Back from Dallas in time to resume the good old night job at Measurement, Incorporated tonight. Isn't that the shadiest name of a company you've ever heard?

I sit from 5 to 10:15 (4 to 10:15 today, cause I'm going in early with nothing else to do.) and grade the SAME PROBLEM OVER AND OVER the whole time. The problem is an open-ended free response math question from the Massachusetts 10th Grade Exit Exam.

Already, someone has gotten fired due to use of a racial slur, the company is running approximately one month behind in a job that was supposed to take 6 weeks at maximum, and half the people there don't even understand the math behind the problem. If it weren't for a good-sized paycheck I get from them every now and then, there wouldn't be much reason to stick around even a day longer.

Fortunately, it doesn't last much longer, as Owen's MBA Orientation begins August 13.

My internship at Extreme Writers Group has been wonderful, but it will be ending within a month as well. Getting to see the insides of the music publishing world, and the great business acumen of the two co-founders Michael Martin and Jason Houser, has been eye-opening and a great jumpstart to business school.

With "Built To Last" just about wrapped up, I have started reading "Don't Know Much About History" by Kenneth C. Davis. It takes American History topics from Columbus' voyages to the Bush/Gore election debacle and goes through them in a question/answer format that makes for really interesting reading.

Being in Dallas with Lori was really enjoyable, even though the Mariners lost last Sunday night when we took in a night game. Her family is a lot of fun to be around, and were really hospitable. I am looking forward to going back!

Only other news is that I cancelled the studio session in Birmingham for this weekend to give me more time to prepare new material for an upcoming mostly-instrumental solo album, tentatively titled "Maintain Radio Silence". I think there will end up being a track on there by the same name, but too early to tell. Everything is still on track for the release of the "Everything You Know Is Wrong" EP on September 30.

Gotta go to the bank before heading out (early) to MI. Hopefully everyone is doing great.