Maggie's gone. My parents' dog Maggie escaped from their back yard yesterday and was hit by a car. Someone found her and took her to the vet, but she died shortly after they got her there. Though we didn't get there in time, we got a few minutes to say our goodbyes. That was difficult but will probably be good in the long run ( Read more... )

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I don't condone animal cruelty, but this is hilarious.

The Wine Lovers Trail is about to take place at many of Hill Country wineries.  Scott and I are planning to head out to do two days of winery tours and stay Saturday night in the Hill Country over one of the next two weekends.

Anyone interested in joining us for some or all of the trip ( Read more... )

I'm not a fan of cold weather, it's not supposed to get this bad in Austin.  It's only 23 degrees outside, up from the overnight low of 22, and there's still a fairly large amount of ice on the roads.  I know that this is nothing as far as winter weather goes in other places, but we just aren't equipped to handle it.

I'm very glad I can work from ( Read more... )

I was randomly checking traffic reports and cameras around Houston and there no longer seems to be any traffic on the major roads getting out of town. That doesn't mean there won't be traffic later, but if traffic getting out was the only thing keeping you in town during the storm you may want to reconsider.

Traffic maps and cameras can be found ( Read more... )

In a Scrabble game on my Palm I just made my highest scoring play ever.  The word was bothered.  It spanned two triple word blocks as well as using all seven of my tiles.  The grand total?  167 points.

According to the record on Wiki I've still got a long way to go before reaching record levels (High game - 793, Highest single play - 331), but I' ( Read more... )

Thankfully it looks like I lucked out with my computer failure ( Read more... )

My weekend just got worse. In addition to everything else going on, my computer got fried by the powerful thunderstorms that came through the area today. I need to figure out how broken it is, all I know so far is that it won't turn on. Other devices attached to the UPS are still working, so at least my new monitor wasn't hurt as well. ( Read more... )

My head feels like it's going to explode. I hope I'm not coming down with something, though it wouldn't be terribly surprising considering several people around me have been sick lately.

Off to sleep for me.