News item: Brett Favre wants to un-retire.

 Cripes.  I think the nightmare scenario is him in a Vikings uniform.

I yoinked this from EN World (and, the guy who posted it there had swiped it from somewhere else):

1 - Go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random Wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - Go to Random Quotations: www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your ( Read more... )

Yes, I know, I've been quiet for several months.  Well, the past few months haven't been quiet.

Back in May, the stepmother of my Lovely Bride passed away, after a multi-year battle with cancer.  She had not been doing well for some time, and so it wasn't a surprise, but it was still a crushing blow.

At about the same time, my own mother learned that ( Read more... )

Under normal circumstances, I think about taxes about as often as I think about, oh, I don't know, maybe marionnettes.  In other words, not very often.

But, this year....grrrr.

I have the distinct pleasure* of living in Cook County, Illinois, proud home of the highest sales tax rate in the country, due to a recent raise in the sales tax, to cover a ( Read more... )

I had to fly out to Phoenix on Tuesday, to attend a focus group for one of my clients.  When I made the travel arrangements, I made sure to give myself plenty of time between landing in Phoenix, and getting to the group, just in case ( Read more... )

So, this Sunday evening, the Pack hosts the Giants at the Frozen Tundra of Lambeauuuuu Field, for the NFC Championship.  The season's been a pleasant surprise from start to finish (well, except for the pair of eggs the Pack laid against the Bears), and having Dallas lose to New York last week (thus leaving the Pack as the highest remaining seed) ( Read more... )

So, the trip to Florida was good.  Actually, let me rephrase that: being in Florida was good.  Getting the chance to see the Lovely Bride's father and stepmother was good.  They were thrilled to see us, and I really got the sense that it did Diane good.

Getting to and from Florida: another story entirely.

We were going to fly down on Thursday evening ( Read more... )

Back in the office today, after 12 days off.  Spent the morning in fire-fighting mode, then things quieted down in the afternoon ( Read more... )

Well, to be perfectly honest, *yesterday* was supposed to be my last day in the office, but there was a couple of projects that weren't quite done.  (And, for that matter, they may not be quite done today, either, but tough t-bones ( Read more... )

Woot!

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/18/film.thehobbit.ap/index.html

This has been stalled for years, as Jackson and New Line had a falling-out over royalties from the Lord of the RIngs movies.  Looks like they finally managed to put all that aside (probably due to the promise of making more large fistfulls of money).

Interesting that they' ( Read more... )