When I offered to design schedules for my baseball league this year (and in the future as well), I thought I was just volunteering, but the league commissioner later informed me that he'd waive my $300 league fee. How unexpected and generous! But I had already paid it, and refunding it would have been difficult for some reason, so he offered to ( Read more... )

I haven't been posting much lately ... too busy I guess. T-minus 31 days to fatherhood, according to the doctor's forecast. Michael Lee Boats. :)

My parents drove in Friday for mandabanana's shower yesterday. We got a ton of cute and useful (often both) baby gifts. And Amanda and I managed to sneak off for a few minutes to pick up my father's Father's ( Read more... )

I've spent most of the last two days pouring over a few books pfrank lent me, and playing around, and I've gotten to the point where I can write simple programs in C++, have them important export data files, do any calculations I need, et cetera. I still need to work on nested loops and general design structure, but it's coming along well. I should ( Read more... )

One of the projects I've chosen for this Summer, between changing diapers, playing with my son (due July 16) and taking care of my wife, is ....

**DRUMROLL**

...to finally learn to program in C++.

Anyone got a good book they could lend me? Hey pfrank, any books or old programs lying around ( Read more... )

A lot of my friends aren't feeling so well lately, for various reasons. I sympathize and hope everyone gets well soon, including me ( Read more... )

The CBC is running "The Pink Panther" tonight, the original from 1962, starring David Niven and Peter Sellers -- it came on after the hockey post-game show. This is one of my favorite movies, and I think it may be my favorite comedy. If I've seen better, I'm blanking at the moment.

Weigh in now, and maybe you'll give me some rental ideas....

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There's only one thing better than the Penguins being poised to head back to the Stanley Cup finals...

...Don Cherry washing his suits in Miracle Grow.

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The first three games of the season have been posted on the website. This year I play for the 25+ Reds-- I declared free agency at the end of last season because I was dissatisfied with the Phillies, and the Reds picked me up a week or so into Fall ball ( Read more... )

Polls show that Senator Clinton does very well among the less educated democrats, while Senator Obama does very well among the more educated ones.

Only in politics could this be portrayed as a "strength" of Clinton's.

Go Barack Go!

I haven't posted in ages, so what makes me suddenly want to write? Thunder and lightning. How very pagan of me. :)

*sings* Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit....

Oh, and happy belated Beltane, by the way. I like to try to do charitable things vaguely around the sabbats, my way of worshipping the Earth being to try to make it a better place. I ( Read more... )