So, I didn’t have oral surgery this morning, because my periodontist went into the hospital this weekend. I’d spent most of the last week getting mentally prepared to have my gums and jaw ratcheted on and spend a couple of days on crazy-strong painkillers. Growing up with orthodontia has me used to people doing all […]

Few particularly noteworthy accomplishments to report this week. Last weekend? Sure. All those previously mentioned events went off without a hitch, and on Sunday I did a two-fer on state parks, hitting York River and Machicomico, hiking a little over eleven miles between them, and ticking off the next milestone on the Trail Quest business. […]

Another week in the can, and for once, it mostly resembled a regular 40 hour week, apart from the fact that I took Tuesday off to do some doc appointments and trek out to Bear Creek Lake State Park. With the business cases mostly in the can, we’re prepping for the big in-process review with […]

As has been mentioned previously, I was not a guest at Marscon this year, though attended with my family as a civilian. This convention, what I consider my “home” convention for various reasons, had gone through some changes heading into this year, in terms of management and venue, and I wasn’t entirely sure what to […]

Today, with any luck, is my last work day of the year 2022. I say “with any luck,” because the last couple of months have been awfully crazy and given where I am in the organization (basically management’s back-up brain and copy editor these days), I can’t rule out the odd phone call about where […]

First of all, I have gotten an imperial assload (much larger than a metric assload) of work done this week in the office, which is good and necessary. However, said productivity has basically sapped all ambition for Friday morning. Oh, I’ll get a few things done on this last-minute acquisition package (the one I joke […]

I could say that I wish the last week was more exciting and eventful, but I really don’t want to . I’ve made steady progress in some important areas, didn’t encounter any serious problems, had a bill or two come in a bit lower than expected, had my bar tab covered the other night by […]

One could say it’s been an eventful week and change. Apart from the return of she who was long missing, I spent last weekend rocking DragonCon, where we played some pretty good shows, including Saturday’s, which I’d rank amongst the best we’ve played in years. If you were there, I hope you enjoyed it too. […]

Having gotten clear of the COVID business (it was relatively minor on my end), tomorrow morning I start heading south to spend the weekend in Atlanta playing shows with the Humdingers at DragonCon as part of the filk track. This’ll be my sixth time heading into this particular breach; I won’t say that I’m not […]

As of today, I have supposedly returned to the regular daily grind of a mild-mannered professional bureaucrat and leaving behind my detour into the life of a free-wheeling, wild-living rock star. As if. In any case, please enjoy the following brief after-action report: The gigs at ConGregate and Confluence were, on the whole, reasonably successful. […]