I have a confession to make. It's something that sets me apart from my peers; something that makes me feel as though I don't belong among my co-workers, sometimes even among my friends. It's a hidden shame that I've seldom spoken of before now.

You see, I don't really enjoy optimization.

There, I said it. ( Let me explain... )

Argh, things to post about... piling up... But what else is new?

The current action item, for Seattlarians and others nearby, is this: The Northwest Folklife Festival is this weekend at the Seattle Center. It's been going on all weekend, but astridsdream and I just made it up today. There are street performers, bands and musicians of many stripes, tents and ( Read more... )

Hey folks. I've got a lot of things I want to write about, but one thing in particular demanded. Any inaccuracies are my own damn fault for not keeping up with people better.

( UPS folk, this is a sad one. Fair warning. )

Hey, folks! Got back from Japan Monday morning without sleeping on the plane, then worked all day. Since then I've sort of been recovering ( Read more... )

Well, I'm off to Japan for PT Yokohama. Updates about my wacky adventures coming as able.

I have one main goal for this trip: Eat sushi. Last time I was in Japan I ate KFC all week. Not kidding.

Then I went to Paris and had udon. Funny world we live in.

I drove down to Portland this weekend for a second in-person meeting with Laura, a.k.a astridsdream, after exchanging numerous emails and LJ comments, chatting over IM, and talking with her on the phone, if I’m not mistaken, literally every night for the last two weeks. Given all that, I suppose it would be disingenuous (or at least extremely dense) to say I ( Read more... )

What Be Your Nerd Type?
Your Result: Literature Nerd

Does sitting by a nice cozy fire, with a cup of hot tea/chocolate, and a book you can read for hours even when your eyes grow red and dry and you look sort of scary sitting there with your insomniac appearance? Then you fit this category perfectly! You love the power of the written word and it's ( Read more... )

So I signed up for automatic bill pay tonight. Man, why didn't I do that forever ago? I mean, seriously, did I think that it would be more trouble than it was worth, or that it would cost money, or that I would catch a weird disease from it? I was clearly not thinking very clearly and obviously ignoring the obvious. Hmph ( Read more... )

Had a great weekend, I must say.

On Saturday astridsdream drove up from Portland, and we met up for coffee in lovely industrial Northern Renton (my fault) and then went up to the Science Fiction Museum (http://www.sfhomeworld.org/) in Seattle (which I'd never been to). It hadn’t really occurred to me ( Read more... )

Been busy lately, at least after a fashion. In lieu of a real post, have some links ( Read more... )