Last Saturday the Chameleons played once again for WinterRest at First Parish in Chelmsford. As I played my recorder to Time of Your Life (Good Riddance) and listened to Phil sing, it reminded me of another time when I found myself in a similar point in my life. This one came on so suddenly that I hadn't had a chance to tell the guys in the band, ( Read more... )

I have a week off between jobs, and it looks like it's going to rain all week! Oh well....

I haven't written in my blog lately. Stay tuned...

Sometimes I just instinctively avoid things that will get me into trouble. I don't verbalize it, even to myself, but somehow, deep down inside, I just have a feeling something will go wrong ( Read more... )

In searching for some online info about XML, I ran across the W3Schools Online Web Tutorials. This is really cool - a whole set of tutorials about web technology - HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, even Java Script, PHP, etc. Quite an extensive list. I started looking at the XML tutorial as an example, and it's pretty easy to follow. There's also a list of ( Read more... )

I'm at home today (Monday) because I worked Saturday. In other words, I have a Sunday-Monday weekend instead of a Saturday-Sunday weekend. Gail & Alie took off for a trip to the White Mountains yesterday, so I had originally expected a really quiet day alone ( Read more... )

I had to work this past Saturday. Our department has to provide 365-day coverage, so we have a rotating schedule where we all end up working about once a month on a weekend day. Now I'm a Monday-Friday, 8-5 kind of guy, so I'm not too thrilled about coming in on the weekends. But I got up like it was a weekday, and got to work by about 7:40 (so I ( Read more... )

As I struggle through a job with no positives for me (other than the obvious paycheck, benefits, etc.) and a good many negatives, I long for a job that I find interesting and satisfying, where I feel well-respected and appreciated, and one in which I feel I'm making a positive contribution to the world and my own well-being ( Read more... )

After spending most of Saturday and Sunday in bed, and feeling a little better yesterday, I decided to go to work today, but then by 10 I had concluded that that was a bad idea, so I came home ( Read more... )

Today was my first day on the new job. Overall, thing's were fine, though there were certainly plenty of glitches ( Read more... )

Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
So make the best of this test, and don't ask why
It's not a question but a lesson learned in time
It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right
I hope you had the time of your life...

- Green Day
You know what's wierd? Although the song ( Read more... )