In the last couple of months, we’ve been adopted by a new social circle. And, I’ll be honest, it’s mostly pretty great. There’s almost always something to do, and it’s nice having like-minded, interesting adults to talk to who I seem to have something in common with beyond sharing an employer or a kid’s extracurricular. […]
As a person passes into middle age, it is only logical and natural that they begin to spend time examining their past; after all, there’s so much of it that keeps piling up. For me personally, this involves a lot of examination of formative influences and circumstances that contributed to the person I am today. […]
Here’s another in a series of posts featuring wisdom ripped from the history books that, for whatever reason, speaks to me. I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of […]
I missed posting on the actual vernal equinox, but all things being equal (HA!), I’m not particularly worried. I spent some pleasant time on Saturday afternoon riding the trails along the James, enjoying the pleasant warm springtime weather and the general majesty of nature, running in the bike after a welcome tune-up, and working toward […]
A couple of discussion points within the geek milieu that I’ve run into in the last couple of days: ♦ – Kill a few minutes by playing URL Hunter, an experimental game played entirely in your browser’s address bar. ♦ – Stan Lee finally puts to rest the “superhero secret” from Mallrats. His answer is […]
Being a beautiful day outside here in central Virginia, sunny, and flirting with 80° outside, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to take the bike out to the local park/conservation area and try to get a few hours of riding in. Really beautiful out there, if someone desolate – it’s warm, with a nice breeze […]
Quoth on facebook (hock, ptooie!) a person I dated once upon a time many, many moons ago: “Maybe If I was drunk I’d understand ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. The World’” Which spurred the following thought in my head: Well, that’s why things between us went the way they did… A mystery I never thought much about, […]
Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone. While I’ve already delivered my personal greetings personally, since it’s the day anyway, and since I’m here and all, I’ll offer more public greetings to my lovely wife, who, if I’m doing the math right, I shared what might constitute a first unofficial “date” with 18 years ago tomorrow. That fact […]
Folks a little older than me have Lennon’s murder (I was six, living with a family that wasn’t necessarily plugged into that area of pop culture, so I don’t remember that at all), but for me, the definitive “where were you when” question happened 25 years ago today. On January 28, 1986, The space shuttle […]
