It's been two months since I had lasik. There's been the usual symptoms. I'm not completely satisfied with the results ( Read more... )

It's been five days and my vision is much improved. I have the usual amount of halos, ghosting, and general blurriness. Usually, I can read the alarm clock from across the room. I'm told it takes 2 - 3 weeks for things to settle down and it will continue to improve over the next year or so ( Read more... )

Five years ago

After a routine lasik procedure, the flap on huckie's left eye mysteriously shriveled into the corneal equivalent of discarded plastic wrap. During the two subsequent "enhancement" procedures, I watched the monitors as doctors tugged open the partially healed flap in order to try and encourage it to behave. huckie went through a lot of ( Read more... )

Our master bath is sadly in need of repair. When we bought our condo over four years ago, the tile around the soap dish in the shower bulged out like the wall behind was starting to sag or melt. The only thing holding it together now is hope and a slathering of caulk ( Read more... )

Waves intermittently washing up to the tall rock outcropping discouraged the happy couples from strolling that far down China Beach. Without any particular goal in mind for my hike, I followed an attractive blond surfer in a wet suit as he trotted down that way ( Read more... )

After several failed attempts at tracking my calories and weight in a spreadsheet, I decided to try MyFoodDiary.com. So far... so good. I've lost eight pounds. The pasty bulge around my middle is history.


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In the past couple of months, my business has lost two thirds of its recurring revenue and all of its staff. Stressful ( Read more... )

Blink-182: "We'll get in my car and drive to Madagascar."

Huckie: "You can't drive to Madagascar. There's a goddamn ocean in between! Maybe you should have paid more attention in Geometry instead of having a sugar rush."

Binx: "Dear... that would be Geography."

Huckie: "Whatever!" :)

Voting is important to me. I believe any political opinion, whether formed from tea leaves, coin flips, or spending the afternoon reading voter pamphlets and watching speeches on YouTube, only counts if you choose to exercise your right to vote. This is especially true this year because the candidates can be described with words other than ( Read more... )

This morning, one of our oldest clients decided they've outgrown us. They hired a full-time netadmin. Four years ago, I resurrected their Exchange server from the dead and we'd been providing server and network support for them ever since. I'm always sorry to see a contract end but my instinct is that this is a good choice. On to bigger and ( Read more... )