...now what do I do with it?

Also, I must admit to feeling like a bit of a geek-failure when I was browsing my sister's friend list and discovered that my mother had gotten onto Facebook ahead of me. I mean, it makes sense given how social she is...but man, how am I apparently the last member of the family to get on this branch of the Internet ( ( Read more... )

...holy FUCK.

I think that was the most ridiculous swimming race I have ever seen.

So. Two thoughts on the first day (evening?) of Games coverage.

1) ...that was a SICK opening ceremony. I don't think I've watched more than patches of the opening previous years, but I watched the whole damn thing this time. And I pity London -- I have no idea how they are going to top that ( Read more... )

So the last two days have been the semi-finals of the UEFA European soccer tournament. Both games have been on TV, from the end of my lunch break until...well, just about now. I can't really watch the entire game, but I have been keeping track of the time and score, and will wander down to the break room when there are about 10 mintues left to ( Read more... )

Fucking excellent. Thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end (all the way to the end, make sure you stay past the credits). Well written, well acted, never felt like it dragged or lost focus -- and it was really funny. I had not actually been expecting that last part, not to the extent that it came through.

A++ recommendation.

So I was in Las Vegas over the weekend for lordofthesynth's 30th birthday. A brief recap!

( Bathed in neon! )

I hope today finds all of you well and happy. May you all find your families bearable. :)

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone.

This isn't super important, but it is amazingly ridiculous that it happened, so I figured it deserved some mention ( Read more... )

And we're back. Office is up and running as usual. There's still fires going in the hills behind us, but they've moved past the point where we'd be in danger.

And so, with arrival of the desert winds, we come once again to Mother Nature's annual attempt to burn Southern California off the planet ( Read more... )