1. For the first time in my adult life, I have Veteran's Day off. I really don't know what I'm going to do. None of my friends have it off, it's not like I have a ton of stuff to get done, so maybe I'll just go hiking somewhere by myself. I can try to get one more in before I need to break out the snowshoes ( Read more... )

I really think I use that subject line way too much, but I guess it works so I'm sticking with it ( Read more... )

So yeah, it's no secret that I love my music. Passionately. I listen to it all day long, it makes long drives bearable, even enjoyable sometimes, and though I don't get to do it nearly often enough due to lack of interested company, there are few things I enjoy more than going to see live music. There are few genres that I can't find some ( Read more... )

Coming into work this morning, I am very thankful for two things. First, the timing of the clock change couldn't have been better. I was up for 20 hours on Saturday, and REALLY needed the extra hour of sleep. Second, I'm very happy I was able to get a full 8 hours of sleep last night. If not for those two things, I might have died of exhaustion ( Read more... )

Finding the roof unlocked again, a few of us went back up today to throw off the rubber bouncy ball ( Read more... )

I can do nothing but laugh at the latest from Richard Dawkins. What a joyless life this man must live, though.

Basically, children shouldn't read Harry Potter because fantasy novels are 'anti-scientific.'

No, really.

So, a half hour or so ago, a couple of my younger male co-workers came over to my cube and invited me up to the roof of the building, as one of them discovered that it was unlocked today ( Read more... )

First, a post on fulfillment. I find this relevant in light of what I wrote a couple weeks ago on the subject of being content with where you are in life. I recognized this in myself quite awhile ago, but it took me awhile to get to where I needed to be, attitude wise.

Second, I finally followed through, 4 years and a month later, on what I said ( Read more... )

OK, I just had to mention that in spite of me being a huge Charles Dickens fan, I'm finding my current read, Barnaby Rudge, excruciating to plod my way through ( Read more... )

Well, I'm back from my hunting trip up near Ashland, and though our luck wasn't crazy, we did do the best we've done in 3 trips now, getting 3 partridges ( Read more... )