Huh, so I haven't posted in a couple of months.

I've been very busy with stuff that makes really terrible LiveJournaling. Seriously, you guys are going to be bored to tears:

I had a hectic couple of weeks leading up to Christmas. Got an op-ed on cable franchise reform published in the Kansas City Business Journal. We had a board meeting at work, which necessitated some long hours of preparation. Amanda and I went to get a Christmas tree. I drove to Minnesota for Christmas. Saw lots of friends and family. Ate a lot of junk food and came down with a cold.

January came and I drove back to St. Louis. Work has been insanely busy. I testified before the Missouri Senate Commerce Committee on a cable franchise reform bill, which didn't go very well. Traveled to an event on the other side of the state kicking off the Show-Me Institute. Helped organize a rally for property rights that occurred yesterday. I had 2000 printers that say "No compromise of our property rights" printed up for the rally.

Over MLK Day weekend Amanda and I went on a siblings' road trip. We visited my brother in Terre Haute, IN, and her sisters in Oxford, OH. Played Monopoly with Andrew's college friends, and Cranium with Ellen and Emma's. Saw Ellen's kitten, which was very cute. Detoured through Louisville to get some southern barbecue.

Last week I sent the final draft of my paper off to Cato, which should be published next month. The title is "Circumventing Competition: The Perverse Consequences of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act." Yes, it's every bit as exciting as it sounds.

The upshot is that I've been busy pretty much non-stop for the last 2 months. This is the first week in a while where I've come home after work and puttered around the house. I enjoy what I'm doing and like being busy most of the time, but sometimes it's nice for things to slow down a little bit and let me catch my breath.