The Queen.
She should have died hereafter;
There would have been a time for such a word.
-Macbeth V.v

By a quarter till five I was wrung out. My software chimed and I looked to see that it had over 4,000 correlations. I groaned. I couldn’t face it now. I saved the results, shut down the computer, and lay down in my bed. ( Read more... )

The time approaches
That will with due decision make us know
What we shall say we have and what we owe.
-Macbeth V.iv

Two mountain ranges, back to back across the continent with a vast high desert between-a desolate wasteland or a fertile playground? When I awoke on Sunday morning facing a wall, I glanced over my ( Read more... )

Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow,
Raze out the written troubles of the brain
And with some sweet oblivious antidote
Cleanse the stuff'd bosom of that perilous stuff
Which weighs upon the heart?
-Macbeth V.iii

Andi drove from the theater to her house in silence. I was afraid to break it. My arm ( Read more... )

For their dear causes
Would to the bleeding and the grim alarm
Excite the mortified man.
-Macbeth V.ii

I hadn’t been to sleep yet when Andi called and asked if I was interested in a cup at the Analog. I glanced at the clock on my screen and realized it was after 8:00. After I said yes, I looked at the results of all my ( Read more... )

Her eyes are open.
Ay, but their sense is shut.
-Macbeth V.i

The hall was empty when I poked my head out the door. I’m sure I could have talked my way out of confinement if I needed to, but there was something about walking around with my butt hanging out of a hospital gown that affected my confidence….
Framed! Dag dodges a ( Read more... )

To offer up a weak poor innocent lamb
To appease an angry god.
-Macbeth IV.iii

I was caught in morning traffic coming into Seattle. I’d sat in the cafe running searches through the night until finally ran down the batteries of both the tablet and the laptop. I drove back to Seattle with less pressure on the gas pedal. I still ( Read more... )

I am in this earthly world; where to do harm
Is often laudable, to do good sometime
Accounted dangerous folly:
-Macbeth IV.ii

I didn’t go into CCS on Wednesday as it was my day to work in my own office. I did, however, intend to investigate what my search spiders had found overnight. Unfortunately, Andi was unable to get ( Read more... )

By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes.
-Macbeth IV.i

It was ten after seven when I called Andi. It wasn’t a happy call.

“Hey! I cooked. When are you going to be here?” I loved the sound of her voice.

“Um, I got a little tied up at work,” I said. “I’m not sure I’ll make it.”

“Tied up?” I could hear the ( Read more... )

My former speeches have but hit your thoughts,
Which can interpret further: only, I say,
Things have been strangely borne.
-Macbeth III.vi

Being at an office at nine in the morning after gaming until four is a royal pain. I’m getting too old for this. I was willing to bet that nearly everyone in that game last night was ( Read more... )

Hark! I am call’d; my little spirit, see,
Sits in a foggy cloud, and stays for me.
-Macbeth III.v

I don’t suppose there is a hacker alive who hasn’t spent time in the gaming world. Probably a lot of time. Gaming keeps them sharp, and they develop long-term attachments and respect for each other.

Back in the good old days, ( Read more... )