The title really only refers to the year and my calendars.

Christmas VacationSo, I took Snoopy home with me. We were actually only at my parents' house for three full days, plus the day we drove in and the day we drove back. It felt a little rushed for me. But forcing Snoopy to endure my family and the nothingness in which they live for ( Read more... )

No One Mourns the Wicked
In an effort to knock Snoopy's socks off for Christmas, I took her to see Wicked last week. She loves musicals and she has been wanting to see that one for some time. In an effort to save on cost, get really good tickets - and soon - I made a bid on eBay. I later decided I may have made a tragic mistake whereby I would ( Read more... )

Pearl Harbor Day
I must be losing my grip because I totally forgot about Pearl Harbor day. How could that happen? It's eternally infamous. FDR said so...

Live Journal
I notice the seasonal banner for LJ has the Northern Lights in it. I so did that with my Santa picture last year:
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SimpsonsOn Sunday, the Simpsons did the second show in a row that contained blatant criticism of the war in Iraq. I'm not naive. I know that the people behind the Simpsons, and most other shows, have a liberal bent. There have been criticisms of the government before. And of Bush. Then again, there was an episode (2F02 "Sideshow Bob Roberts") ( Read more... )

Operation Mindcrime
Last Thursday, I went up to see Queensrÿche. They performed the entireties of Operation Mindcrime 1 and 2. It was an interesting change from the standard concert. Very dramatic rock opera stuff. Very cool.

Suds and budsSince I had to stick around for the coffee house, I spent the night at Hades' house and then worked from ( Read more... )

Dinosaur Eggs
Ever seen one of these? They look like a very large pill. And it got me thinking. What would happen if I ate one? I'll let you know, if anything. No sign of my dinosaur so far. I really wanted to find out what kind of dinosaur it was.

I Ain't Afraid of no GhostsWe got the bright idea to go looking for trouble last night. We ( Read more... )

Partying with Papa SmurfSaturday night, a guy we work with hosted his [mostly] annual Halloween bash. His parties have historically been the closest thing you can get to a frat party but populated mostly by IBMers. I'd have to characterize this year's event as being more on the hook than off. The cops did come but we were in a more densely ( Read more... )

Last night, Ivanova, Alexander, and some others put on our haunted living room. I thought our A-team was really excellent. But it didn't seem to impress the kids all that much. They seemed wary of things that had yet to be revealed, but nothing appeared to frighten them very much. As a rule. Some really little kids were scared and a few ( Read more... )

BooOOOooI don't think I mentioned that I was asked to assist in part of IBM's local haunted house for IBM families. It's really just a tent with some partitions put up. Still, it's looking pretty good. I should get some pictures. But the bottom line is that I've spent a lot of time lately working on this monster. There's been some real issues ( Read more... )

Friday night, Giganta took me to a local-ish production of The Wizard of Oz. She had assisted on the set backdrops. It was entertaining. The munchkins were all children. The actors weren't very good. Dorothy was fairly good for what I think is a high school student. She could definitely sing. And occasionally the ratty (literally) looking ( Read more... )