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Tomorrow morning... oops, nevermind... Start over... Six hours from now I fly from Washington, D.C. to Washington, T.S. - The State. I'm going for work, to integrate my current project with another team's project.

Since my work is closed on Monday for Presidents' Day, I'll be stopping by Microsoft to visit some friends and old co-workers. If you're one of those people, fire me an IM so we can all meet in one place for lunch or something. Otherwise I might just sneak into your office when you least expect it.

It seems fitting that I'll be in both Washingtons this Presidents' Day weekend.

Today I went downtown to deposit some checks, and there were people everywhere... Tourist Season has begun. It's still weird to me that a place I go on a whim to run an errand is the same place others select as their vacation destination. That's not to put down DC - I highly recommend it to everybody, politics and history interests are not required.

• More about Washington, D.C. [Encarta]
• More about Washington, The State [Encarta]
• The Myth and Lies behind Presidents' Day [Snopes.com]

I also just learned that Seattle's Best Coffee and Torrefazione Italia, two major non-Starbucks coffee stores/brands up in the Northwest (and quickly spreading elsewhere), happen to be owned by Starbucks. That would almost be like if Microsoft happened to own Apple and Sun, but they let the companies operate independently and didn't make a big fuss about it.

Well, Washington is the only state named after a president, so they probably throw some bitchin' Presidents' Day parties over there. I better get some sleep.