Mr. Luke Warm

What a nice way to wake up!

Kathy tried a nice attempt at using the "fixed" water heater hot water this morning. The temperature was not very warm, which I am guessing is about what lukewarm is, not too happy was she. So she shared the joy with me urgently. I was able to confirm that the water was not in fact hot.

I took a shower anyway. Just made it quick, so no lingering. My guess is the leaking valve, leaked on the control and it seemed fine when the repair guy left. Part of me hoped it needed more time to work itself out. I cycled the water heater and it fired up. I hoped for the best.

Took on the snow commute to meet with a potential place to sponsor for breakfast. We exchanged calls as we tried to meet in St Paul for breakfast to discuss the years plans. Hopefully we can find time next week to connect. Every time we have met the last couple of years to do this planning we have been hit with snow. That makes it even funny that the last five years we have had rain at the events we have planned during those snowstorms. Good karma for rescheduling the meeting? Let's hope.

It was nice to spend most of the day thinking and writing again. I have another day of that coming up intermixed with some celebration for last years work on a energy saving initiative we kicked off last year. The possibilities are exciting, but really no one really cares about energy no matter what they say. They care even less about conserving energy. That is the barrier to change behaviors. Then more meetings with more sponsoring opportunities. This time of the year you get the feeling of the belle of the ball. I met with another group this afternoon, they are interested in my joining their board, which I think would be helpful for both of us. So many great non-profits wanting to do good work, man if we could figure out a way to get them the tools they need. Step by step we can make that change they need.

I left for home early hoping to beat the rush hour, but I guess many others had the same idea. It was a bit quicker, but not much. I did check the water temp and it was not any warmer. I measured it at 93 degrees Fahrenheit, so much warmer than outside but much less than desired. I called back and they are coming tomorrow. Lucky for us Kathy is able to be flexible in working from home when she can. It helps she works her ass off and people respect her. If I tried that crap they would know better that I would be distracted by wanting to grill a seven course meal for lunch.

I saw some previews of the CES show coming up, with some announcements from XBOX Live. I have to admit I am pretty excited about the game room feature. Seems worth it for some of the games I miss playing. For a guy like me with the single platform it is great news. The Natal feature seems like it will be the perfect concept for an party game. Lots of fun without the controllers. I just can't get my brain around how the hell this will work with most games, but maybe that's the point - it the blend for the people that like games and those that like party games like the Wii.

By the way I keep seeing all the new tablets that being debuted including the videos of the leaks for the Apple iSlate tablet. Not sure it's something most people are really going to see a need. It's the mix of laptop and the smart phone. But really, $1,000 for some of these, they have to be amazing, don't they? Or is the ease of not popping up a laptop to get something done, worth it. It really is intriguing. Look at me already thinking about this....

Where did the day go, I was starting this 50 minutes ago and got lost in the fun..

Tonight's writing soundtrack to Visqueen.