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What's the opposite of 'Seven Year Itch'?
On this day, seven years ago, I got married.
And today, I couldn't be happier.
Looking forward to another seven hundred. (More or less.) -
Tuesday Dinner
Leftover caribou meatloaf. Because we are still frugal, and we had leftovers. And we had caribou in the freezer.
Champagne (OK, Prosecco) because we are celebrating. I start my new job on May 19th. -
I guess this is what 'transition' feels like.
I started working at Epilogue Technology on January 2nd, 1996. Stayed on through two mergers (Integrated Systems in 1996, Wind River Systems in 2000), twelve years and a month. And not quite a week ( Read more... ) -
Happy Anniversary
Happy Anniversary to my lovely wife.
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(I had the card on time...the LJ acknowledgement somehow took a bit longer. I blame society.) -
General stuff
In the past several weeks, I've managed to watch quite a few movies. Some were very good. Some were good. Some were, well...less good.
The Chorus (Les Choristes): A French movie about a failed composer who goes to work at a boy's reform school and finds new inspiration while setting up a chorus there. A very sweet movie with some great music ( Read more... ) -
Well, whatever
Ever have one of those times where you don't post for a long time, and then you feel like you can't post again without going over everything that's been going on? Because doing less feels like, well, dishonesty.
Sort of like right now. -
two very different kinds of fantasy
Books:
Baudolino, by Umberto Eco -- This book is interesting in that it's entirely unclear how much of it is true, even in the context of the story itself. The main character, Baudolino, is telling the story of his life, first as a sheepherder, then as the adopted son of the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick Barbarossa, then as on older man questing ( Read more... ) -
ew
Well, that's something of a first. I just had to stop listening to an audiobook because the contents were so disgustingly nauseating that I feared for my driving ability were I to continue listening to it.
I have a pretty strong stomach and a fairly high tolerance for...disturbing imagery. But the first chapter of Chuck Palahniuk's Haunted had ( Read more... )