Changes.  I got a job at UW. My first job in years that isn't in the computer industry and has absolutely no creative aspects.  We'll see how it goes.
My son and his girlfriend moved out on Christmas eve so I am now looking for either a roommate to come share my house (in Shoreline), or either a shared house to move into or a small house/duplex I ( Read more... )

 Seems I am going to Burning Man after all.  I'll be here:

Pi Camp
7:15 and Baghdad
Burning Man
Gerlach NV 89412

For two weeks. that's right two, I'm working on this project: http://monorail.nowhere2nowhere.com/ My job? Kitchen Head. So for a week I will be feeding between 16-29 people, with a random assortment of dietary requirements, in the middle of ( Read more... )

I'm off to Ohio in a few days to visit my parents.  I also hope to go to Origins, the 2nd biggest gaming convention, while I am there.  Not sure what else I will do as the only tourist attraction in the area is Wright Patterson Air Force Museum ( Read more... )

Almost ready to go to Burning Man.  My stuff leaves tomorrow and I don't leave until Saturday.  The theme this year is evolution. I think I have it mostly together enough that the theme of my costumes is going to be the evolution of fashion ( Read more... )

For those who don't already know, I lost my job about a month ago. It was traumatic, unpleasant, and has totally put me off Microsoft ( Read more... )

HA. These guys have nothing on my dad and his sister.

My dad has been getting the same birthday card from his sister for as long as I can remember. If it's not 50 years, it must be close to it. And the funny thing is that the card has a squeaker in it, so every year (when I was growing up) he would open the card and give it just one quiet squeak ( ( Read more... )

Burningman or http://www.nadwcon.org/? Meeting Terry Pratchett and hanging out with my kids or hanging out in the desert with my friends and enjoying all that is burningman? Going someplace hot or going someplace hot ? Wearing lots of fun costumes or wearing lots of geeky costumes?    ackkk I can't decide.

oh another note, I going to try tweeter as ( Read more... )

just in case any of my gamer friends hasn't see it:

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My iguana is producing eggs. I took her to the vet because she had an odd growth on her foot & she wasn't eating. I was worried that she had an infection of some sort. Turns out it isn't related. The vet felt her tummy and said she felt eggs. A x-ray showed some immature eggs. She hasn't seen another iguana in years, and she'd getting old for an ( Read more... )

Any other fans of Project Runway out there? I did something I've wanted to do since I found out they auction off the clothes.  I bought a dress. This one:


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