I appear to be back. The last few days have been rough in terms of work…and I want to make clear that I'm not complaining about that. I've started to get very annoyed with myself when I sound like I'm bitching about the rough part of projects and assignments that, on the whole, I very much enjoy doing. So occasionally the deadlines bunch up and I have to go a night without sleep. I don't want to catch myself whining about that, here or anywhere.
"When do you sleep?" is a question I get often here from folks who note the time stamps on my postings. The answer is that I usually manage to get 4-5 hours a night and that seems to be sufficient…though every week or three, my body analyzes my current workload, decides I have time for an extended coma and puts me into one. That's what happened yesterday. I directed a recording session in the morning, stopped at Farmers Market on the way home for a hot turkey sandwich (one of these), then came home and suddenly found myself playing Rip Van Winkle. Out like a mackerel. Today was mostly devoted to trying to wake completely up.
I missed yesterday's episode of Stu's Show on Shokus Internet Radio so I didn't hear the special announcement that my buddy Stu Shostak made…but I know what it is. He is ending Shokus Internet Radio as we know it. He is not ending Stu's Show. It will go on with new episodes which will be available on the Stu's Show website. You'll be able to listen to each episode for free upon its initial broadcast or download it for the most reasonable sum of 99 cents once it's a rerun. In fact, you can go there right now and download any past Stu's Show for that bargain price. I'd do that if I were you.
The final Stu's Show on Shokus Internet Radio will air next Wednesday, August 24. I was his guest on the first one back in '06 and I'll be there for the final episode on that channel. I'll tell you more about it when we get closer to that date.