Yes, I'm still alive. And despite some recent major changes that I would have hoped cure the condition, I'm still stressed out of my mind. So this post is going to focus on the awful. All of the good news (and there is a lot!) will be posted on Sunday ( Read more... )

Off to Canadia for a bit, to visit cow. Total of 2.5 days in Vancouver, and 4.5 in Toronto. After that, a few more days off for sanity, then my brother comes to stay for a week, and then it's PAX. FUN!!

Things are good, if busier than than they have any right to be. It feels like a mantra at this point, but I keep hoping that the work insanity is over. My non-work backlog is piling up faster than ever. I have decided to trade money for time, and am investigating ways to implement that. We'll see how that goes ( Read more... )

I seem to be receiving email again. We'll see if it holds...

One of the groups that I'm part of is meeting up for the Seattle Pride Parade. They're meeting at "Westlake Plaza, in front of the Lush, across the street from Sephora." How's that for landmarks? :D

Potbelly sandwich shop has apparently opened. I saw this place under construction a few weeks ago, and they're finally open. This was one of the scant highlights of vising MDW, and now I don't have to suffer through air travel to get it! Woot!

Suspect problems receiving email on my main accounts; if you've sent me something anytime after early morning of 6/10, I probably haven't gotten it yet. Updates as events warrant. If you've gotten a bounce or non-delivery warning, please let me know.

The day started off with a comedy of errors. Despite the busy days before, I had sufficiently packed, and was able to get up early enough for the train. The bus I wanted to take to the station ended up leaving 7 minutes early, but no big deal, another (involving a slightly longer walk) was supposed to be along shortly. It didn't show. As didn't ( Read more... )

Groupon, a while back, had a deal for what amounted to a half-price round-trip ticket to Victoria on the Clipper. I'd wanted to take the Clipper, since it seemed the very definition of convenience: I could walk to the pier where it leaves from, and it drops you off right in the harbor in downtown Victoria. Indeed it was convenient; however, the ( Read more... )

Things that Portland seems to have more of than Seattle:

• Food trucks
• Light Rail
• TRON-styled video game arcades
• flatness
• aggressive people on the street