I never thought that I would admit this, but I think I’m fast becoming a morning person. I often find myself exhibiting completely irritating behavhior when others are still gathering their wits. It’s entertaining for me but less than amusing for the wife.

Mornings are great for the simple reason that everything has the potential for greatness. Nothing has come along yet to disturb my optimism. The radio is fresh, the paper is fresh, the coffee…you get the idea.

The latest scoop on me is my new job. Yesterday was my first official day of employment at a large print-media company by the name of Valassis. I can’t really talk about what I’m doing but regardless it’s exciting to be doing something different. I’ve had many great experiences (and some bad ones) at Xplana but after three years I think it’s time to move on and try something new. Xplana has a lot of potential, and I hope they attain the success they deserve.

Right before I changed jobs, I launched a site called XplanaQuiz. And when I say launched I mean I basically just threw it up on a public server without properly announcing it to the world. Consequently it isn’t being used by anyone which is a shame because I do think it’s worth a look. In the coming days I’m going to send it off to some of the prominent edubloggers out there in hopes it might see the light of day.

On an unrelated note I was sad to hear Yeltsin died. Even though he’s been out of power for some time his death seems to put a period on the shortlived appeal for Russion democracy. Maybe his passing will serve as a wake up call…then again maybe it will be more of the same. Time will tell.