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Once again, I’ve let everything else distract me from posting for a few days, and now nothing is quite as fresh as it would have been. Oh well, let’s play catch-up anyway!
Overall, things are good. Work is still really stressful as we prepare for Valentine’s Day, but a string of really good days […]

Alas, another of the great ones has passed into the West…
Bob Keeshan, aka Captain Kangaroo, is dead.
Some part of me suspects that he’s really just moved to the same tropical island with Fred Rogers and Jim Henson, but the rest of me knows better. Both parts of me are equally saddened at his passing.

Mood:heartbroken
Music:Peter […]

I missed MoveOn.org’s webcast of their “Bush in 30 Seconds” shin-dig, but finally did get a chance to see all of the finalists.
While there were some not-very-good ones in the 1500+ that were submitted, some pretty impressive ads came out of the contest as well. Many, especially (most of) the finalists, are […]

Move over, Pokemon seizures, it’s time for “Hogwarts headaches!”
In other news, satire was officially pronounced dead earlier this afternoon.

It’s been another funtastic day of hitting my head against the immovable, unresponsive brick walls that are the partners I have to “work” with. Bleah.
I killed a little time by hacking together some changes to IDS, the opern source photo gallery project that I use. It’s an altogether minor feature tweak, but it […]

Something that justifies getting out of bed before 7:30 in the morning — the national do not call list is live today! You will still be able to get calls from charities (which can’t be regulated under the statute that was used to create the national list) and political organizations (political speech is protected […]

I haven’t posted in what seems like forever, which is partly due to how stupidly busy I’ve been at work lately. On one hand, I’m almost done with what I am stupidly busy with at the moment, but on the other hand, I am about to embark on even more strenuously busy endeavors. […]

Am I the only one who’s disappointed that the “Iraq’s Most Wanted” playing cards weren’t printed up as Pokemon cards instead?
Gotta catch ‘em all!

Mood:disappointed
Music:The Cure - “Let’s Go To Bed (Milk Mix)”

After installing the new light, it was time for a little TV catch-up.
First was the “Today vs. Iron Chef” segment that I had TiVo’ed this morning. The Today folks had set up a tent pavilion in the plaza, constructing therein a morning-show replica of hallowed Kitchen Stadium. This morning’s contest pitted Al Roker […]

I received an envelope from my mom in this morning’s mail. Inside was a clipping from their local newspaper, and a post-it with a quick note from Mom. The headline on the newsprint is “Serving In Our Place,” and it’s accompanied by the head shots of the young men and women of southwest […]