LT and I were talking about pocket knives, because she got me one for Christmas this year, and I had to confess to having almost no ability to use one. We talked about when a kid should learn to use a knife, and why my kids will never be able to carry pocket knives as a matter of habit ( Read more... )

I had a wicked cold. Blah. I missed some work ( Read more... )

LT flew out Thursday, and we spent all weekend running around together.
( pictures )

* Complaining about workI am going on vacation tomorrow. I have to get through 6 more hours of work. So far the first 90 minutes have been extraordinarily irritating. These two facts may not be unrelated. But last night I stayed 2 hours late and got the release notes ready, and this morning I came in to two corrective emails, an argument about ( Read more... )

You can always tell when I have company in from out of town, because I go radio-silent. LT was out this weekend to help me do prep for sil's mom to visit, and to hang out.

Friday I worked from home so we could kibitz. She says it's exactly like talking to me on IM, except I swear more in person, when I am muttering at my software.
( lots of details and a bit of vomit )

( Do the Puyallup, baking, domesticity )

I have three hours left, and then I am outta here ( Read more... )

LT and I were going to watch Mr. & Mrs. Smith last night. Only I screwed up and instead of ordering up hot assassins, I ordered Hitchcock romantic comedy. Which would have worked if she didn't have Angelina Jolie. Ah, well. Instead we watched the first Pirartes of the Carribean movied. Still funny. We laughed uproariously ( Read more... )

I was having a sequences issue. I wanted to write about Wiscon, but needed to remember which parts to write about first. So first you get an outline of my days, then later I will come back and fill in more in-depth about particular panels and discussions. If I am really ambitious, books and parties.
( My schedule, as performed )

LT and I picked up the kids last night. Kay's class had evidently been talking about wild african animals. So we talked about giraffes, and what lions eat, and whether lions ever eat crocodiles. And then whether a giant crocodile could eat all the animals in the world, and if so, what would happen next. Very funny ( Read more... )