This week has been probably the most aggravating week in my lengthy career as a public-sector bureaucrat. The sheer amount of stereotypical bureacratic bullshit, passive-aggressive power plays, and examples of the worst impulses of humanity I’ve had to deal with have been somewhat overwhelming, and may have led me to send some more-aggressive-than-is-entirely-professional messages via […]

As previously mentioned, I am fighting a pretty bad case of post-Dragoncon con crud; sinus pressure, aches, pains, exhaustion, probably a fever, all that good stuff. But, there’s entirely too much crap going down at the office for me to take time off to rest, so I’m muddling through, as it is, of course, approaching […]

By Friday lunchtime, I came to the realization that one of my 85,000 closest friends at Dragoncon shared their germs with me. Plugged up sinuses, general aches and pains, lethargy etc. I pushed through the rest of the day, but did my best to rest and recover over the weekend, but I still ended up […]

I write this Thursday evening, my first day back at the day job after spending the weekend playing rock star with 85,000 of my closest friends at Dragoncon in Atlanta. We had a pretty good weekend, all told, playing some great shows and seeing some good friends, and hell, making the Syfy Wire web page, […]

Swearing is Caring by Misbehavin' Maidens For those curious, the above-embedded tune from my friends the Misbehavin’ Maidens is the source of today’s title, though, per the navigation app estimates I just made, my trip is going to be 555 miles…I won’t quibble over 45 miles, which is probably what I’ll end up walking this […]

Having finished that class I took the last two weeks, I went back to the usual office grind on Monday, to get some good news, mostly hassle, and finding that nobody feels like answering their email or voice mail. Grrrr. The good news, that I keep hanging onto, is the fact that I only have […]

So, by the time this posts, it’ll be my birthday. Hello, 45. I don’t feel old, until I sprain something by tripping over nothing. Still, I *am* in better shape than I was when I was twenty, which I guess says something. Tomorrow is the last day of the class I’ve found myself in for […]

It’s been quiet around these parts recently, other than a couple of quick frustrated maintenance posts. There are a couple of reasons for that. First, “these parts” aren’t the same parts anymore. You might have, if you timed it right, found things looking different for a while. That’s because I changed hosting services. I used […]

Yes, it’s Friday. Woo. About time. I honestly don’t have all that much to say. Work, hike, cook, sleep, repeat. Supposed to get together with some friends this weekend; hope it’s cool. Next week, and the week after, I’m in class – “intermediate software systems acquisition”. Exciting stuff, certainly. It’s only half as long, and […]

So, yeah, I spent most of Wednesday with a significant part of my brain thinking it was Thursday. When I came to that realization, believe me, it sucked. Wednesday night was a weird one…I dreamt that both my lovely wife and I were appointed as Supreme Court Justices, though the entire thing took place in […]