I awoke this morning with the thought, "damn it, why can't I be sick today!?" Yeah, I love work that much.

The last few days have been harsh. There's a good deal a pressure to go around at work. The thing is high pressures induce people to work closer together at frenetic paces as would be indicated by the laws of thermodynamics. Those are very interesting laws, but none that I would want to experience too often. I'm employed as a software engineer ( Read more... )

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It's been a good week I should think. I mean from a standpoint of practicality. I has taken Tuesday off from work to catch up on personal business (getting the car squared away, scheduling a doctor's appointment, etc.). I've been trying hard to pull myself out of some deep ruts. Some of this relates to the topic in my previous post. Now, I'm ( Read more... )

... so reads a sign on my way to work. I pass it everyday resulting in the same carnival of feelings ( Read more... )

This entry is a long time in coming. I've been remiss. However, the urge to write has been on the rise. Generally that correlates to a rise in depression. This time this is not so ( Read more... )

Haven't updated in a good long while. I'll rectify that shortly. In the meantime, contemplate my quiz results. I think they will explain a great deal.

Your brain: 0% interpersonal, 60% visual, 80% verbal, and 260% mathematical!

Congratulations on being 400% smart! Actually, on my test, everyone is. The above score breaks ( Read more... )

They've done it! Scaled Composites has apparently claimed the X-Prize in this morning's flight.

Best of luck to Burt Rutan and the Scaled Composites team as they attempt to clinch the X-Prize this morning.

I get excited about things like astronomy, space exploration, technology, and even model railroads, as Danni can attest. I think that the common thread to all of my interests, passions, what-have-you, is that they test the boundary of what is known and unknown; at least by me. I don't feel comfortable just settling in for a good night of ( Read more... )