http://blog.voidblossom.com in which the Big Orange Geek plays chatterbox Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:52:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Kitty just emailed me this: Good news: Moppet’s butt isn’t at bad now as it was earlier this AM. Bad news: she must have wiped it off on something she sat on. Good news: I discovered the source of the bad smell in the kitchen and took out the garbage, toter for ... http://blog.voidblossom.com/2010/03/09/life-with-wild-animals/ I think Haiti caught me a little by surprise.  I mean, it's a small country in the Caribbean, which is known primarily for sunshine and sandy beaches.  And really, a 7.0 isn't *that* big...  at least not for a country flush with industrialization, cash, and seismic engineering know-how. The death toll ... http://blog.voidblossom.com/2010/01/21/someone-elses-job/ (10:42:12 PM) Emma Bush: i decided NO to the surgery because the double vision thing is just a nusiance. Further documentation that my sister is a certifiable, unrestrainable, grade-A, punch-first-and-ask-questions-later ass-kicker.  Yes, people -- that's MY sister.  So you better treat me right, or I will point her in your direction ... http://blog.voidblossom.com/2010/01/14/nuisances/ Martha Lyon just posted this as her facebook status, and it struck me quite favorably: Contemplation often makes life miserable.  We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live. Upon cross examination, she revealed that this quote's author is Nicolas Chamfort -- a French playwright, and a contemporary (and fickle ... http://blog.voidblossom.com/2010/01/07/a-lovely-thought/ I don't have anything nice to say about my own life at the moment, so I'm going to post the lyrics to a song I love (unaccountably, since it is a strangely raucous country western-styled song by a Canadian hip hop artist, and I generally enjoy neither country nor hip ... http://blog.voidblossom.com/2010/01/06/well-then/ Today is a day for anyone even remotely connected with web development to throws their hands in the air and celebrate.  According to StatCounter Global Statistics, Firefox 3.5 has become the most popular browser in the world. [caption id="attachment_76" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Graph of Browser Shares"][/caption] That is pretty darn tootin' amazing! Hopefully, our ... http://blog.voidblossom.com/2009/12/21/hurray/ (5:20:18 PM) Zero: you there? (5:20:44 PM) Anonymous Colleague: yes, wassup (5:21:06 PM) Zero: i am told you paid us a visit while I was in a meeting (5:21:11 PM) Zero: anything I can do to help? (5:21:25 PM) Anonymous Colleague: yes, one sec, i will come up (5:23:04 PM) Zero: btw, I love the ... http://blog.voidblossom.com/2009/08/06/office-love/ I have been griping more than my fair share the last couple of weeks.  I am going on gripe hiatus long enough to appreciate one of the truly wonderful things in my life: Cathy McDonald (whom I *never* call Cathy), my partner and friend (oh, and incidentally, we're married -- ... http://blog.voidblossom.com/2009/04/24/an-ode-to-my-woman/ This morning, I noticed something subtly difference about the appearance of the woods behind my house in our view from the second story skylight.  Turns out they weren't woods in more -- they had become a lake. The water appears to still be rising.  I walked down Lynn to West North ... http://blog.voidblossom.com/2009/01/08/quick-just-get-in-the-damn-ark/ In my opinion, nothing will bring you closer to reliving your childhood than spending some quality time with someone else's children on a snowy day.  Greyson taught me three things this morning: 1.   I am getting old. 2.  One of the advantages of getting old is that your old-person hands enable ... http://blog.voidblossom.com/2008/12/15/winter-festivities-the-milk-of-human-crankiness/