Columbus, OH

Our bus ride to Columbus ended around 5am. The overnight ride included two movies, Traffic and The Matrix, both of which could neither hold my attention nor put me to sleep. I thought surely The Matrix would knock me out because I haven't been able to stay awake through that movie yet. (Sorry Matrix fans) I spent the night catching up on email again. Once at the hotel, I caught a few winks and barely made it to the hotel restaurant before the magic moment when the breakfast bar, at $12.95 per plate, matures into a $29.95 brunch. Maybe if I wanted champagne for breakfast . . ..

I took an enjoyable stroll around the city in pleasant 50 degree sunshine. Columbus has a clean downtown with lots of shops. Our hotel is adjacent to the City Center mall. I headed back to the hotel around noon to get to work. My goal for the day was to try and complete the switchover to a blog based web site. Those of you who know what blogging is will understand, the rest don't need to worry about it. It will just make this journal easier to read and archive. Anyway, I soon found myself dog-paddling through an ocean of non-working code and decided I needed to head back over to the mall to visit a book store for a little help. So here I sit, slogging my way through blogging with little time left to update the journal.

Tomorrow we have a day off in Indianapolis. Maybe I'll catch up then. It is time to board the bus and head to the arena.
¶ 5:00 PM