• Irving park traffic at 6 corners is pretty much a disaster. I know: not very interesting. It happens. #
• Gas price: regular unleaded: $4.13 a gallon. #

Love to see the news about more riders.  Now we just need to get better public transportation.

• Reinstalling vista from scratch on a tablet pc in an attempt to fix a bug in a demo. Its like killing a fly with a 12 guage. #
• The golf cart scene in the office was awesome. #
• @scootergirl yeah! Someone is reading my tweets! #
• @jernst hey don’t panic but I’ve been reworking some of the code in the poc. Should be fine. Just kidding! #
• A great long time friend just called. Her sister died today. After a surgery that went well (they thought). She was way too young. So sad. #
• i’m up at 12:30a. on the night when i should be sleeping. I’m blaming windows vista. and hillary clinton. #
• On the plus side: the vista reinstall seems to have fixed the problem. #
• @garyvee hey nice billboard! We should all get one. #
• Driving from NJ to NY LGA. The stench is outrageous. Christ on a crutch Jersey open a window!!! #
• Ok so traffic in nj/nyc on a rainy friday pretty much sucks but I’m kida excited about driving through the holland tunnel for the 1st time. #
• Btw the tunnel is $8 per car. And I’m almost totally out of cash. I wonder if they take visa. Life takes visa, but does the holland tunnel? #
• I am, apparently, driving through china town. Super glad I have the gps. But overall wish I wasn’t driving. #
• Manhattan bridge - that was fun - randomly picked upper road - turned out correct. This is quite the little adventure. #
• @popejephei that ship has sailed now driving thru beautiful queens. #
• @popejephei nice. I’m missing harlem and brooklyn (brooklyn!) For sure. Might just skate through a small slice the the bronx. #
• City of new york correction department: "new york’s boldest". Really? Really! #
• @popejephei just get on the ferry. Just pulled in to laguardia. I’n a happy happy camper. And hungry hungry like a hippo hippo. #

• tired. heading to nj tomorrow. will be wearing new shoes. hopefully that works out well. #
• apparently 7a is my tweeting hour. http://xefer.com/twitter/reidc #
• On the way to ord, waiting for a train to go by. Frustrating. Curses on you canadian pacific #
• In fabulous NJ! Wearing new shoes that I hadn’t even tried on before the morning. Yes, they fit and No, they don’t hurt. Love me some ECCO. #
• Waid? Reading @popejephei’s tweets while driving thru newark. Safety first! #

Kate sent in a link to The Condiment Museum.  I love it!  Note that this MISC category includes Plum Sauce.

Awesome!

• In other news, I love that the ziggy in this week’s the onion is in spanish. Is it always? I hope so. That would make me very happy. #
• 252a and zee critter, he is wide awake, az they say. Ja? Ja! #
• I’m sneeezing in the rain, just sneeeezing in the rain - what a glorious feeling I’m phlegmy again! #
• Confidential to the trexlers: my whole world smells like bacon again. #