Last year in my unsuccessful NaNo bid I didn't follow the primary advice all writers give aspiring writers, "Write what you know ( Read more... )

After a very enjoyable weekend came an almost endless stretch of days. (Three days in Saskatchewan can feel like a month) I closed out this last project and am set to finally move on to bigger and better things. So look out Seattle, here I come for about 10 weeks. This should be interesting to say the least, I'll be working for someone I respect ( Read more... )

Well last night I got the new furnace installed. I must say it is very nice, about 50% less noise than the last one, 20% more fuel efficient and a new electronic air cleaner rather than a filter. So I'm a happy camper. I won't bore you with the nitty gritty details, suffice to say it should even out the heat through the whole house, which is good ( Read more... )

NaNoWriMo starts up again soon. I think I'm much better prepared for it this year and am really looking forward to it. I'll be stuck in Pittsburgh for most of the month on a project and am certain I'll be able to find several hours a day to write. I encourage any aspiring writers out there to give it a shot, even if you're not necessarily into ( Read more... )

( Meme-nock the Devil )

So, I was curious to see what songs in my music library had merited the most play/highest rating by The Baumer and below is a list of the 5 Star ranked songs in my iTunes collection. Six songs out of 5,618. Am I too picky? The tone of the songs is scarily similar. I wonder what that says about me ( Read more... )

It's been awhile since I've posted, as usual it would seem. Times have been good and strange in equal measure. On Sunday I learned that my godfather died after a fight with cancer. It really got me thinking. This man was supposed to be the most important person in my formative youth outside of my parents and yet I had only met him 2 or 3 times. The ( Read more... )

I had a pretty good week for the most part, other than customers blowing past deadlines. The one thing that I find really annoying in the consulting world is how little consideration we get from customers. I responded to an RFP a few weeks back, the project was supposed to begin on March 1st with the decision taking place on February 17th, they ( Read more... )

Whilest cruising around browsing strangers' LJs I found a quiz to take. Heh... I love my City and its public transportation.


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It's turning out to be a good day. Had a couple of good conference calls, looks like we might be able to close a couple of deals. I will even have to bill again, it'll be strange actually producing something rather than pimping someone else out to do it. And as if that wasn't good enough the doorbell rang a little earlier and my First Edition, ( Read more... )