thanksgiving still remains my most favorite and sought for holiday of the year. i love thanksgiving. i love the food; i love the company; i love the weather that accompanies the day. i also love that gifts are not part of the equation to having a good time. i've always felt that thanksgiving was a relaxed version of christmas. no gift-giving ( Read more... )

...for what to get marshall for his birthday. he's not much help either (and he says I'M bad to shop for). i had something in mind, but it won't be available until much later than i had hoped, so i've abandoned that for...something else. i've been looking online for geekish-type stuff, but nothing really jumps out at me. the easy way out would ( Read more... )

i will say it's been quite the weekend. there was lots to do and a lot of fun to have. i wish i had more time to recuperate, though...

fridayi got my hair cut early in the afternoon. it was much needed. my first hair cut after the wedding wasn't nearly as short as i would've liked. i stuck with it as long as possible, but even toughing it out ( Read more... )

i got an urgent red-flagged email earlier this morning from our archives department containing an most urgent request from our customs publishing department for files from a solutions manual i produced earlier this year. since this book was done by a compositor, the comp provides the book's files to our archives once the book has been published. ( Read more... )

just a few days ago, i realized that it had been a really long time since i had my hair cut. at least it feels this way, i'm sure the last time i got my hair cut was no more than a month ago. anyway, i was thinking "wow, this hair cut has lasted me a really long time!" i look in the mirror yesterday and thing "man, i really need a hair cut..." ( Read more... )

this week has totally thrown me. i had a full day on monday, then a half day on tuesday (our company usually gives us a half-day before a holiday weekend and since the 4th landed in the middle of the week, they gave us a half-day the day before), the day off yesterday, and now 2 full days today and tomorrow. i should be practically giddy with ( Read more... )