Why the hell does this guy even have a blog?

BBQ in San Diego

Just got back from a barbecue at Bill Barnes' house in Mira Mesa (part of San Diego). A bit of a drive each way, but I had fun there. Met some cool people, had some good food, and played with a huge X-Box. Though the gas burned on the trip there and back has practically zeroed me out fnancially until Nesim pays me the $70 he owes me for clients I've tutored.

Speaking of which, it's been like two months without seeing that money yet. I'm now pondering one of two possible long term actions regarding Nesim and Struggling Students. I can either refuse to work with him ever again, or I can continue to work for him and steal clients (something like one out of every three would be reasonable). The pros for each are as follows:

Quitting outright:
1) I don't wait around being paid for my work
2) I don't dig myself negative by wasting gas on clients and not seeing money for a long time.
3) While I can't honestly say that I dislike Nesim, I can't honestly say that I particularly like him, either. Quitting and moving on means I don't have to feel bad about feeling apathetic about a college acquaintance I still associate with. I'm fine feeling apatheic about people I don't associate with.

Stealing clients:
1) I can't afford to turn down money, even if it's somewhat delayed.
2) By stealing some clients, I get some immediate cash flow to tide me over while Nesim takes his sweet time paying me for clients I didn't steal.
3) I achieve some measure of revenge.

Also, pulled the following off of Bill De Witt's blog.

You're a Speak & Spell!! You nerd, you. Just
because you were disguised as a toy doesn't
mean you weren't educational, you sneaky
bastard.


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What should be here?

Hello,

I have no idea what I'm supposed to do w/ this blog space. It's free, it's set up, and I'd like to thnk it could be useful for something. The only real feature I've come up with is updates about Noah.

So what else is there to write about? I could write about work, except I'm unemployed at the moment. I could write about my aspirations, but there's only so much that can be said about wanting to kill stupid people.

So if anyone's actually reading this thing, suggestions would be useful. Post some replies if you have any ideas for me.

Noah at 9 months

I guess one feature of my blog will be an almost-monthly bit about my nephew, Noah Sebastian Balma. Noah's my sister's first (and currently only) child. His current hobbies include sleeping, crawling, and trying to outsmart adults around him. A month ago, he lived about 30 miles from me. Now he lives in Chicago, which is about 2,000 miles from his extended family in LA.