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 […]

We woke early this morning (even earlier than I wanted to, thanks to Catherine) to trek up to DC for the National Book Festival on the Mall in D.C., most specifically, to catch a reading and signing by one of our favorite authors, Neil Gaiman, who was just one of a ton of authors out […]

Yeah, it’s been that kind of week; interminable meetings, scratchy throat crud (that I’m hoping doesn’t become worse – word is that the elementary school is passing the flu around already), and and a good old general malaise that I can’t quite shake. Thankfully, I can plug into a few tunes now and then: “Debaser” […]

I hope all goes well! Also, happy “there’s only one kid at home to deal with now” day to my lovely wife.

Fourteen because I felt like it, and possibly because I was a little distracted from the historical significance, and well, the sheer awesomeness of the speech (here’s video if you don’t feel like reading) last night. I’m pretty sure it was worth keeping the eldest up for, even if she was more interested in seeing […]

From my hotel this week, I have an excellent view of all the active runways at National Airport. And the Amtrak line. And the metro. And the G-W Parkway. And some sailboats and stuff on the Potomac. It’d be like big vehicle heaven if I were a five year old boy; it’s still pretty cool […]