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Daddy Loves You

Posted on: Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 in: Uncategorized

Cathy sent me this ad yesterday, mostly to tease me but also to remind me — hey, buster! — you’ve sure had your head stuck up Jezebel’s USB port a lot recently. It’s true. I’ve been gaming more than I have since Civilization II days, a long, long time ago, and work-related […]

Suicide Notes and Cat Costumes

Posted on: Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 in: Uncategorized

Man, there is just so much absurdity in the world.  An hour ago I was laughing and now I am weeping; tomorrow I’ll laugh again.  I’m petting my cats now even though two nights ago I chased Ralph around the house murderously with a squirt bottle and a baseball bat (if he acts up again […]

Correspondence

Posted on: Friday, December 7th, 2007 in: Uncategorized

To date, my cats have received more Christmas cards than I have. Behold:

However, Tigerlily and Ralph were both a little put off by the front of the card. Especially Tigerlily, who’s quite sensitive. I guess she can’t really be blamed, since it is impossible to argue that this

does NOT set a frightening […]

The Show Must Go On

Posted on: Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 in: Uncategorized

This quote from Shakespeare in Love is eerily reminiscent of the secret inner workings of my day job:
Philip Henslowe: Mr. Fennyman, allow me to explain about the theatre software development business. The natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster.
Hugh Fennyman: So what do we do?
Philip Henslowe: Nothing. Strangely enough, […]

Technology Sucks

Posted on: Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 in: Uncategorized

Breakage, breakage everywhere!

Thunderbird freezing on HTML loads.
Half Life 2, Episode 1 crapping out at the beginning of the Exit 17 level.
A Cisco 5520 firewall box is chewing up our inter-site networking schema.
My Blackberry has decided that Macarena is the only ring tone for me. Damn it! Actually, that’s a disturbingly catchy tune.
My left […]

Snow, Salt, and Mist

Posted on: Tuesday, December 4th, 2007 in: Uncategorized

For anyone who feels the need to spend some time on the beach while in Ferndale, here is how to do it:
1. Begin going west on Main Street. Cars are preferable. Scooters are acceptable. Attempting this on foot is discouraged as Ferndaleans are not, in general, very pedestrian friendly.
2. You […]