So I have exercised my constitutional right today and I have voted my absentee ballot. Of course I am really happy to have voted because I think it is important to vote. I realise that coming from Massachusetts, it is clearly “Kerry Country”, but I don’t want to take any chances.

But then I also realised all of the things that can go wrong with my ballot. It could be tampered with, misplaced, or discarded….whether those things are intentional or not is another matter. But you’ve gotta have a little faith I suppose 🙂

Let’s hope for the love of all that is good in the world that Kerry makes it past Bush on U.S. Election Day

This article from the NYT says it about as well as I can….perhaps even better.

I’m voting for Kerry. Hopefully enough of America will do the same…

Today I felt like making an update. Just because. Life has been fairly busy, but I do need to update more often. I am glad that this week is over, because it has been difficult. I also realized that I am spending too much money and have to save a bit more. It’s not dire at all, bt I do need to build up a bit of a reserve.

Anyway, I will provide a fuller update later. Now I want to catch up on other journals. Ciao everyone! 😉

Well, now that Steve has left IBM, Caroline has left the Nordics, and I am integrated into the Swedish and Nordic organisations, it means that I don’t have anyone to lunch with when I come into the Kista office. I don’t mind lunching by myself on occasion. In fact, it can be quite nice to have some peace and quiet. But now I am back to where I started in September 2002, really all by myself in the Nordics.

I think that to counter that sense of being by myself, I better start going into the downtown Stockholm office more often sense there are a lot of international assignees there that I can work along with as well as being close to the Swedish organisation.

At any rate, I will remember to stay happy and positive. After all, I have no shortage of work that I need to get done and it will certainly help me to be isolated a bit in order to get my deliverables ready.

Oh yeah, and while I have not been posting pulbically on a regular basis, I just got back from the UK where I had spent 4 days and the week before I spent the Friday (overnight, so leaving on Satruday) in Oslo. Just so you know what has been up with me — it’s been loads of work! 🙂

Hugs to all, Rodney

Well today I am off to the UK for a week. I wish I could say it was London, but it is really Portsmouth. Not that Portsmouth is all bad. It is just that London is a lot more fun! But worry not, I have a night in London, but only because I didn’t want to travel late on Thursday night.

I will of course keep you updated dear reader…I promise 🙂