These should be old news bulletins to most of you. For the rest, I apologize.

Firstly, Teena found work. After a rollercoaster process wherein she felt alternately like the belle of the ball and entirely shunned (ahem), she pulled out a win and we made a big family decision. Starting in January 2009, she will start a tenure-track position at St ( Read more... )

Some words I wrote to spam a lot of family, friends (and probably you already ( Read more... )

Well I had a life-changing experience on Saturday. I knocked on doors in South Carolina on behalf of Senator Barack Obama ( Read more... )

I've started a sort of snarky blog to give myself a professional presence on the internet. The topic is presently specific to IT at Law Firms but you know how bad I am at keeping on topic ( Read more... )

Since I've started working out, I've noticed how good it feels to lift weights in kilograms instead of pounds. Larger units make achievement feel more solid. Part of it is the novelty of the unit, but it also somehow feels simpler, rounded off, clean.

All of this is to say: I weigh 15 stone as of this morning ( Read more... )

is utterly, irrevocably, and awesomely: a girl.

Only 5 more months to practice the phrase "my daughter".

So, Dave, what's up with you?

Nothing, much, just helping Teena apply for jobs which will change our lives for ever, meeting my sister's awesome fiance, and uh, procreating.

Right, right, understatement. Cute, but sort of annoying.

Yep. Just like Facebook links to potentially unavailable content.

Oookay. Anyway, what's with the subject line ( Read more... )

I'm so proud of my denomination for our commitment to a "dialog first, big-tent, unity matters" approach to religion:

Check out how half of these Google News headlines say "Episcopal Church conceeds to the conservatives" while the other half say "Episcopal Church stands its ground on gay issue". That's the via media, baby.

Well we got up at 6:00 AM to get Teena to the hospital for her planned sinus surgery. I waited and listened to old Bill Cosby albums on my iPod while they prepped her. We had a little time for encouragement and hugs before they wheeled her off at 7:30. A few hours later it was all over, with the surgeon reporting that everything went fine. She' ( Read more... )

(May 1 - Editing out my stuff. The internet has much more time for this than I do. This should give you all the latest. Suffice it to say this guy has a habit of stealing or at least repurposing clip art in a laughably poor way. Laughable if he weren't getting rich.)

Original Something Awful thread.

Author's note ( Read more... )