So ... how is everyone? Everyone who reads my blog, anyway. I've been banging my head on the computer screen trying to figure out how to reliably set up my home network all over again. See, I had a server system booting from a floppy on a spare computer that worked just fine, but when we got back from Nevada, the poor thing has scarcely shown a ( Read more... )

I'm scratching my head trying to figure out what's up with the local housing market. Where I come from, you look at a reasonably-sized, attractive house in decent repair, and if you like it, you pay a reasonable sum for it. You know, something a human being can actually afford. Apparently this isn't exactly the case in Ingham County, Michigan. ( Read more... )

Hi all, just checking in on things before heading to bed. After much headache, I've got both our desktop computers connected to the Internet again, this time without using my extra computer as a router (couldn't, the dumb thing won't power up). Debian Linux really is highly configurable, but it takes some time and elbow grease to get things ( Read more... )

I know, I keep doing things right after someone else has.


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Well, if you all haven't seen my wife's most recent post yet, well, there's some scary and exciting news. I'll let her fill you in on the details ( Read more... )

Upon getting back from Reno, Genevieve and I found that a new roommate had taken up residence in our little apartment. It was hard to get a good look at it, but it looked to be about the size of a mouse but had a very, very short tail and lacked discernable eyes and ears. I grabbed a nonlethal "Mice Cube" mousetrap at Wal-Mart on Saturday, and ( Read more... )

I'm here on the second to last day of my and my wife's vacation in - don't laugh - Reno, Nevada. The story is that two old friends of her parents' were in the area for a handgun convention but had their dog with them and so couldn't stay in a condominuim in which they own a time-share, so they offered to let their pals Ralph and Randi stay here ( Read more... )

Well, some of you are probably wondering if I'll ever post another update, and I've been wondering the same thing myself. It's been a pretty stressful several weeks since the week before the wedding. ( Read more... )

Genevieve: "I saw a minivan today with a large sticker in the rear window reading, 'This is a pro-choice family.' But that's a complete oxymoron [or oxy-Democrat?]. Why can't they just be honest and say they're anti-life?" ( Read more innacurate transcripts of Genevievian pro-life rants ... )

Today I asked a woman at work whether her Harley-Davidson motorcycle came equipped with mufflers. She responded that it had come with "removable baffles, and I took 'em out ( Read more... )