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. […]

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 […]

Does this sound familiar to anyone? I think there are a lot of us that can relate at least a little bit to the first couple of paragraphs in this essay from slacktiverse; the experience of being bullied, the advice from authority figures that isn’t particularly helpful… And, of course, the fact that when we […]

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 […]

Moved into a new office this week; while the situation, overall, is a positive one, it still totally blew my routine, which, when such things happen to me, manifest themselves physically. So yeah, I didn’t feel all that great most of the week. Still, the week’s over now, so I am planning to enjoy my […]

It’s been a soul-sucking week, no question, for both me and the rest of the household. Hoping it gets better starting this afternoon, what with RavenCon in town and all. I just hope I can find some time to enjoy myself, and not spend the whole time on guard to make sure my kids aren’t […]

For the last two weeks, the software project I work on has been in one of those hiatuses inspired by the need for the program managers to brief successively higher levels of authority about progress before being granted permission to move on to the next phase where we get to build things instead of talk […]

as I mentioned two posts ago, last weekend Colleen and upgraded our aged mobile phones, coming home with shiny new Samsung Vibrants running the android operating system. I’ve been using mine most of a week now, and have some thoughts: Overall, I like it. As with all fun new toys, it’s very shiny and very […]

You really do get to decide: Think about that the next time somebody tries to put you in a box you’re not comfortable being in.

<intentionaljoketag>generic blurb about how I have nothing to report</intentionaljoketag> Anyone who’s watching the mileage tick up on the left side of this web page has probably figured out that my five-to-six days a week workout has become habit, and if I don’t get it, I just don’t feel entirely right, mostly because I’m getting to […]