Happy Birthday, Kid. Sorry about teasing you about “the awkward hug”.

Had a doctor’s appointment today, and my blood pressure kicks ass. What a difference a year makes; comparing my numbers from last year to those from this morning, it’s a wonder I wasn’t half-dead…though i actually probably was. Lifestyle changes do make a difference at heading off a crappy hand at the genetic poker table. […]

I don’t normally write much about the specifics of work, but I thought this little thing was kind of funny. Names and such have been not just changed, but totally eliminated, to protect the innocent and guilty alike. The project I work on now is an awful lot like the last couple of projects I […]

For the first time in who knows how long, we had a bunch of friends over for for what you might call a party. An evening of food, beverages, and, as is often the case with this group of people, Rock Band. As I type this, things have wound down, the guests have left, and […]

….finally -ectomied. Three back-to-back conference call meetings running for a period of over four hours. It was truly a test of endurance, which I guess I passed. Barely. At least it’s over. On a totally unrelated note, I took some online training this week. The course included a little through-line plot involving a cast of […]

I hope all you hoopy froods have your towels handy, because it’s that time of year. I’ve got mine, how about you? All in good fun, Towel Day is a totally made up (aren’t they all?) holiday in celebration of the life and work of Douglas Adams, the man who brought us not nearly enough […]

Not the most exciting couple of days, but I got some stuff done…for example, if my soul was as clean and untarnished as my bathtub was by Saturday afternoon, I almost certainly would have gotten Raptured.* Otherwise, we unloaded the eldest child at girl scout high adventure camp for a couple of days, did a […]

Y’know, since it was so busy and all…I did things. But, given that it’s already Tuesday and I’ve moved on? I dunno. I can say that Colleen and I had a great time at the Jonathan Coulton show, and really enjoyed the new songs he played. The new record should be fun; really. Cough hand. […]

Found out on Tuesday that for the rest of this week, I am the team lead/coordinator for two different integrated project teams on two different projects, thanks to a quirk confluence of annual leave. So, I get to be the boss of two disparate things, with all the attendant rights and responsibilities (but not the […]

There’s a pretty interesting discussion over at slacktivist regarding the escalation of the “saving oneself for marriage” phenomenon in evangelical culture to include avoidance of sullying oneself through kissing (or increasingly, any physical contact more involved than hand-holding), typified by a certain pastor preaching on the regret he feels for his having kissed three other […]