Clearly I have been a little overwhelmed by life lately, and that has been both good and bad... Trivial little updates and one liners are so easy on that mixed blessing/curse of Facebook that I am afraid I have neglected more thoughtful writing here.

I will try to catch up a little for those who are not inclined to use farcebook...

( Some catchup below the fold: )

While we were loving the delicious anniversary dinner at Evo Bistro last night, and stunned at how quiet and empty it was; we asked wait staff why, and they guessed Oscar night. We replied: "oh was that happening now?" Cool.

I would like to thank the academy for a lovely, romantic, quiet night at one of our favorite restaurants, and Erci's dad ( Read more... )

So the whole time we had no power and were exiled to a place with power and internet access and hot running water, we kept wondering... Is the power back on at our house yet?That question could only be answered this time by a drive out to our house to see in person ( Read more... )

We've been using XBMC to view movies and videos on our first generation AppleTV for a while, but it has always been a pain to manually copy (via scp) the files to the AppleTV and then remove them once they've been watched because the disk space is limited ( Read more... )

Twenty years ago today, was the angriest I remember being in my entire life. I was at a friend's house going over SCA heraldic arms submissions with herveus and our host, when our host's wife shouted down (we were in the basement) to turn on the news. All channels were broadcasting that the United States was at war, and that Desert Shield had become ( Read more... )

Erci and I attended Yuletide Ball Championships with our teachers from The Ballroom, Darryl Adams and Michele Kearney. The championship is typically 3-4 days of competitive dancing and showcase exhibitions. There is also always a New Year's Eve Gala Ball, which we attended with Ann Marlow and Dan Van Bey. The Gala is always lots of fun, and it ( Read more... )

Amazon Wish Lists are a decent way of exchanging gift ideas with remote friends and family, but I have never liked that until recently the list only included Amazon products ( Read more... )

This brings back many fond memories of playing Call of Cthulu with friends when I was stationed in Hawaii....

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Sunset Sky Gallery

On the way to work via the gas station Monday morning, I ran out of gas. I knew I was low, but did not think I was that low. The gas engine/generator in my 2006 Prius stopped about 1.4 miles from the planned gas station... I was still rolling, in traffic... I cut the air-conditioner, and turned off the GPS to reduce electrical load and ran on ( Read more... )