The day is about half over and that’s a good thing. All I have to do is
somehow stay awake until about 10 pm before bed. That should get the body
clock mostly reset. It’s always been interesting to me that traveling
westbound is easier to adjust to than traveling eastbound. I’m sure there
have been studies and theories about this and will look them up someday..

I’m only here a couple of days before I’m off to Orlando, Florida for IBM’s
Lotusphere convention. I leave very early Sunday morning and fly back on
Friday morning. After that I think I’ll be here for a while before the next
trip.

There is a lot of snow on the ground here in Pocatello. The storms that
came through shortly after I departed for Belgium left behind a goodly
amount of snow. The days afterwards were very cold so most of that snow
still remains. There is still opportunity for more snow and we need it. The
snowpack in the mountains is still below normal.

Nina bought a “student desk” at OfficeMax to put in the sitting room by the
front window. She wanted a place to read and study. I put it together last
night. It was a much bigger job than either of us expected. Assembly took
more than three hours. The desk looks nice and will be a good addition. It
certainly helped keep me awake and moving around until after 10 pm last
night.

The Apprentice was on TV while I was building the desk. I’ve not
watched the program much before and was quite amused to see the
advertisement on the top of taxi that drove the “fired” guy away.
“Hotjobs.com” was the advertisement on the top of the taxi. It used to be
“monster.com” sponsoring the taxi.

Sponsorship for projects on the The Apprentice has become a hot
commodity. Last night BurgerKing was prominent in the show and a couple of
BK senior execs were on the show. Great advertising for the company. I
wonder how much they paid for the opportunity? Are other “reality” shows
doing the same thing? I would not be very surprised!

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