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 […]

A little while back, I mentioned my dramatic victory in the weekly “guess the song lyrics” contest at work. Today I received my spoils: That’s my trophy, three inches high and constructed of the highest quality injection-molded plastic, with a hand-lettered inscription commemorating my devastating victory in the cutthroat sport of lyrical recall. And a […]

I spent most of my waking time this Saturday doing my annual “clean the leaves from my front yard” ritual. I still have the back and side to go, but the front yard is the biggest chunk of the work, since all the blowing’s uphill, and the trees I have to work around are so […]

…and various and sundry other non-consequential details. Free food and free internet this week (plus free alcohol if I so desire), which is kind of nice. No wonder I can never get into this place consistently. It is a little bit out of the way, but there’s some interesting stuff a few blocks’ walk from […]

note: I am writing this last night; you’ll see why eventually. With the sporadic scheduling going on with this new project, I’m not really in a position to take a list of 30 weeks’ worth of reservations to a hotel general manager and set up a regular arrangment like I did on the last one. […]

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 […]

I ended up in the emergency room this afternoon. While preparing dinner, my knife slipped while I was cutting up some boneless chicken breast, and I lopped off a small chunk of the inside tip of my left thumb. I didn’t even notice until the chicken started bleeding. It’s really not that bad of an […]

Exaggerated…but only slightly. No, I haven’t pulled a McCain and suspended all activities to duck out on the debate deal with the financial crisis; I merely got really, really, seriously, knocking on Death’s door sick with some evil flu-like virus this week. From Monday evening to Wednesday lunchtime, I think I was awake for maybe […]

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 […]

It’s a rule. Happy Birthday to me.