Tuesday and Wednesday at school were, in a word, busy. The last OMS case, an OMS homework, and a heavy flux of MTrek websites to edit, fix, and post have kept me wire to wire slammed. Throw in today's General Cable interview - my last - and you get the idea.

Once the day was more or less over, there was a MKT 503 Group 7 reunion of sorts at Mark and Lilly's house. These dinner parties are more fun than the proverbial barrel of monkeys. It is just great to experience what other people consider their specialties, to share the conversation of my colleagues, and to be away from school if only for a little while.

The Olympics are in full swing - Liggety and Cheek you are my heroes! It seems like troubles for Americans in big events but whenever a star is DQed or off the pace, an up-and-coming athlete ups and stars. Jen and I talked winter sports and the Winter Olympiad over dinner, because we're both hooked on speed skating and luge / bobsled / skeleton. The idea of competing against time is just awesome. I also like the idea of competing against speed... I'd like to see every speedskater get three labs to skate as fast as they can, with the highest instantaneous speed getting a gold medal. We have the technology, we have free time. Last one to the podium is a rotten egg.