I've been quiet, but always present here on LJ.  It still fills a role in my life that FB just can't, so I'm sticking around, even though each month it gets more and more quiet ( Read more... )

I have recently decided I need to cut caffeine out of my life.  It just gives me too much grief when I try to sleep.  But getting weaned off it isn't easy.  Actually, I should really say I'm switching to decaffeinated coffee, which I know still has caffeine in it, but I'm forcing myself to adjust to that reduced amount.  As a result, I am the ( Read more... )

My morning yogurt exploded all over me.  I think it's in my hair.  Now I look like I'm doing Bukake in the office.  Nice.

We'll I'm off tomorrow for my annual weekend getaway for my wife's yearly seminar.  Last year was Palm Springs, this year is Tucson.  It's been close to 30 years since I've been down there.  Should be interesting.  On Friday I'm doing one of the 'spouse' activities - a southwestern cooking class.  Not that I haven't cooked southwestern before, but ( Read more... )

I really hate it when the banana peel is just unripe enough so that you can't peel it properly, and instead have to split it down the entire side.  Cause then you have to take it completely out to eat it, and it's so much more messy.  My father, as well as all my British cousins, do this all the time.  I just don't get it.  Here's a fruit that ( Read more... )

The final tally is in - 62 books read in 2009.  More than I would have guessed, but sadly still far fewer than my wife.  I bet she has 25%-50% more than I do.

So far, I'm book #2 for 2010.  Book #1 was started and finished yesterday.  We're off and running...

I don't know what's different about this year,  but we already have 10 different holiday parties to attend; some personal and some professional.  All but two of them are in the next 12 days.  Normally we have 2-3 in total.  Crazy busy.  Fortunately I know of only 2 for which we have to bring anything (cookies to one, and a dish to the other ( Read more... )

It bodes ill for the day ( Read more... )

Some of life's little joys come upon you without warning.  They sneak up on you in the night and hop up on your back like a friendly little monkey, just itching to find a place in your heart.  Or in my case, they grab hold of your balls with over exuberant enthusiasm ( Read more... )

Well I successfully completed my MS150 ride this weekend.  Actually, my teammates talked me into the century ride yesterday, so I rode a total of about 174 miles over the two days.  My butt is sore, as is my back, and I've done something seriously wrong to my left knee.  Such is the price we pay to do stupid shit.  But it was all in the name of a ( Read more... )