Stupid Verizon keeps giving me the "We're sorry, your call cannot be completed as dialed. Please check the number and dial again." message when I try to call nuclearmse, yet she's been able to successfully call me.

Damn you, Ike, and your friggin' windstorms.

nuclearmse was up visiting this weekend (more about that later), and she drove back home last night through severe windstorms, only to arrive back in Cincy and discover the power was out.

In reviewing Duke Energy's status map throughout the day, their count of people without power in their Cincinnati service area has gone from 583,000 at 2:10pm to almost ( Read more... )

When you see this, post a line from Douglas Adams in your journal.

Particularly apropos, given the upcoming season, is this little gem:

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

I finally established, thanks to one of our customers who provided the complete text of the error message she was receiving, why many customers, especially those who work for banks, can't seem to access our new storefront site ( Read more... )

Shit like this should be illegal under the laws forbidding public masturbation, since this kind of "exercise" is usually nothing more than a highly public display of "my dick is bigger than yours".

dumb-da-dumb-dumb... DUMB!!!

Can somebody please, please, PLEASE give this project team I'm working with a fucking CLUE? This thing is rapidly turning into a camel, which, for those of you who don't know, is a horse designed by committee ( Read more... )

I wanted to keep my journal non-political, really I did, but the latest bunch of crap being drummed up by the McCain-Palin machine has me up in arms ( Read more... )

As we approach the seventh anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, I'm amazed at both how much and how little things have changed ( Read more... )

Being the science geek (okay, all-around geek) that I am, I decided to watch the premiere of Fringe last night on Fox, since it was being billed as a JJ Abrams take on The X-Files, and I have to say my feelings were mixed ( Read more... )

Yes, I know it's Tuesday -- lately, my time management skills have gone straight to hell. Anyway, more after the cut(s), for those who care to read:

( Friday, 9/5 )