I just discovered that my cable has a channel that is all heavy metal, all the time. Without the two-hour daily commute to work or a stereo of any sort in the house, I've been a bit music deprived over the last few months. When I found it on my channel guide, I switched the channel immediately...into a Sevendust song. I literally cheered ( Read more... )

Wannabe book-banner Sarah Palin gave a speech tonight at the GOP national convention.

All I can say is: if this whole vice-president thing doesn't work out, she's got a future in talk radio.

I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a "community organizer," except that you have actual responsibilities.

Ouch.

Walking in to my apartment, my mind races through the tasks I need to complete in the bare few hours before bed ( Read more... )

So, I'm on site right now, trying to fix a problem that nobody seems to understand - not the customer, not my boss, not the other half-dozen engineers in my department with their jillion man-years of experience. It's frustrating. And it just feels like every conversation I have with overlords at the mothership goes like ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I've posted, and, instead of trying to come up with some catch-up, catch-all post, I've been trying to think of an example to express where I'm at - a way to sum up 2007 and lay out what is ahead 2008. And, unsuprisingly, it comes from the nerdiest science of them all - artificial intelligence ( Read more... )

( A Brief Post Reflecting On This Evening's Game. )

I'm not much for the "year in review" type posts. 2006 for me had a lot of great - seeing much of the West, spending a year with the lady - and a lot of bad - my grandfather's passing, Rhode Island - and trying to put a bow on it just doesn't seem to fit. If I had the option, I wouldn't wipe it from my memory, but I'd give serious thought to a do- ( Read more... )

Well, I was hoping that I could tell you all today that I was now part of a political family. But, alas, no deal. My uncle Frank lost his bid for Pennsylvania state rep. Well, if I'd seen his website ahead of time, I might have voted for the other person, too. I'm sure his site was state-of-the-art back in 1995 ( Read more... )

This whole deal with Israel blowing up everybody within reach is starting to worry me.

Leave it to Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to lighten the mood.

In a recent AP article, Israel Steps Up Assault On Beirut, he is quoted as saying ( Read more... )

It was on June 21, 2005 that my father died ( Read more... )