The Duc Pond

Since McGreevy ordered a state of emergency at 4:00 today, some of us at work decided to leave early. It’s OK because I worked an extra 3 hours last week. Hurricane Isabel isn’t affecting us much at all, though. Barely any rain in Mt. Laurel. Pretty windy, though. Doesn’t look like much rain near the shore either. Just a higher tide.

So yesterday’s detailed design review didn’t go too badly. Most of the action items were for stupid standards-compliance issues. I’m not sure how much work was put into reviewing the actual logic of the test, but there wasn’t a lot said about that so I’m hoping I’m OK.

So the new season of Survivor (Pearl Islands – Panama) started tonight. The commercials made it seem much more terrible for the contestants, but before they kicked everyone off the boat with nothing but the clothes on their back, Jeff Probst gave each tribe a bag of money and the knowledge that there was a small village nearby. They could buy pretty much whatever they needed. The one tribe, which was much more organized and team-like than the other, made out like bandits. They did far better than tribes past, I think. It’s a cool cast. Should be neat.