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A Trip Through The Minefield
I lost my parents over twenty years ago. I've been alive longer without them than with them, and I'm not an old guy. So yes, from time to time my thoughts wander across the minefield as I wonder things like "how would Mom feel about this?" or "I bet Dad would have figured this out by now."
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Dressing Down
I wore a t-shirt in public today, and threw a "Halo ODST" cap on my dome to complete the grungy ensemble. My usual crisp, professional look stayed in the closet ( Read more... ) -
Nap Time
I used to share nap time with my youngest. Well... it was nap time for me. Or it was supposed to be. I'd lie down for a nap and he'd tumble into the bed and decide that it was play-time. He'd offer me his blankie, I'd accept, snuggle it, and then he'd steal it away. I would petulantly say "hey!" and he would giggle. Then he'd offer it again. ( Read more... ) -
Some Grand Teton Vacation Notes
I'm on vacation right now. It's not something I'm very good at. Vacation, to me, means completely unwinding and relaxing. Touring the Grand Tetons, even just for half a day in the rain, means something else entirely.
But it was certainly pretty.
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Doctor Who Season 5: my big three worries are resolved
I've been harboring three big worries about Doctor Who for the last several months ( Read more... ) -
And Because I'll Be at a Linux Expo in Ten Days...
So.. I just confessed to replacing XP with a drive-scrubbing clean install of Windows 7. Why didn't I move to Linux instead?
Three things, really:
1) Text boxes in Microsoft Word 2003: These things have defined my process for creating scripts, and are now so integral that I can't imagine life without them. I tried Open Office, and the boxes didn't ( Read more... ) -
The Death of Drive C, and The Disposal of 15 Years of Evolution
Don't panic. I didn't lose 15 years of data. I lost an evolutionary dead-end. But that's skipping ahead...
UNBOOTABLE_MOUNT_VOLUME is not a happy BSD (Blue Screen of Death) to see when you restart. My 5-year-old PC running Windows XP Media Edition ("it seemed like a good idea at the time") had gone a long time without BSDs, but apparently the ( Read more... ) -
Updater issues: Here's Sunday's comic
Your Schlock Mercenary fix for Sunday, February 21st, 2010
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At Best, Inappropriately Expressed Enthusiasm
I blogged about the final round of the easily-spoofed Washington Post poll, and I made a mistake. I mentioned that it was easily spoofed.
This was not meant as encouragement to spoof, but apparently it was taken as such. For this I am sorry.
You see, when I blogged at 9:15pm local time, Schlock Mercenary had around 120 votes. Three hours later ( Read more... ) -
Eating to live
So... This last thursday Cafe Zupas had a sign up saying that all proceeds that day were going to the Red Cross to help out in Haiti. I had been planning to use a free meal coupon, but decided to save it and spend money instead.
Then I decided to get a dessert, because hey, it's for a good cause. Then I added a soda, and then a soup.
As I was eating ( Read more... )
