Today was the last day of the summer. We had a great time this summer. On the day after school ended, we flew to Atlanta and visited with my mom and two brothers. My mom seems to be doing well but her memory and concentration don't seem to be as sharp as they were at one point. I believe it's related to the stress and depression she's experienced since my father's death. But my brother Mark seems to be doing great. He has partnered with two ex-IBMers to start-up a consulting company focused on social networking. My brother David continues to have work woes related to working for Michaels. His boss seems like a real piece of work. David might not help the situation - going to corporate to complain about him.

After Atlanta we went to Cape Cod and had a nice visit with Emily's family. Everything went pretty smoothly. The weather was the coolest I remember it being which made it a bit nippy. But it really cut down on the bugs. Probably, the one rough spot was the discussion about my recently purchased IPhone. Seems my brother-in-law doesn't like the the IPhone, or AT&T wireless, or data plans. I was going to try and convince him it's not about the phone but about all the applications for it, but he didn't want to hear it. Made me feel pretty uncomfortable about the whole subject. But I loved the IPhone and ran with it everyday, listening to Democracy Now or Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, or my tunes. Plus, I kept current on all the news because of the internet access. Speaking of internet access, Dot and Dana got a high speed cable modem installed while we were there and it made things very pleasant.

I watched Nixon/Frost, the Wrestler, and He's Just not that in to You on the flights back and forth. I liked Nixon/Frost the best.