This morning I saw someone walk by in our building wearing an OwlCon T-Shirt from this year. I have no idea who this person is, but I expect he is a Rice student.

Yay!

This morning on the way in to work, I actively avoided getting into a car accident. In this way, I prove that I am capable of learning from past mistakes. Let me explain ( Read more... )

I have felt like total yecch for the last week or so. At first, I thought I was just worn out from OwlCon. Then I thought I had actually caught something from being worn out at OwlCon. Now I may be convinced it's mostly allergies. But any way you look at it, it sucks ( Read more... )

Well, another OwlCon has come and gone. Record attendance again (635). Record number of games. Lots of folks having a great time. Fantastic Special Guests, including Steven Long, who actually sat down and worked the Registration Desk before the con opened! I feel a real sense of pride when I stop to think about it. My efforts help bring joy ( Read more... )

Well, so far OwlCon has been pretty good, although certainly there have been a few bumps in the road. For instance, this afternoon I found myself co-running a very cool D&D game. This doesn't sound like much of a road bump, except that I didn't know I was going to help run it until Friday night. But it went well, and frankly I had a geat time ( Read more... )

ThelasttwoweeksIhavebarelyhadenoughtimetothink,nevermindeat,sleep,etc. OwlConisapproachingfast,andworkhasbeenbusierthanever. IhavebeenhelpingteachaclassonMicroscopyandIhavetriednottoletthatinterferetoomuchwithmyusualschedule,butit'sadding9hoursaweekoflabtimeand2hoursofclasstimetomyusuallybusyweek. ( Read more... )

Well, yesterday night it looked like things here were going to be very bad today. Freezing rain, iced over highways, etc. Not something in which one would like to drive. So we decided that we would not go to work today. Thus, when the alarm went off this morning, we shut it off ( Read more... )

I broke a deal I had made with my wife. See, I told her I had not had time to get her a gift for Christmas, which was true when I told her. And I was under a fair amount of stress between work and some other stuff, so she said the gift she wanted was for her to not be a source of stress for me, which was pretty nice, I thought. So we agreed that we ( Read more... )

Absolutely nothing? Say it again ( Read more... )

So, being a naturally suspicious type, I checked out the fairly hard-to-read fine print on those free music download cards I got yesterday. This required a magnifying glass, as my eyes aren't what they once were. And I should have known better, I guess ( Read more... )