::yawn:: Didn't get as much work done today as I'd hoped, but some. Avi took the kids to sushi, then the playground for a little while. (Yael was happy because Isabelle came along and Barak is happy any time there are people willing to smile at him.) Then I did some more work while Yael went to Isabelle's house, then we got vegetarian Chinese and ( Read more... )

::headdesk:: I am not, as I think mscongeniality put it earlier, at the top of my game today. Leaving aside the bit where I misspelled my own name while filling out some insurance paperwork, I just wasted about 10 minutes of Suddenly Sprockets! time trying to find two files I was asked about. They were supposed to be in the /issues/violence directory, I was told ( Read more... )

Good news: The boy is healthy, per Dr. A. He's 13 lbs, 10 oz, which puts him at the 25th percentile!!! He's still hella short, but...to quote Avi: "A short, round Fishman. What a surprise ( Read more... )

The lovely folks at Suddenly Sprockets! made some "upgrades" recently. So here's my new logon process ( Read more... )

I present for your edification a dramatic rendition of my evening:

Me, calling Avi: Are you coming home?
Avi: I'm working my way out the door.
Me: ...
Avi: Uh...
Me: Come home now or I will kill our children.
Avi: Right then.
Me: [tries not to kill children]
mscongeniality on phone: Hey, wanna go on Sunday and see this guy we used to know ( Read more... )

::iz ded ( Read more... )

First sign you may not be getting enough sleep: You have a child or children ( Read more... )

TOP 10 MOST CONGESTED MONTGOMERY COUNTY INTERSECTIONS:

( ::snort:: I've bolded the ones I go through regularly, but I drive through all of these at least sometimes. Ugh )

Today, I drove down the road behind a truck that had painted on the back the following statement:

The beatings will continue until moral improves.

I dunno about you, but that sounds like a bad parenting strategy, rather than something business-related. ::coughs:: Who says spelling isn't important?

Yael is being an absolute beast this afternoon. ( Read more... )

::headdesk:: For the record, it does not improve my day when one of the cleaning ladies yells from downstairs, "There's water leaking down from the kitchen!" We've got a leak in our kitchen faucet, so I can't really use the sink. Oh, and the water leaked down into the closet that holds my comics, so I just have to hope it did't seep through the ( Read more... )