Since everyone else was off this week, I took Wednesday and Thursday off as well. Partly because I frankly just needed a break from the work grind, and the rest because I just needed the rest. And what the hell, I deserve a couple of days off now and then. Y’see, since Thursday or Friday […]

We’re sending Andrew off to school this morning with a crisp stack of 100 individual emails, thanks, in large part, to a lot of you folks who read this drivel I write. Andrew had a lot of fun reading everyone’s messages, will send out his own “thank you” message to the assembled messengers at some point […]

The verdict’s still out on how well the office move is working out…the actual workspace itself isn’t too bad; a little bigger than I had before, and the higher walls I actually kind of like. I’ve got some space now to hang up posters and whatnot should I get motivated to do so – not […]

It took quite a bit of time to get home from DC yesterday, what with the whole precipitation business. I’m not sure what it looks like now, but As I was leaving the office yesterday around lunchtime, it looked something like this: Needless to say, driving home wasn’t pleasant. About four hours of me, a […]

The project I’m beginning this week seems pretty much the same as all the others; it’s essentially “old home week” – very few new faces, lots and lots of old friends.  The venue’s changed, but the show is very much the same. Also, while the project, once it gets rolling, looks be pretty agressive, and […]

I’m fully aware – now – that there are twenty selections this week. My mind wandered a bit as I was generating the list, and I didn’t notice until I hit eighteen (the number, not the Alice Cooper song, which, as far as I know, I don’t have a copy of). I figured since I […]

The holiday pilgrimage back home is finally over. And it was exhausting. We did, however, see more people (including a couple we haven’t seen in YEARS!) more efficiently than ever before; partially due to a well-timed family holiday party, but mostly due to obsessive planning, organization, and spreadsheets. Anyway, I’m very tired…the day started with […]

After a terribly crappy couple of days, I’ve managed to almost feel human for most of the day, thanks mostly to getting that meeting with the VIPs from the production floor about our (admittedly kickass) report out of the way. It even went kind of well. I know this feeling won’t last, though. Too much […]

That’s it, a complete literal reading of the headline. No deep dark secrets, no intrigue, no symbolism, nor Eminem. Just a whole bunch of clothes that I no longer care to wear, or don’t fit any longer, getting put into bags and hauled off to the Goodwill Industries donation center. That, my dear readers, was […]

Once again, greetings from the lobby of the Richmond Ballet building! While the kid’s in class, I’m hopped up on 24oz of free (after 4pm!) Kenya AA from Wa Wa, killing time by taking care of some Christmas shopping. I love the freakin’ internet! The big news for today, of course, was the first snow […]