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I've had a new brother for ten years
Today is my 10 year anniversary of meeting Bob, my older (half-)brother. We're going out to dinner to celebrate. I can't believe it's been that long, but it's still awesome! :)
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Cake for Halloween
Happy Halloween! Ben went trick-or-treating as a baby shark - I've seen pictures and I'll see him today and give him candy. :)
Last night, Tim and I went to an early voting rally supporting Lauren Underwood for Congress. The band Cake was there. We got VIP tickets and went early, for the meet-and-greet. We met Lauren and chatted with her (and I ( Read more... ) -
Randy Con and other things
Randy Con was a great time, as usual. I play two, count 'em, TWO games of Shadows over Camelot, my favorite game. Had some good conversations with people, saw some cute kids, ate some Portillo's, got my hair cut by Kristen, and played more games ( Read more... ) -
Travel 2016, 2017
I started this year with no travel plans. I think I traveled more this year than I have in many years. It was wonderful. I went (in no particular order) to San Diego for work, Grand Cayman and Mexico on a cruise, Maine, Wisconsin Dells, Indiana for Gen Con, stayed a weekend in Illinois with girlfriends, stayed a weekend in Illinois for RandyCon, ( Read more... ) -
Prince died yesterday.
Prince died yesterday. I'm sad about that -- I loved him. Saw him in concert in HS. Blech. I should listen to some of his music today. I just tossed my turntable, too -- it didn't work anymore, which is too bad, because I have Purple Rain on vinyl ( Read more... ) -
Job
Okay, all is well with the new job. The snafu was really just the basic sign-offs that still needed to be done. The woman who runs Tech Pubs (my boss here, I guess, but not my direct supervisor, I don't think) lives in Tel Aviv (and is a flautist, I found out yesterday), so that added to the delay -- time difference, etc. I started yesterday ( ( Read more... ) -
Snow sucks.
Daniel Pink's presentation was cancelled because of the weather. I'm not surprised -- he had to fly in from somewhere, and I'm sure that was nigh impossible. But :(
I'm crazy busy at work, but with no motivation. Someone share it.
I've scheduled a writing retreat at Pheasant Run for next week. Using some PTO to get some writing done. Have to. -
Comps
My comprehensive exams start today. I've read the questions. My low-level of anxiety has risen to OMGImightthrowup ( Read more... ) -
Kidney stone update
I just realized I never updated here about the kidney stone. Or as I now know to say, kidney stones. :P Yep, turns out I had two: 6mm and 10mm (eep ( Read more... ) -
Christmas
I do a lot of Christmas celebrating. So far I've attended ( Read more... )