My stuff is home.  The clean-up process now begins.  Now it's time to unpack (so that I can re-pack).  After sleeping away my entire Sunday, I awaken to discover that--can it be?--something is different.  It's over.  It's finally over.  With that, I can call one full quarter of my year wrapped up.

Sakana took about ten weekends and two straight ( Read more... )

Thus spoke the convenience mart attendant in Sparks:
"A blue haired man with a week's worth of dust still between his toes? [author's note: after 2 showers, mind you] Buddy, you must be in a whole different world right now!"

Indeed, sir.  Indeed.

( My Bi-Polar Trek into the American Dream )

1. Through a predictable1 stroke of playa kismet, Bacon Without Borders has a definite home!  Look for us at 4:30 & Allante.  We'll be teamed up with the former Volcano Worshipers.2  Bacon is the gateway meat, afterall ( Read more... )

Over budget ( Read more... )

Sometimes fate works in funny ways.  I must occasionally remind myself to slow down, listen to my surroundings, and realize that whether I like what the universe is telling me or not the point is no less valid ( Read more... )

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Everything, with one small exception, is ready to go.  In about a quarter of the time it took from deciding to go to having major bases covered (in other words, half a day), I'm fully packed.  In a trend-bucking surprise turnaround, my 5th burn may turn out to be my lowest maint.  However, something tells me that trend won't last since plans for ' ( Read more... )

I just woke up to a rather pleasant surprise.  The last pending piece to make a go/no-go decision for BM clicked into placed while I was sleeping.  I'm now officially going; zero to going in less than 24 hours.  A couple of small details aside, the major hurdles are crossed so the next few hours will be figuring out the rest of the bits (like ( Read more... )

We made it into the BM Gallery once again.


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The deepest human fear is not that we are powerless to change anything but that we have the power to change everything.That's been my cud lately ( Read more... )