I doubt if I can sum up, but I have wasted 2 days this week coming to the conclusion that Blue cannot follow instructions. And they haven't been following our instructions on this one topic since July. We have wasted WEEKS of trouble shooting only to discover that instead of replacing files as we asked, they decided that the files already exist ( Read more... )

14 years ago, I married my best friend, ealdthryth. We've survived being stuck overseas during 9/11, multiple job losses, new careers, stupid politics in our hobbies and in our spiritual lives, moving to a new house, and the ultimate test of a marriage: rewallpapering a bathroom together. We have 4 adorable cats that amuse and occasionally exasperate us ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday to my sweetie, ealdthryth!

to my sweetie, ealdthryth. Although she already got her main presents early, I made sure she had stuff and cards waiting for her when she got up. She called me at work and provided a small squee of joy when she found them this morning...

ealdthryth got some of her birthday presents early. I spotted a Dark Shadows - The Revival on sale when we did a little retail therapy on Sunday. ealdthryth has been watching it over the course of the last couple of evenings and reports that it is...disappointing. It has higher production values than the original, but their 'night time' scenes are blatantly under ( Read more... )

I keep asking why I keep doing this to myself. I can't come up with a reliable answer beyond "it pays the bills". I'm staring down the barrel of another few weeks of trying to sprint through a marathon. In less than three weeks, I have to get that application up and running with just enough 'real' data that our users can get in and see what the ( Read more... )

Forgive me for sounding crass by talking about money and cash flow at this time, but it is something that anyone with a house payment might want to consider looking into.

With interest rates at a new low, it might make sense to refinance the house. Some quick Excel calculations indicate that over the course of the next mumblety years, we will ( Read more... )

In June, I will have hit the end of the road for University, and it is kind of cool that it is a "milestone" session (#75) at which that I will be retiring as Chancellor.... It's a little bittersweet. I've enjoyed being Chancellor, but the travel has been a little rough on us. Our University road trips have been a lot longer than we normally are ( Read more... )

It's that time of year again. Last week, I noticed that what passes for lawn in our side yard was a little too tall for my aesthetic sense. With our weekend activities, I didn't get a chance to do anything about it, so Saturday's downpour actually caused all that green stuff double in height during the day on Sunday.

I despise yardwork.While I ( Read more... )