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I am such a geek
At a meeting this morning, one of our senior engineers told everyone that I had almost lost my "Supreme Geek" title.
See, the two of us interviewed an engineer yesterday, and part of the conversation went like this:
Him: "My wife works for InvoCon."
Me: "InfoCom?! Zork!"
Him: "No, InVoCon. You have been eaten by a grue ( Read more... ) -
House Building Update
I could go into laborious detail, but the short of it is:
Look at every number on every contract.
Read every word.
And go by the lot every damn day.
We've avoiding being double-charged for some items, being over-charged for some items. And having the wrong floorplan built.
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Gaming Geeks
So, I ran my every 6-9 months game, and had one of those wonderful moments where an intersection of different strains of geekdom brings total joy ( Read more... ) -
That reminds me...
I was in a meeting today, and the subject of cross country skiing came up. I used to do quite a bit of that when I was younger, and it reminded me of the funniest thing that I've ever seen in my life...
I was maybe 14, and going on an overnight country ski trip near Three-Fingered Jack with three friends. There was an exceptional amount of snow ( Read more... ) -
And yet another reason that I like working at NASA...
Conversation on the way back from lunch:
"Hey look! That's the same truck up there we saw when we parked for lunch."
"It's just like it's followng us, ahead of us"Obviously from the future ( Read more... ) -
Small Inspirations
Every once in a while, a word or phrase pops into my head, and I think "Ooh, that would be fun in a game."
Today's word: Cthulhu-bot
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As The World Turns
A bunch of super-genius obsessive compulsive egotistical jocks...
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And so it begins...
Less than forty-eight hours after the signing the contract, the first problem (with a cost of several thousands) has come up. Note, they won't be breaking ground for another month.
On a brighter note, I laughed after I mistyped when checking out some blogs. Unfortunately, it wasn't a real site. Because, you know, I would so love to have a blog on -
A home of our own
About ten years ago I signed my first mortgage on a house. With a few (okay, a few hundred) signatures, I acquired over a hundred grand of debt ( Read more... ) -
Food is Good
I haven't posted much lately... mostly a combination of being to busy with life to spend time writing about it and not feeling that inspired to write here anyway.
But, I have finished the new annual update to the family cookbook. Feel free to download and enjoy.