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That could've gone better
We ended up with two reviews this weekend; both saw the show on the rocky first night and fairly savaged it. Me? I hit my cues, knew my lines, and sang my numbers. I even got to do a number a cappella when the music didn't come on - and not to toot my own horn too much, but I think I did a pretty good job with it ( Read more... ) -
It's like a politician saying, "Trust me"
Anyone heard anything hideous yet about Vista SP2? (I'm expecting a yes to that; the question is one of degree...) -
Just so we can all breathe
I motored over and signed the paperwork yesterday afternoon. My start date is Tuesday.
Ah'minna have myself a nice, fun weekend. :-) -
Feeling bookish
Does anyone know of any cheap bookbinding and printing services ( Read more... ) -
This is amazingly cool
Footage of Mordecai "Three-Finger" Brown pitching for the Cubs, cobbled together from individual frames (possibly a primitive motion picture camera). Year of footage unknown, but Brown played for the Cubs from 1904 to 1912. -
Play Index
One of the things I've been doing lately is playing with something called the Play Index on www.baseball-reference.com. Basically, this is a tool for sorting all the massive database of statistics that the Major Leagues have accrued over the last many several years, dating back in some cases to the beginning of baseball itself, somewhere around ( Read more... ) -
Gee, thanks.
The good news is, I got the job.
The bad news is the pay. Eeuuuugh. Ordinarily I'd say no, thanks, but the economy being the way that it is, I didn't - which of course is precisely why they lowballed me like that. It is a significant pay cut, and it's on a 1099, and it's in Alexandria.
I'm taking it and I'm still looking. -
Prepare for this amazing announcement!
The annual stockholders' meeting of The Exchange Unique Services, Ltd., will take place at Riverside Coffee on Stanford Blvd. in Columbia, on 6 April at 11 a.m.
Now, since efbq and I are the only ones who actually hold stock in the company, it just means we'll be going for coffee and lunch that day...but if you'd like to meet with us, that would be