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The big day is finally upon us; Andy and Lauren are finally getting married!
Yesterday was the rehearsal dinner on the River Walk. It was a bit crazy, but everyone had a good time. I took a bunch of photos, some of them good, some of them less good; they’re online now, but I […]

I finished The Silmarillion last night. Whew!
It actually picks up quite a bit toward the end once lots of people start getting killed off, and the world gets turned all topsy-turvy. And the very beginning of it isn’t hard going either. But the middle… the long, long middle… is a thing of […]

All of my productive work tasks are now up against the wall, blocked by waiting for partners to get back to me with small but critical details that will enable me to do stuff, and to test stuff.
In the mean time… Harrumph. I mean, there’s only so much web surfing I can stand.
Should have […]

For the record, lazy weekends pretty much rule.
Friday night we watched Bowling for Columbine, which simply has to be seen to be believed. It’s scathingly funny and incredibly depressing at the same time. Brilliant.
Saturday we slept super-late, which felt great. We went out for lunch, which turned out to be a disappointment, […]

Recent occurrances, list-style:

Completed Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix late Sunday night.

Trying to recover from stupid, stupid Harry Potter (lack of) sleep schedule… uhhhhghghh…

My aunt and uncle came to visit on Sunday evening! They had been “passing through” and had a night to kill, so a visit worked out nicely. We […]

vry very tired… went out to get hrrryy pottr book @ borders… nightmare… filthy with bespectacled childrn in little wizrd hats… fire hazard - where was fire marshal? only saw one or 2 cops, v surprised… resisted all urges to say “i told you so”… had number 505 to pick up book, took an […]

In rather stark contrast to the vibe I am feeling about this coming week (thanks to my addiction to Google News), the weekend was most excellent.
Friday, the weather started to flirt with being nice, and on Saturday it decided to capitulate and be full-blown fabulous. We’re talking first-rate sunshine and blue skies here. […]

Why did I leave?Oh, right, to take care of the cat. She’s very glad to see us.
Apparently so is the Ohio weather. We hear it hasn’t snowed since Christmas. And it’s just started up since we’ve been headed home. Obviously expecting us.
We flew all night to get to Chicago. Liz […]

Right now in Cleveland, it’s already tomorrow.Our ride arrived about 20 minutes early. Luckily we were pretty much ready to go at that point, so we threw all of our bags into the towncar, said goodbye to Pixel, and we were off through the snow to the airport!
This was our first time through the […]

It’s Sunday afternoon, we are home again, and the cat has decided to forgive us, so I guess that means that all is well.
The drives up and back were thankfully uneventful; last time we had driven up through what can only be described as “torrential”. While my car doesn’t seem to really care a […]