So tonight I spent a good portion of my Saturday night standing around outside a high school after hours with a flashlight ( Read more... )

I've had occasion to ride the busses in San Francisco a few times lately. This is something I don't usually do, since most of what I normally do in the city is at or within a few blocks of work, which is right next to a BART station, so, usually, not much need. In any case, in the past couple of weeks I've had to do a few things that actually ( Read more... )

It's kinda sad when you're disappointed that you didn't receive very many spam emails, because it makes you realize just how few legitimate emails people actually send you..

It's interesting how the prospect of a little change in lifestyle can dramatically change the way one looks at onesself and one's life..

( Wherein we find some ponderings on health, maturity, growing up, and how measuring one's age isn't as simple as it might seem. )

Hydrocodone is my new best friend. Well, maybe not, but wow.

( So I've never taken Vicodin before... )

So I was talking with rumaki75 earlier, and happened to mention that, ok, I admit, I spent some of my work day today goofing off ( Read more... )

You know, every so often, I find myself looking at the long list of "mood" options when posting here, and realizing how many of them I will likely never have any reason to use..

sigh.

It's amazing what simple, random, and mundane thing can break you out of your complacency for a minute and make you realize that there's so much more out there to the world than the little piece of it you spend your everyday in. Silly things, obvious things, things that perhaps nobody else out there would ever consider anything unusual in any way ( Read more... )

You know, I'll admit I haven't seen all of the episodes of Firefly, but I've seen a decent number now, and I was just realizing something ( Read more... )

I have, from time to time over the past several weeks, been reading and listening to reports about all of the companies out there who are pitching in and doing various things to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. I have been reading and listening to these reports and they have been leaving me somewhat unsettled, and for quite a while I couldn' ( Read more... )