…and with that little snippet from Flashback 95.6, I proudly, and with only a hint of shame, announce the fact that this afternoon, I completed Grand Theft Auto III. Yes, you read that right…THREE. This actually marks the end of an era, really. I’ve owned the game (which came out in 2001) for over five […]

Family and Friends: In the last couple of days, you might have gotten a really convincing-looking “breaking news” email from MSNBC or CNN; even if you haven’t signed up for CNN or MSNBC news alert emails… A word of warning about these emails; They’re completely and utterly bogus, and if you follow the links they […]

I spent a great deal of my work day today processing manual purchase orders in the system so that others might abuse them during the tesing process. This was a dull, repetitive task, but one which needed to be one, and for some reason, I’m better at doing these than anyone else in the room. […]

…though oddly enough, I”m not at home, but rather the Richmond Ballet lobby. Funny? not really. I just wanted to post a link to this, possibly the greatest (or most twisted) home arts and crafts project I’ve seen in, like, ever…a shoebox diorama in yarn of the Peacock family bedroom from the “banned from prime […]

Oh dear, Chuck’s fish blogging again… On July 5, we went out for fireworks, and I came home with a new 29 gallon fish tank. I was getting a little frustrated with my twenty gallon, which served me fine for about two years, but was starting to feel small (and seemed to kill livebearers in […]

The video below clearly illustrates why my three-fish school of corydoras melanistus sometimes look a little bewildered; it’s because they’re wondering where the other few hundred of them are: I really need to get a few more…

warning: graphic geek content ahead A while back, I answered a craigslist ad looking for people to get together and play Dungeons & Dragons, something I haven’t done in over a decade. I (and by extension, Colleen) got the bug again after reading all the hype in the geekosphere about the new edition of the […]

I parked by this light pole Monday morning that had this vaguely kitten shaped smudge on it. It immediately brought to mind all those “Virgin Mary appearing on people’s french toast” stories. Of course, I snapped a picture. This evening, I took a stab at whipping up a picture for ICHC: I don’t think that […]

No rodent escapes, decent night’s sleep. Yay. Since I feel I ought to have something else here, I include, for your entertainment, a picture I found a while ago that made me laugh. Perhaps it will also cause you to do so:

Last May 21, this site reached 5000 hits (since I put the counter on in, I think, 2004?). This morning, my counter rolled over 10,000. According to the site logs, my lovely wife was the lucky winner (what her prize is, however, remains between she and I <wink>). Five thousand page views in 367 days […]