Dear person who happens to be just ahead of me in the queue for the “True Blood: season 1” Blu-Ray discs from the Richmond area Netflix distribution center, You know, you really ought to treat the discs the nice people at Netflix send you with a little more care and respect. Someone (read: me) has […]

Pres-sure!! …and some cleaning supplies.

The year’s almost up; and more importantly, I’m done travelling for the year. Of course, I pick up again the first full week of January, but I’m not going to think about that right now, as that way lies madness. Here’s some tunes, as the name suggests, chosen at random by my mp3 player: “Naive” […]

Come the end-of-year holidays, I get a bit down; not sure why, but we all have our things. And, I deal with it, usually well enough, especially when there aren’t people constantly telling me “snap out of it” (with our without slaps from 80’s Cher), and that I’m supposed to be excessivly cheery during this […]

It’s been quite a week, mostly lows, but a few peaks here and there. Still, I’m rather glad it’s winding down, and I can have a day or two to rest a bit, and take care of some routine things that have fallen by the wayside. In any case, hit it: “Love is Nothing” – […]

Today, ideally, is the day that the results of the project I’ve been working on for the last ten months or so get deployed. Let’s hope the world doesn’t end; it shouldn’t – if we did our jobs right (and I’m pretty sure we did), the user community shouldn’t notice anything but a couple of […]

Today I spent NINE HOURS in meetings; part of the “kick-off” dog-and-pony show for my workplace’s latest software project iteration. Not that it was particularly different than the last half-dozen “kick-offs” I’ve attended since becoming Information Systems Analyst Guy™; same people, same basic slide shows, same monotone delivery. Ideally, these things are designed to build […]

On the whole, the weekend wasn’t a bad one, though the shadows of a couple of serious downers cast a somewhat nasty pall over a generally okay landscape. Not the best of metaphors, I admit, but accurate nonetheless. I took a few hours off of work on Friday, which is always a good way to […]

Then talk about it: “I Was Married” – Tegan and Sara “Turn It On Again” – Genesis “Wind It Up” (live) – Barenaked Ladies “The Well and The Lighthouse” – Arcade Fire “I’m So Tired” – The Beatles “Change Is Hard” – She & Him “Swan Swan H” – REM “Lay It Down Clown” – […]

Scientific American published an article back in May about the healing powers of blogging, or more specifically, writing about thoughts and feelings in general. The article discusses how writing is not only useful as a stress management tool, but has also been linked to positive physiological affects, like improved memory and immune system boosts. I […]