I'm driving to Harbor Springs again this morning. I'll be leaving around 6am which, roads permitting, will get me up there around 9 am. God willing, I'll be back in Grand Rapids mid-afternoon, though I'm not counting on squat right now.

Somedays... somedays that freelance writing thing looks mighty attractive.

Thursday morning, I went up to Petoskey for an overnight install of not one, but two offices. (Actually, both offices were technically in Harbor Springs, but we call anything up in that area "Petoskey" just for simplicity's sake. Anyway, we woke up Friday morning to a blessed lack of snow, but that changed halfway through breakfast. By the time ( Read more... )

So it must be time for a catch-all update ( Read more... )

So, today I got handed the phone again, metaphorically, forcing me to work out how to actually get work done while in my 9,000,000,000,000-degree house with minimially functional internet. For me, it's not just a waste of time, you see, it's my route into the office's e-mail and trouble ticket servers, making my lack of access problematic to say ( Read more... )

John Scalzi, as though he had not already endeared himself to my wife for buying my story and, otherwise being a generally hoopy frood, has further cemented his immutable coolness by posting a bit of a paean to the band Journey under the guise of linking to The Complete Idiot's Guide to Journey. The techno remix of "Don't Stop Believin'" at the ( Read more... )

Work from home days, how do I love thee?

Not very damn much, let me tell you.

In between calls, which have been very infrequent, I've little else to do but paperwork, and scheduling trips for other days. So, I sat down and watched Syriana, while tapping away at the make-work ( Read more... )

Or so it feels, anyway.

So what's been going on?

My son took his first real, unassisted steps the other day. Very wobbly, but quite definite. I'm sure for a while he'll continue to think it easier to sit down and crawl to his intended destination, but... deep breath here we go ( Read more... )

It's funny the way the mind works. Yesterday I post some frustrations about my job, and last night I have maybe the clearest dream I've had in a long time, about applying with every major Fire Department and Police Department in the greater Grand Rapids area, with the chief of the Cedar Springs PD all but promising me a job. What was funny was ( Read more... )

Dave just did something really stupid.

And I'm going to pay for it by calling one of our clients at 0630 when they get into work tomorrow and walk them through the fix.

Sometimes, I'm dumb. Especially around 10 at night.