Customer Service FTW!

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Teh Geek and I are finally about to take our honeymoon.  We're going to leave for the beach in about half an hour and be back sometime around Friday.  I hope everyone has a great week, and I'll catch up with you all when we get back.

And now for something completely different.

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Dad's surgery went well, and I just left him (and his wife) sleeping in the room. I went in search of coffee, but I've got a few minutes to kill before the cafeteria opens back up at 3:30. He now has a titanium-encased difibrilater implanted into his upper left pectoral muscle. The ICD is technically, theoretically and hypothetically capable of ( Read more... )

...And after pouring my heart out in that last post, I neglected to post the other big piece of news.

When I got home last night, I found out that not only was Ursula already in the hospital, but my dad is going in on Tuesday.  His cardiologist has been concerned about some arrhythmia that was observed after the first surgery.  After some more tests ( Read more... )

Tonight was the second time in my life that I have had to go to the hospital to say good bye to someone.

It was NOT easier for having done it before.

My godmother Ursula has not been well for some time.  In fact, she was too sick to come to my wedding back in March.  To my regret and to my shame, however, I have not seen her since then.  Some part ( Read more... )

First igasu posted this to LJ, and them my mom emailed the link to me a couple of days later.

I think that's a sign that I should repost it, don't you? :-)


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I got to see Artomatic yesterday with Teh Geek, chameleon613 and moosegirl1017.  It is a very interesting show, and worth the time to walk through it.  Added coolness came from the fact that several of the artists were there at their displays talking about their art.

What is Artomatic?  You mean you don't know?  Well that's all right...  I didn't ( Read more... )

How far away from your front door do you have to be before you decide that it's not worth it to go back and get your cell phone?

Really...  I'm curious how many other people out there would go back for it, and how far you would consider going.

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You read XKCD, right?

If you don't, you really, really should.

It was introduced to me last summer by the amazingly net-presence-free ML, and Teh Geek and I have enjoyed reading it ever since.

Anyway, you should go check it out.  The Journal Saga has been expanded, and it continues to be one of the most awesome sequences of webcomics ever.  (Here ( Read more... )

...went well.

By the way, someone asked me what my audition piece was, so here it is:


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