So there is this house. Who it belongs to and where it is is not important to the story - say I'm not telling for national security purposes, I'm hiding from the russian mob, or it's actually in Great Bend, Kansas, owned by a lady who runs a interior design business who collects poodle themed jewelry, or perhaps a young man living with his parents ( Read more... )

I went to Sea World yesterday with Gooley (gooley) in Orlando, Florida. It was keen!

Take a good hard look at this motherfrugging boat!


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So I'm sort of looking for a job, not that my startup isn't fun and all, but cash flow is kind of a problem. So I was sent this programming test ( Read more... )

Today we visited Diana in the Marine Maritime Academy for her boot camp graduation. She made it through two weeks of training and marching up and down the square, learning how to fight fires on boats, and the useful bits about lifeboats that would come in handy should it come to pass she needs to employ the services of one ( Read more... )

So I've written a moderately complex J2EE application for Zhanna's class, I would like to host it on a JBoss 5.0 server somewhere. My current ISP, ServerGrove, says go for it, but I'd need to install and maintain JBoss myself, which I guess is feasible but I'd like someone else to do it for me because I'm lazy ( Read more... )

Freddie the Dog and Mexican Cat share the love that dare not speak its name:


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Nannette, fruit of my loins (as far as I know) had taken to using scissors for her arts and crafts in pre-K, and with her newfound knowledge, began cutting things up at home. She gave her Barbies haircuts, trimmed pom-poms from her Winter hats, and my mail into confetti. We confiscated the scissors, but with her wily craftiness she found our hiding ( Read more... )

Nannette baked some bread today! She wrote an "N" on the loaf before baking it.


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Spent an afternoon chipping out ice from the gutters, while reflecting that the snow on my roof would be the envy of any ski resort:


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Nothing's more uplifting than watching the sad trudge of a defeated oil delivery man sadly returning the hose to his truck:


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