hello. my name is jim bishop. this is what i look like today:

 

------synopsis----------- jim longs for travel. (read) jim talks of deepleap. (read) jim keeps it real. (read) ------end synopsis------   wistful dreams of faraway places... wednesday is my favorite day of the week. we have staff lunch here in the office, and i get all of my airline deal emails. they all come on wednesday!! american, southwest, and continental. all promising me fabulous vacations at low, low prices. i spend an hour making plans. well, i can fly from austin to chatanooga for $87 on american, and then i can fly from chatanooga to boston for $75 on continental. i could fly round-trip to boston for $165. repeat. it's a fun game.   small town crew makes it big... maybe you've heard me talk about my friends who started a little web company here in austin. i call it the "little web company that could." they call it deepLeap. you remember! i was in that web ad for them. anyway, they got a really great review in c|net yesterday.   keeping it real in the field... i start weight training today with kavita. i broke a nail. kavita, lee, ella, greg, and i decided to form a "boy band" yesterday. i'm going to be the one with the creepy facial hair. my friend, heidi kirkpatrick, is at the republican convention in philadelphia right now. (don't get your hopes up, mom, she's not a republican. i only have one republican friend, james keener, and he's a closeted communist like the rest of us. :-) anyway, she sent me this from the convention this morning: here are our favorite convention quotes 16 "Gingrich... Gingrich... I'm sorry, sir, but you're not on the list." 15 "Very important, camera operators: only shoot him from the front. When his dad sticks his hand up Junior's back, it makes his suit wrinkle." 14 "What are all these women doing here? They act like they've won the right to vote or something." 13 "Man, this spotted owl is delicious. Compliments to the chef!" 12 "Governor Bush, it's time to put your Play-Doh away and speak to the nice people in the auditorium." 11 "Is that an oil company in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?" 10 "And now, the winner of the GOP Most Valuable Player of the '90s Award... Linda Tripp!" 9 "Someone get that drink away from McCain before he brings up that 'campaign finance reform' crap again!" 8 "Sorry, sonny, but this table is for grown-ups only-- Oh! I'm sorry, Mr. Lazio!" 7 "Man, this is boring -- I'm heading over to Chuck E. Cheese's for the Reform Party convention." 6 "Well, at least when *our* guy asks for 'blow,' it doesn't involve an intern." 5 "Attention: We have another lost parent! Will Mr. and Mrs. Quayle please come to the Main Pavillion? Your son is here." 4 "Excuse me, but wasn't my registration packet supposed to contain a wad of NRA money...?" 3 "I thought they were waiters, too, but apparently they're a singing group called 'The Temptations'." 2 "Sure, I still believe in helping the poor, improving education and eliminating tax breaks for the rich -- I just really, *really* hate James Carville." and the Number 1 Thing Overheard at the Republican National Convention... 1 "Philadelphia is called 'The City of BROTHERLY Love'?!? Did those Log Cabin guys have a hand in this?"

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