Another Weekend Day

Hello,

It's been a busy weekend and it's only Sunday morning. This is only my third entry since February 19, 2005 when I created this web log.

The Vernal Equinox - Spring Is Here
Today is the first day of Spring. Since I live in Chicago, where we have four distinct Seasons, I know that as Spring progresses, it will be very different than the other three seasons here. But I am a little sad to see Winter exit. I am one of those people who actually enjoy the cold and bundling up to protect myself from its harsh effects. And I especially love the snow and the beautiful white blanket it brings to cover everything... And I love the anticipation and ultimate peace that accompanies each snowfall. My biggest complaint is that we don't get enough of the beautiful white stuff. Consider this: As a Southerner, one of the reasons I live up north in Chicago is because I love Winter and the snow.

ISOC-Chicago
Some of you may be aware that I am president and cofounder of ISOC-Chicago. ISOC = The Internet Society. ISOC-Chicago = The Chicago Chapter of the Internet Society. For many reasons, we temporarily suspended monthly meetings after June 2004. But we will resume meetings on April 7, 2005 at a little Internet Cafe down the street at 1331 N. Ashland Ave., close to where I live at 1409 N. Ashland Ave. Should be fun. At least this location is centrally located. Many complained that they didn't want to make the trek to Northwestern University Library in southern Evanston, IL to attend our meetings. Outside of downtown Chicago, it would be difficult to find a more central location than this Internet Cafe. John Owrey, who is my vice-president and cofounder of ISOC-Chicago agrees and scoped out this location with me.

Other Stuff
I have come up with some innovative methods to use MS Access to quantify, keep track of, and report on some very detailed parts of the facility I manage at work. I hope my management will appreciate and utilize this information. Getting it assembled was a lot of work.

I will try to be better at entering web log entries.

Till next time... Bye for Now.

Bill