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LJ is apparently dead to me. Twitter/Facebook appears to have supplanted it since I actually *gasp* post short bits, where LJ I feel obligated to do longer blog-type entries. Some of you may have missed this amusing kiddo story from a month ago though ( Read more... )

Largely I've ignored posting anything to LJ lately, since half the crap I start writing sounds like emo douchebaggery. However, I just couldn't pass up the chance to do a good work-related rantage even if it's being exacerbated by the fact I'm essentially being required do put in 10 hour days to the end of the year ( Read more... )

Had a shore week in Ocean City, and then not too long after there were 2 weeks in Maine where I worked part of the time. It feels like I've gotten absolutely nothing accomplished for work or at home in the past in the past couple months with all the traveling, travel prep, and plain ol' time off ( Read more... )

There's just something satisfying about doing physical work after untold hours of code wrangling and conference calls. The planting of more cold-weather stuff in the garden over the weekend and distributing compost was satisfying. The whole compost process of discarded food scraps and other lawn scraps is pretty cool, especially when tearing the ( Read more... )

.. is my life. I keep thinking of perfect things to post as I'm lying in bed trying to fall asleep, but I promptly forget them ( Read more... )

I had a pretty vivid dream where I opened my own restaurant in a converted diner. Even down to the layout of the place and the logo. Bits of the menu too - nothing pretentious or overdone, just real food ( Read more... )

Last week the HD in my desktop went bad with no warning. The status still showed normal, but attempting to repair, format, restore, or reinstall the OS failed on every attempt. I've been using Mozy to store the supercritical stuff offsite but the real savior of the day was OSX's Time Machine. Ordered a new HD next-day, installed it, and 'restore ( Read more... )

I'm raising the next generation of computer nerds it seems. My 16 month old is currently on my lap, banging away on the work laptop with notepad maximized. It's funny how engrossed both of them can get, sometimes imitating me working with a book propped open as a 'laptop'. oops. Keys are getting popped off now...

That's the message I'm getting lately between the collapse of my 401k, the housing "bailout" and now with the School and Student Service for Financial Aid (SSS). We'd been looking at private schools for the oldest kiddo due to the headaches in trying to get him accepted to public school early (even after going through a private K program ( Read more... )