According to the The US Constitution, I’m now technically eligible to be elected President of the United States. Not that I want that job, mind you, but now it’s always going to be there as a fall-back position in case the current career doesn’t work out. Just sayin’… Happy Birthday to me.

Not particularly significant traditionally (the greeting card/engraving shop cartels say I’m supposed to give the gift of steel) or numerically (it’s a prime number, but not much else). And, in our case, it’s not even particularly correct. We’ve really been a collective entity for more like 16.52 years, assuming my math is right. The ceremony […]

Having the fridge and the vaccum crap out on the same day is pretty much the perfect capper for this generally “meh” week. Oh well, at least they had the decency to die on the day before payday, when the cupboard was pretty much bare anyway. Replacements, are, however, on the way, and they don’t […]

For what was, overall, a lazy, rainy weekend, I’m pretty proud of the things I managed to accomplish. It may not seem like a lot of stuff, but a lot of it is stuff that needed doing that hadn’t yet been done. -♦- I finished doing my taxes. I put them off quite a while […]

Today is the 200th birthday of English naturalist

Earlier this morning, we wrapped up the 2009 Cub Scout pinewood derby. This was Andrew’s first year, and he was terribly excited. Last night, we did the track set-up and unofficial weigh-in/shakedown, which really caught his attention. While he was interested in building the car previously, he had little idea of what to expect. After […]

Actually, like the last couple of times, this one was put together Thursday evening, then scheduled in WordPress to go live first thing in the morning. Ain’t technology grand? It’s been a pretty good week, overall. Work was surprisingly nice and productive. This was surprising to me, given the impact of teething cranky baby on […]

to go meta on you all, this is going to be “not much to say, but I’m going to say it anyway” posts. Still, if you’re at all interested in what I’ve been up to, the next couple of paragraphs will pretty much cover the bits I care to share publicly. Life’s been merely life. […]

So, today’s the day when we all get back to our regular things once again. I’m back at work (and on the road), the kids are back at school, the world returns to normal. While as a creature of routine, I mostly like “normal”, I’d honestly rather just be back sitting on my couch playing […]

So, uh, Happy New Year, for what it’s worth. Maybe one of these days, I’ll write up an 08 retrospective, but I don’t feel like it right now; this is the first time I’ve turned my computer on in a week; I’m just enjoying my time off, hanging out with the family, letting the GPS […]