I really don’t have much of anything to share with the world today, though it’s been a couple of days since I posted anything (other than a few tweets), so, here’s something. After last week’s constant “run the kid to camp every day” activities, which, among other things, proved that even a six year old […]

I was kind of worried that my outdoorsman muscles had atrophied somewhat, since it had been some time since I’d been camping regularly, but the skills honed through many years of Scouting (where I hit a peak average of an outing every eight weeks or so some time in my mid-teens) came back without a […]

After a day a somewhat better day at the office (one particular hour notwithstanding), this evening was actually really quite enjoyable. I took a nice evening walk through the neighborhood, stopping first at the local Olssons bookstore to browse the shelves and bullshit a little bit with the geeky, funky staff, who are always good […]

On the whole, the weekend wasn’t a bad one, though the shadows of a couple of serious downers cast a somewhat nasty pall over a generally okay landscape. Not the best of metaphors, I admit, but accurate nonetheless. I took a few hours off of work on Friday, which is always a good way to […]

A whole group of us made the trek over to the Navy Yard metro stop and Nationals Park to catch tonights Philly-Washington game after work. Last time, we walked right up to the box office and bought the five dollar tickets about five minutes before game time. Today, however, we stood in line for quite […]

As of today, Colleen and I have been married for ten years. I wish I could come up with something clever to mark the occasion, but honestly, I’m a little overwhelmed* by the milestone. We’ve had a good run so far; sure, there’ve been a few bumps, but we manage to get past them and […]

some random thoughts for a Wednesday: ♦ – I discoverd this week that one member of the US House represents approximately 693,000 people. That’s a LOT of people for one congressman to answer to. For purposes of scale, consider the imperfect comparison to the UK House of Commons, were each MP (were they distributed by […]

To start with a program note (cue the “announcement!” song from Boy Scout summer camp), I seem to have misplaced my mobile phone; I only realized I didn’t have it this morning, but thinking back, I haven’t used it since Friday evening – it’s probably in the car I’m not using, but in any case, […]

The fancy new central air/heat pump system is finally installed. It is now 76° F and falling, and all of my windows are closed. Once more, I am ensconced within my mostly hermetically sealed, climate-controlled bubble, and my sinuses are no longer subject to the whims of the ever-encroaching pollen just outside the walls. It […]