Not Dating:  Saturday night I was talking over dinner with a very secular group of my friends.  For this group, "not dating" meant just having sex.  Which isn't really part of my definition.  For me "not dating" has always been the way that I hang out without relational definition and have outings that sound like dates to everyone but the ( Read more... )

So I began the great Fall working downtown adventure today.

Both my consulting company (logic2020.com) and the client (http://visibletechnologies.com/) are good places to work with people that I like.

Figuring out the commute may take a bit of work.  Going in this week will be pretty easy since work comes with an occasional built-in carpool.   ( Read more... )

So I've been meaning to try using lard for a while and this weekend Andy and I finally bought some ( Read more... )

3 Weddings in 8 days.  I consider survival a victory in itself.

Some wedding highlights.

#1 DS eating our tables wedding cakes filling with the cake server.
#2 Estranged parents willingly being photographed with thier son  (lowlight one bridesmaid still naked after the wedding was supposed to start)
#3 Lots and lots of celebrating - this wedding was a ( Read more... )

My contract at TMobile died today and despite talking about keeping me until January, they realized I was bored to tears and awfully expensive to not need me for actual work.

My contracting company will probably find me work imminently but if not I may get a summer again.

So there was a good reason that
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I need to check against the last posting of the wonderful meat place and possibly consider dinner there at some point.

The most friendly bringer of meat on spikes today mentioned the additional items we were missing from the dinner menu. (Grilled Pineapple, Shrimp, Multiple fishies, Lamb, Wild Boar, Turkey)

Here was the lunch selection after the ( Read more... )

Apparently factoria rush hour starts before 3 ( Read more... )

the new jeep needs a name - any suggestions?

and it has turned out not too terrible to sell wellowy to my dad - he's liking it.

Everytime I come to HI, I realize that I really need to pack less stuff ( Read more... )