http://blog.unclemarkie.com What time zone is he in now? Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:38:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday I got this from Lanny, my real estate broker: The clients have been approved, and the paper work is in progress. I will find out when they will be done for you to sign. Let me know your schedule and we can then figure how to get the papers to ... http://blog.unclemarkie.com/2008/07/03/moving-forward/ Spent the tail end of last night futzing around with my phone (Treo 650 that has already come back from dead once or twice). I think it might finally be dead -- and no time for Graf to fix -- and no time with the 4th of July on Friday ... http://blog.unclemarkie.com/2008/07/02/phone-on-the-fritz/ Headed down three paths for work, gathering logos, designing email signatures, standardizing paperwork, looking into third party document storage, and tweaking the organizational and members website look and feel -- hey wait -- that's more than three paths. Guess I should say, a little of this, and a little of ... http://blog.unclemarkie.com/2008/07/01/not-enough-hours-in-the-day/ On this last day of June it's time to hang on and try not to throw up. The day climbs towards at 10am presentation of the report that I've been working on for the last week and a half. Due to a little confusion (thankfully not on my part) the meeting ... http://blog.unclemarkie.com/2008/06/30/roller-coaster-monday/ Welcome to the Sunday edition of UMTravels -- your disjointed source of sometimes disturbing news. First up to today we have the Op-Ed page:   From the Weather Page-- well, let's just say a 10am it was 80 degrees in the house. Guess I'd better move the laptop to the back porch. From the ... http://blog.unclemarkie.com/2008/06/29/the-sunday-paper-politics-and-reviews/ You'd think that if you are taking a cooking class learning to make Paella and several other Spanish dishes that at least you'd remember to sample the Paella. Blame it on the white sangria made with melons, peaches, and apricots. Blame on the red sangria made with lemons, limes, and ... http://blog.unclemarkie.com/2008/06/28/distracted-i-forgot-to-try-the-paella/ Four and a half hours and twenty-six slides later, I have a rough draft of the Marketing Analysis for Events and Adventures. My brain hurts. And it's just the first draft -- I have two more days to whip it into shape before a Monday 10am meeting. As part of my ... http://blog.unclemarkie.com/2008/06/27/four-hours-and-26-slides-later-a-rough-draft/ Gnarlene has done it again! Check out this video from her upcoming Blood & Treasure album that goes into pressing as soon as I finish the liner note artwork.   I hope you'll all click through and view it -- let's pump up those numbers! Wishing that the damn church would close -- ... http://blog.unclemarkie.com/2008/06/26/gnarlenes-video-a-run-away-hit/ So, on the way home tonight I stopped for more bamboo screening (I need ONE 6'x8' panel of split bamboo) -- and I am greeted with "No Bamboo For You Dude" -- note in the system is that they (the Vietnamese) are making as fast as they can -- but you ... http://blog.unclemarkie.com/2008/06/25/no-bamboo-for-you-dude/ What a change in life -- all those shirts that I rescued from the church (financing in place, inspection todayaccording to my agent, close before the 9th, pushing for a week before) are now getting pressed (joke) into service. I get to play dress-up every day that I go into the offices ... http://blog.unclemarkie.com/2008/06/24/kinda-fun-dressing-up/