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	Phil's Blogservations Saturday, July 30, 2005 Posted by philgomes 12:57 AM Happy Birthday, Phil. Here's Your Planet. Happy Birthday, Phil. Here's Your Planet. Adding to the list of several things I missed during the move, I just heard on George Noory's show that there's a possible "tenth planet." Again. Unless, of course, you're part of that group that wants to strip humble Pluto of its planet status. (For which there are a number of good arguments.) Anyway, the news has inspired a new round of nifty concept drawings, guaranteed to show up on a Windows desktop near you! Oh... Thanks to all of you who wished me Happy Birthday, by the way. (I'm surprised how many of you remembered!) I'll be back to blogging about more serious stuff soon. For now, the priority has to be extracting my life out of these boxes. Friday, July 29, 2005 Posted by philgomes 12:39 PM Discovered During The Move Discovered During The Move My neighbor's WiFi access point is feature-rich and seamlessly integrated. Monday, July 25, 2005 Posted by philgomes 6:55 PM Just 'Cause It Needs To Be Said Just 'Cause It Needs To Be Said So, the other day I sent out the email to contacts both personal and professional about my move to Los Angeles. I wanted to say, in this public forum, that the support that a great many of you have shown regarding this choice has been no less than staggering. In a word, "Wow." Many, many thanks to all of you who showed up at my party at the Englander and/or have called/emailed/semaphored your encouragement. Now continues the task of packing. It's incredible how much "life detritus" one collects in a short amount of time. (I've lived in this Alameda, Calif., house for just over two years.) God love Craig's List, let me tell you. I had to get rid of some furniture (the kitchen in the new place isn't nearly as cavernous as the one here), and a couple of posts to CL took care of that right quick. In fact, doing so very nearly covered my moving expenses! Thanks to CL, I also found a place to live in LA. Very, very cool. In the meantime, I've sort of rediscovered Paradise Lost. (Not the epic poem from Milton, but the band, both of which I was introduced to in college.) When I was at KSMC, I devoured their Icon and Draconian Times albums. They did this cool '80s-retro-sounding album called Host, and then a heavier take on those musings with Symbol Of Life. These CDs haven't left my car stereo this week. Turns out that SBC doesn't serve West LA. This means I'll have to break my DSL contract here. Them's the breaks, I guess. Looks like I'll be a Verizon customer now. Funny thing... Both companies have made public mention of soon supplying "naked DSL", or DSL sold to customers without local phone service. Not one customer rep knows anything about it. In any case, I'm going to go forage for more boxes. The next post will likely come from a cafe in Culver City. I'll be happily using their municipal WiFi (and patronizing local businesses until my new broadband service comes back up. Registration at USC Annenberg is August 15. Yes, indeed, this is for real. Tuesday, July 12, 2005 Posted by philgomes 12:43 AM Ch-Ch-Changes Ch-Ch-Changes So... Clients know this... Family members and close friends know this... And now I'm going to tell all of you, oh my gentle Blogservations readers. After living in the 510 ("nickle-dime!") area code for pretty much my whole life, I'll be moving to Los Angeles by mid-to-late summer. I've been accepted into a Master's program at USC Annenberg, focusing on communications management. "Why?" you ask. "Because it's just time." As you've no doubt already noticed, blogging will be fairly light during this month. There are a number of personal matters that I need to attend to and, of course, there's the annual father/son trip to the mountains. (For those of you who don't know me that well, I'm the "son" part of that equation. Though I've always wondered about that one time at COMDEX 1999 when...) Anyway... More news as it develops. These are certainly exciting times over here. I'll keep writing about them as long as you continue to feel like reading about them. HOME | OBSESSIONS | FAQ | HEROES | CAREER | BLOG | CONTACT Note that the views expressed on this site do not necessarily reflect those of Phil's employer, its business partners, its clients, or anyone or anything that doesn't come from Phil.	ABOUT THIS BLOG This blog not only discusses PR and media matters, but Phil's everyday observations about a variety of topics. EMAIL phil[at] philgomes[[dot}]com SYNDICATE Feedburner ARCHIVE YAHOO! IM SKYPE WISH LIST PITCH POLICY MY PHOTOS www.flickr.com Photostream RSS Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz COMMENT AND TRACKBACK POLICY Comments and trackbacks are unmoderated, though I will delete the patently offensive ones. 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