And it's been one hell of a year. School started, I did pretty good considering how long it'd been since I was in school. I bought a house. I started singing Barbershop. My wife's pregnant.

Not much else, but really? That's a hell of a year, right there.

...Sometime around December I'm going to be a FATHER. Yes, Wren is pregnant. What a wonderful year this really has been! First, school! Then, HOUSE! Then, BABY. It's been a damned good year ( Read more... )

My computer is running again. Well, case, keyboard and mouse are running. Everything else is new.

BUT YAY COMPUTER MACHINE!!!

So, my computer's dead. Power supply seems to have cooked the motherboard. I can't afford a new anything, so I'm shit outta luck for awhile. I need the damned thing for school, too. Ah well, maybe I'll be able to find a *better* computer for something I can actually afford. Maybe ( Read more... )

Read the book "Variable Star by Robert A. Heinlein and Spider Robinson. Heinlein was dead for 17 years when pen was first put to paper, but.. The Man Himself wrote it. I don't know how to describe it other than this ( Read more... )

Instructions: Go over to Wikipedia and enter your birthdate and then pick 3 events, 2 births and 1 holiday that occurred on the day of your birthday ( Read more... )

( A book quiz. Sorry for not cutting earlier. )

And I have to say, this has been a pretty good year. Things could've rolled better with the roomie, and a few other things, but Wren and I are happy. I think that's all I can really ask for. I don't feel any older yet, but wait 365 days and I'll answer a lot differently, I think. Gettin' old, but not hating it. It's nice. :)

If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, even if we don't speak often, please post a comment with a memory of you and me. It can be anything you want -- good or bad. When you're finished,post this little paragraph on your blog and be surprised (or mortified)about what people remember about you.

This is hilarious. The population of a Phillipino prison in Cebu doing "Thriller" by Michael Jackson, with a 'sister' playing the role. Pure hilarity.

See? It's stuff like this which can really make inmates see there's more to life than crime. Or something.

At least they were doing something constructive.