I’m pretty sure with this entry, I’m caught up with my listening, and it’s probably time to swap out for a new box of CDs. That is, if I can resist just listening to Alpocalypse over and over for a while. What can I say, a boy never outgrows his “Weird” Al. In any case, […]

Sad to say, despite some cool stuff this weekend, I’m having one of those down periods. We’ll just say that yesterday, for all kinds of reasons, just wasn’t optimal, and I was, frankly, relieved to go to bed and put it death, at least figuratively. That said, I still did some objectively cool and interesting […]

As I’d mentioned previously, we spent the weekend at Balticon doing the geek thing. Generally, I believe a good time was had by all, though I will freely admit that a long-weekend convention is probably about twelve to eighteen hours longer than I’m used to or (more likely) capable of handling without a little bit […]

Not the most exciting couple of days, but I got some stuff done…for example, if my soul was as clean and untarnished as my bathtub was by Saturday afternoon, I almost certainly would have gotten Raptured.* Otherwise, we unloaded the eldest child at girl scout high adventure camp for a couple of days, did a […]

Located against the wall below a window in my home office/computer room, is a very large green trunk. This trunk contains a unique view into my personal history, as it holds within it the vast majority of my music collection, from the yellowing fold out labels of the first cassettes I ever bought with my […]

Found out on Tuesday that for the rest of this week, I am the team lead/coordinator for two different integrated project teams on two different projects, thanks to a quirk confluence of annual leave. So, I get to be the boss of two disparate things, with all the attendant rights and responsibilities (but not the […]

In the last couple of months, we’ve been adopted by a new social circle. And, I’ll be honest, it’s mostly pretty great. There’s almost always something to do, and it’s nice having like-minded, interesting adults to talk to who I seem to have something in common with beyond sharing an employer or a kid’s extracurricular. […]

It takes a bit of work to shake off the effects of a convention weekend. I’m not sure if it’s euphoria, stress, exhaustion, or just dust on the social interaction muscles of a misanthropic introvert, but it always makes starting the week back in the mundane world a less than appetizing proposition. Those who read […]

It’s been a soul-sucking week, no question, for both me and the rest of the household. Hoping it gets better starting this afternoon, what with RavenCon in town and all. I just hope I can find some time to enjoy myself, and not spend the whole time on guard to make sure my kids aren’t […]

Here’s another in a series of posts featuring wisdom ripped from the history books that, for whatever reason, speaks to me. I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of […]