Life has been trying real hard to keep me on my toes. We were sad when we had to put our beloved dog Bacchus to sleep on July 22. He was just over 11.5 years old. Of course with a daughter, two other dogs, a cat, and two kittens, we didn't have time to really wallow in grief and sarrow. Of course we cried, but quickly had to get on with life ( Read more... )

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We're finally home again! Our little Ayla is now 3.5 weeks old, and she's already traveled more miles than I did the first couple years of my life ( Read more... )

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Today was hard. We had to say goodbye to Anteros, one of our beloved cats.. one of our family. Last weekend he got sick, but seemed to be getting better, then started showing signs that something was wrong. We finally took him to the vet yesterday, and the blood tests showed that there were problems with his kidneys.. really bad problems. ( Read more... )

For a long time now, I've wondered what subject matter I would use if I were to start a regular blog, or perhaps do an audio or video podcast. My life isn't really that interesting, and I'm not an expert at anything interesting. I can administer Linux machines, I write Ruby (mostly Ruby on Rails) applications, and I sit around in attire fitting ( Read more... )

These results were obtained inside my noisy computer room. In a less electronic filled environment, I would probably do even better.

You are about 20 years old
The teen repellent will no longer foil you, but you can still hear some pretty high tones.

The highest pitched ultrasonic mosquito ringtone that I can hear is 16.7kHzFind out which ringtones ( Read more... )

While resting on the table in urgent care yesterday, I realized that it has been about 20 years since the last time I had to get an injury stitched up for doing something stupid. Last time, while a freshman in high school, I managed to cut open a gash in the back of my leg when I fell off my bicycle. This time I was playing in the garage with power ( Read more... )