…but that’s not really going to stop me. I’m not geographically where I’d like to be this week, and that truly sucks. In the end, I shall manage, but so far, the universe appears to be holding a grudge, assuming that it could acutally do such things. Lots of little (and not so little) annoyances […]

Yes. It’s hot, people. Drink some water. stay inside. don’t waste electricity. I get it. We all get it. I really don’t mind a general reminder in the name of public service, really, but I’d rather with the media wouldn’t rant and rave and make the young and/or gullible amongst us think the world is […]

The space shuttle changed the way we view the world and changed the way we view the universe. We have emotion today but one thing is indisputable: America is not going to stop exploring. Thank you Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Endeavour and our ship Atlantis. Thank you for protecting us and bringing this program to such […]

Totally by accident, I found out via twitter that something interesting an dare I say magical? (yeah, probably shouldn’t have done that) was going down in DC this afternoon. I had sort of settled on a plan for a quiet evening chilling in the hotel room – it’s really hot outside, and I’m not feeling […]

After doing fifteen miles on the W&OD trail after working way too long today, I’ve been spending my evening mostly just sitting there, letting time pass around me. I tried to plunk on the ukulele a bit, but the music just wouldn’t come. Maybe tomorrow…I’ve got it in my head that somebody ought to write […]

In my relatively short life, I have come to discover that a great many difficulties can be remedied by the simple act of cutting through all the bullshit and attacking a problem head-on. Rather than spending much frustrated time and effort in trying to untangle all of the crap, rumor and innuendo surrounding an issue […]

Lots of rumors this week regarding my getting shuffled around to fix somebody else’s problem…again. I’d use the pawn/chess metaphor, but the people making the decisions aren’t that strategic. At best, I’m a Sorry! token or one of the little kid pegs from The Game of Life. I’m going to the water park now and […]

Have you ever had to take in so much information in so little time that your brain hurts from having to expand to be able to take it all in, let alone process it all? That was between two and three pm for me today. Ow.

Amanda posted an interesting piece today on the resurgence of Republicans (particularly this cycle’s crop of presidential aspirants) claiming that they once had Democratic tendencies, but had some experience that brought them to their senses and to the proper Republican path. She points out, rightly, many of these stories are merely fabrications to endear the […]