On the radio at lunch I heard a song off the new Magnetic Fields' album called "If There's Such a Thing As Love." It was nice. I need to buy that record.

I'm on the home stretch of Cryptonomicon. I slacked for a bit but am now taking my reading seriously. Filipino Gold!

My late grandfather was a marine in the South Pacific during World War II. So its safe to say he probably spent some time in the Philippines. He also liked to have a drink now and again. Once when we were out to dinner when I was a kid, he stopped our waitress and said something along the lines of, "Hey, what are you? A Filipino?" She was very polite.

Work blows. Did you ever have to sit around and figure people's capital gains taxes all morning?