Gretchen went with a friend to go have her horse’s shoes reset early this morning, so I didn’t get any breakfast. I know, I’ve only been having a glass of orange juice lately, and I can pour orange juice just as easily as she does, but I’m not really what you would call a morning person, and I just now even thought about it. However, I think I’ll be making up for it today. One of the managers here in the office gave me a ticket to go hear Jack Valenti speak at the Faculty Staff Club over at the Penn Stater over lunch — lunch is included. So not only will I not be having my miniscule lunch, but I won’t be walking either.
<span style="float: left; padding: 0 8px 8px 0;"><img src="http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/m/h/mhl100/images/Valenti.jpg" width="100" height="104" alt="Jack Valenti, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Motion Picture Association" /></span><ins datetime="2003-10-22T14:28:00-05:00">Jack was pretty interesting, though he made a few specious arguments about P2P file sharing. Apart from that, he sounded a lot like I imagine Samuel Clemens as having sounded. Wise, worldly, insightful answers to deep questions. Answers that make you think, with the possibility that they sound really good, but are wrong nonetheless. I had a small green salad, some provençal vegetables, a penne casserole, a cup of hot sausage soup, and a slice of apple pie (oink).</ins>
<ins datetime="2003-10-22T19:59:00-05:00">Gretchen made French Onion Soup tonight. I had two beers with mine (oink).</ins>