A geek and a father tries to empty out the mess that is his brain. Watch your step - it’s messy in here…
I’m not superstitious.
I could give a crap about black cats, walking under ladders, breaking mirrors, spilling salt, or any of that other silly nonsense. People take silly coincidences and try to blame unfortunate circumstances on unrelated events instead of accepting the fact that sometimes shit just happens.
On the other hand, I’m not completely unopposed to [...]
The title refers to me, of course.
I think lately I’ve been going through a little bit of that mid-life crisis thing. Not in a big way. I don’t wish I had done things differently. I don’t want to go running off with some young blond and buy an overpriced sports car or any of that [...]
November 3rd was the last time I wrote anything here.
How long does it take a person to get their priorities straight? Probably a lifetime.
Anyway…
I had another run-in with the English language today. My next-door-neighbor got fired. Actually, these days, they don’t call it fired. Even “laid-off” is too strong of a term. She was resourced.
That [...]
I am easily entertained. It helps make my life happy. I had a moment the other day that qualified above mere entertainment…
I had to go to into the office this week. It’s the monthly meeting where I actually have to make myself look like I belong in a professional work environment and make the 100-mile [...]
Keeping it short again tonight.
We went out Saturday night with our friends/neighbors. It was fun. Grown-up night. No kids. Went to a Hibachi, then a bar, then a comedy club. Had my first “sake-bomb”. But just one. I was the driver for the evening, so I was limited to one hard drink after a very [...]
Holy crap.
I’m way out of practice here.
Last night I thought I’d throw a blog up over on the geek side. That was friggin painful. I haven’t written a damn thing in a while, and it shows.
Sometimes things are more important than this kinda thing, though. And this summer was craaazzzeee.
The kids went from being practically [...]
May is never a fun month for us.
You’d think it would be. Spring is here. Winter is gone. School is ending. Summer is upon us.
Party season, right?
Yeah – not so much.
Spring storms were much more fun when I didn’t own my own home. That was a long long time ago.
I remember when the sound of [...]
OK – maybe not everyone.
But, a lot. Most, even.
Granted – my version of a “lie” is fairly strict, but here is what it says in the dictionary:
lie: n: a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
To me, it’s pretty straightforward.
An omission is a lie.
A half-truth is a lie.
Implying a lie without actually stating it [...]
I love the webcam.
I know, there are lots of great inventions out there in the modern world. But I’m a visual kinda guy. And sure, pictures are nice. A good picture says a thousand words.
But webcams are like transporters. They take you there. I’ve been sitting in my office, and looking out at Australia, Asia, [...]
I’ve been reading a lot over the past months, averaging around a book every two weeks or so, I guess.
I was making myself a list of stuff to keep an eye out for at the bookstore, which turned into a list of stuff that I’ve read so that I don’t buy a book twice.
I figured [...]