While doing the last of my Christmas shopping the other week (specifically, while picking up a copy of “How to Be A Domestic Goddess” by Nigella Lawson for Colleen), I ended up with a good Borders coupon. So, today we ventured out to to the one Borders books in the Richmond area (via a roundabout […]

So, seeing as it’s the day after Christmas, I suppose some sort of update is in order; just a little bit of flavor of our holiday experience, if you will. I was awakened Christmas morning by the dulcet tones of my wife’s voice, intoning “Hon, can you wipe the poop off of the baby while […]

Seeing as this was one of the least eventful weeks in recent memory, but in order to avoid this site from turning into nothing but a succession of “random ten” entries, I’m going to just play stream of consciousness and toss some random observations and links out into the aether for anyone who’s interested…. ♦If […]

Given the rain, my allergies, the lack of much money in the entertainment budget (thanks, water heater!), and sheer sloth, I didn’t get out much this weekend. It was just easier to stay camped on the couch, getting up occasionally to cook meals, clean up after children, and do some laundry. My biggest accomplishment was […]

since I have some time (see last post), here’s some of this weekend. The first part of the weekend, Andrew and I went camping with the scouts at the local scout reservation for the district camporee. The usual scout camp rules apply; get to the site late, set up tents in the dark. Luckily, we […]

If all had gone perfectly, as I type this, I should have been arriving in Northern VA for a bitchin’ heavy metal show featuring Mike T.. But I’m not. Earlier this afternoon, I got a call indicating the show was off; no worries, this stuff sometimes happens. Oh well; there’d be less rushing around, and […]

Back at home today, hoping to put in a solid Friday’s work before heading off to the cub scout overnight this evening. Hopefully the rain will hold off. As one might guess by the contents of this week’s tune sample, I pretty much completely reloaded the Sansa with new stuff. Yay. “Mightmaker” – Miss Kittin […]

On Saturday morning, Andrew and I spent the morning at the local Scout Council’s “Fishing Fun Day” at a small scout camp near our house. It was Andrew’s first fishing trip ever, and overall, he had a great time. Mostly because this was the result of his second cast into the small pond we were […]

I am in the midst of my third week in a row at home. That, <mccain>my friends</mccain>, is something that hasn’t happened in almost a year. I am rather happy about this. It’ll completely throw Catherine’s world into disarray when I leave next week, but right now, it’s very cool. I’ve been pretty quiet in […]

Today, ideally, is the day that the results of the project I’ve been working on for the last ten months or so get deployed. Let’s hope the world doesn’t end; it shouldn’t – if we did our jobs right (and I’m pretty sure we did), the user community shouldn’t notice anything but a couple of […]