I've been browsing Facebook far more than LiveJournal over the last few months. Still, I participate in both far far less than I used to check out USENET in the heyday, simply because Dialup Still Sucks ( Read more... )

I'm amazed that I seem not to have posted about my tattoo. (This was the idea behind my teaser comment of "My life has been irrevocably changed" when I posted about Bingham Cup 2008 ( Read more... )

This morning, I ran into my boss's boss in the breakroom grabbing the first Cup O' The Day. We made some small talk, then she said, "I want you to know that I'm glad you're here."

Having my work appreciated means a helluva lot.

And reading so little as well. I'm losing even more touch than I realized. I'm becoming quite the self-absorbed bugger ( Read more... )

The big 45 is coming up next month. I guess I do owe myself a crisis of some sort, but I need it to be relatively short-term (the years-long malaise I'm mired in frankly sucks ( Read more... )

I got home from work Wednesday afternoon. A half-hour later, the sweetie and I hear this huge THUMP! on the roof. Followed by 6 more. Followed by a shitload more. While the DirecTV signal goes out, and I hit the Refresh button on the browser to see current weather radar, the sweetie opens the front door to the sight of BIG HONKIN' HAILSTONES ( Read more... )

Oh! LJ is still around. Best make some quick comments ( Read more... )

Despite the current burn ban in Travis County, including a ban on fireworks rockets, Roman candles, and other airborne explosives, we expected some illicit activity for New Year's Eve ( Read more... )

• I'm changing my journal subtitle again. Sorry, fj; I thought I'd get some good out of the mantra, but seeing it just depresses me every time.
• Yesterday I heard a news anchor refer to a casualty as "fatally killed". =:-o
• I'm planning on sleeping through December 25. No disturbances, please.

1) The Huns totally kicked ass in our matches against the Dallas Reds last weekend. Both matches were on the order of 50s to 10.
(The not-so-nice thing was that I got a calf strain at Thursday practice so I couldn't play. Even now I am unable to run at all.)

2) I got my first paycheck for the new job. Ah, to pay bills again.