This week was the one during which I cracked. I struggled with all the stereotypical hallmarks of bureaucracy as seen through the filter of Gilliam’s Brazil this week, and it almost broke me. While the fiscal year ends with September, the fact that the acquisition shop needs time to actually buy the things means that […]

No, not you, not any specific person, really, but people in general. People, in the aggregate, are generally awful. If the current state of things is any indication, huge swaths of the population can’t be counted on to be good, responsible citizens, acting for the good of the community. It feels like the majority of […]

Remember, back an eternity ago (but actually only about 48 hours, since this is how the world works now) when I mentioned that the bubble wrap was better than the weeping and irritability? Yeah, that didn’t last long. Wednesday (and most of Thursday as I start writing this missive) were emotionally rough, for no particularly […]

Four day weekend. Not terrible, other than the slightly cloudy feeling I’m likely to have until later this week when I was able to schedule a doctor’s appointment because somewhere between the larger medical group (which ate up my wonderful doctor’s smaller practice last year) and the pharmacy system, there was a hiccup that has […]

Remember how I was expecting a smooth and short work day on Friday? Yeah…well…it wasn’t. I was stuck dealing with difficult, frustrating people all day long, for a full eight hour day, and then had to field a couple of calls after I was off the clock. I suppose I should be grateful to have […]

Weekend wasn’t bad; bit of rain here and there, though we got out to Crazy Rooster on Sunday afternoon for an hour or so; it’s a nice place, will be an *awesome* hang-out and chill sort of place if ‘rona accommodations ever end, and the Late Day Shadow NE IPA is kinda divine. It’s been […]

Today’s headline refers to the fact that my eldest child today turns twenty-one. All told, it’s not the best year to turn twenty-one if you’re of the mind to go out and visit interesting drinking establishments and such (especially when your dad knows so many brewery people). We’d talked for quite a while about the […]

Sunday, after say, 9am, wasn’t particularly cool. It started well enough, with me knocking out a solid ten bike miles on the Virginia Capital Trail (I did the same Saturday morning). I came home to find my lovely spouse making good progress replacing the ratty old carpet in the upstairs hallway with wood-look vinyl flooring. […]

While in the scheme of things, this week wasn’t as overloaded with work stuff as some, by Wednesday afternoon, it felt like it should have been over days ago. I honestly don’t even know why; maybe it’s the world on the precipice of…something; could be huge change, or complete destruction. Maybe it’s just the fact […]

This weekend was short, above all. Ugh. Biked both days (and discovered baby bunnies again this year at the usual part of the trail), got some excellent produce at the farmer’s market (which supported a pretty good roasted chicken and some excellent asian stir fry), returned some library books (now that they let us do […]