Back in the IBM Mexico City Santa Fe offices, working with my project team. Our IBM Security Latin America lead requested the team's help on another similar project in Mexico. We said yes.

It rained in the evening.

More project work in the office. Our resource manager requested I reallocate time for yet another project, this time in Belgium. I said yes.

It rained in the evening.

Worked from the hotel as the team scattered on other customer's projects. I booked my reservation in two parts to get the IBM rate for my entire stay. Today is my "check-in; check-out" day. Bonus for the move - Hilton upgraded me. Thanks!

It rained in the evening.

Bumped into our IBM Security Latin America lead in the hotel. He requested my attendance at the IBM Security Summit Mexico 2015 here in Mexico City.

I've attended more of these types of vendor events than I care to recall. Bearing in mind Ginny Rometty (IBM's CEO) signs my checks, I'm impressed by the minimal hard sell and generally solid information provided. My takeaway: my Spanish needs improvement toward adequacy quickly.

It might have rained in the evening.

Back in the office with the team. We solved several issues plaguing our progress. I'm unsure what happened; my afternoon contained one small non-meeting gap. Who books meetings late on a Friday afternoon?

It rained in the evening. I used the ill weather to finish watching True Detective Season 1.

After breakfast I set myself up poolside. I applied SPF-50, cracked open a water bottle, and fired up my Kindle. I read.

It rained in the evening.

Much like yesterday, except for the inclusion of swimming.

I'm re-reading Edmund Morris' three volume biography of Theodore Roosevelt. I've found myself unfocused, lacking energy, and listless. A bit of "the Strenuous Life" is what I need. That, and another visit to Copenhagen.

I found the problem between my Microsoft Surface Pro 3 and my GeChic 1303H external monitor - the Display Port to HDMI adapter. It functions best with a wicked curve, much like a hockey foreward's blade.

I emailed the folks and texted with the kids.

Ed Rojas can't make the podcast tonight. Tim and I will record without him.

It rained in the evening.

UPDATE: as I started editing this my stomach started up. Thus, this post goes up Tuesday.

I follow Whatever | FRAIL MY HEART APART, John Scalzi's blog. I have for a long time. It's odd I only now got around to reading one of his books.

It's trite to say, yet putting this book down required a certain amount of will.

I cherish engaging hard science fiction. By hard science fiction I mean the story builds upon actual science.

Engaging, funny, emotional (I teared up several times), and an ultimate survivalist tale, I recommend this book without hesitation.

I kicked off a re-reading of this book while on vacation a fee weeks back. Fun use of language in a satiric test.

• greater understanding of internal IBM processes
• IBM Security Summit Mexico 2015 provided insights as mentioned above
• Deeper read of the Ponemon 2015 study

• My Spanish improves, though not as quickly as I'd like.
• org-mode journal and todo tracking

• I don't know if this is real development: I repeated the same response to "How are you?" to two different people. I made sure to make eye contact with the second person to show it wasn't mere reflex.

• I swam.
• I have a plan.
• My diet consists of mostly vegetables, then protean (dairy, eggs, meat), and fruit.

• Rocking it, as expected.
• I found hair conditioner makes an excellent shaving cream.

• Stayed in contact with my kids & Stine through the week
• A friend interviewed exceptionally with IBM
• Updated my folks via email