1. How did you know that C was "The One"?It took me about two weeks to get there. The first night I met her, I knew I wanted to go out with her. After our first date, I knew I wanted to pursue a relationship with her. After our second date, I decided I wanted to marry her. I think it was about 3 months in that we started discussing marriage ( Read more... )

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Infant dies with pacifier taped in its mouthThings like this didn't bother me much before we had kids. I mean, sure, I would be angry and sad, and would have wished the worst for the parents, but it would pass quickly ( Read more... )

Just a note -

Last night I realized that my disappointment with the latest Rush concert in Charlotte was exacerbated by the time and expense of getting there, the heat, and my worrying about C in the heat. If I had had an awesome time at the concert, none of those things would have mattered, but I didn't, so they did matter, and in my anger and ( Read more... )

...just been busy. It's pretty bad when your mom gripes at you for not updating your blog :D

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I keep my keys on a D-ring on one of my belt loops. As a system administrator I have a number of keys - key to the building, key to the equipment cabinet, key to the laptop cabinet, key to my filing cabinet. Also the house key, car key, and gym locker key. I also keep a handcuff key on the ring ( Read more... )

So several months ago, Jim's daughter called and asked me to give her away at her wedding, which will be in March at Yosemite. For those of you not in the know, Jim was a very close friend of mine since 1988. In 2001 he was shot and killed by his wife, who was having an affair and tried to make it look like a suicide. She got life without parole ( Read more... )

Funny how when it gets really hot or when there's a powerful hurricane that floods a city that is already below sea level, the media trots out global warming as the cause, and tries to pillory Bush for not signing the Kyoto Accords.

However, when we get record snowfalls and record low temperatures, all these clowns are strangely silent ( Read more... )

1. I've come to realize that my last kiss... didn't last nearly as long as I'd have liked ( Read more... )

Well, we all survived the holidays...barely ( Read more... )

Natasha has been puking in the house. The new house. On the new carpet. It's been 5 times so far...the first two were from eating some small teddy bears that were used as ornamentation on gifts. She's really gotten into chewing in the last few months. We can only give her rawhides under supervision, becase she will chew them until her gums ( Read more... )