Seems just like yesterday I was living as a bachelor, in a bachelor pad with a roommate. I'd always thought that once I got married, that would more or less be it for living with strangers. Not so...in less than a weeks time, I'm heading back that way. racing_turtle has started making her preparations to move down to Olympia for her internship. There's ( Read more... )

After one of the bushes in front of our house died, racing_turtle and I decided to replace it. She wanted something vine-like and I wanted something pretty and interesting. After consulting our Western Gardens book for an hour or so, we decided on a plant called the passion vine because it had such beautiful flowers. We went to our local nursery, found one ( Read more... )

...since the wedding, but I've finally signed and delivered the last of the wedding "Thank You" cards. This final one was to my boss, who gave us an unusually large, nice gift. I went to thank him personally soon after receiving the gift, but it's been hard to actually sit down and write out the thank-you's on paper. Over the years, I've ( Read more... )

Whale fart captured on film - "Researchers claim this is the first photograph of a minke whale letting one go in the icy waters of Antarctica. It was taken from the bow of a research vessel. 'We got away from the bow of the ship very quickly ... it does stink,' said Nick Gales, a research scientist from the Australian Antarctic Division."

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Things are going well for my company today...we finally have a signed contract with a new client! This is big news since before today, we only had one (Herman Miller)! The other great news is that we're fast on the way to signing on a third as well - we've had multiple meetings with this third client and they are getting close to the "contract ( Read more... )

After making the mistake of posting my e-mail address on my personal website for about a month, I have subjected myself to a rash of spam. Since things have finally started to slow down at work because we're in the final days of our next release (and there's a huge code-freeze in the office), I decided to install a spam filter at home. After ( Read more... )

I was really not looking forward to coming back to work after I was gone for a week of SIGGRAPH, but I think the fresh air has cleared out my mind and improved my mood quite a bit. I knocked off all five of the bugs that were submitted to me while I was down there this afternoon, finished various tasks that were left undone before I left and ( Read more... )

Ok, this is totally insane - The 2001 Fellowship Baptist Creation Science Fair was apparently a huge success. Elementary, Middle, and High School students produced exhibits like: "My Uncle Is A Man Named Steve (Not A Monkey)," "Pokemon Prove Evolutionism Is False," "Women Were Designed For Homemaking," and "Rocks Can't Evolve, Where Did They Come ( Read more... )

...til I am at SIGGRAPH. It's being held in San Diego this year - a place I haven't been to since I was probably six years old. I am very much looking forward to being there this year. It acts as a rejuvination retreat for me - surrounded by computer graphics geeks, going to lots of research paper presentations and visiting companies on a ( Read more... )

The world is sunny, warm and beautiful outside...and I'm here in my cubicle staring out. It was so clear as I drove to work this morning, Mt. Ranier was showing herself to the world in all her glory. It's days like this that the mountain beckons me. I rolled down my car windows and inhaled the fresh, warm air deeply, smiling to myself that the ( Read more... )