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After far too much not-blogging, I think I’m hitting the point where the withdrawal is really starting to bug me, so I guess I’d better take care of that.
Work is fairly unmentionable; I pulled a few 12-hour days last week, which I should probably stop doing if I’m going to be the only one (as […]

Luckily, fortunately, thankfully, I’ve had a string of pretty good days lately.
Liz had to work for most of Saturday, so I used the time to knock a bunch of things off my to-do list, including a trip to the library to refresh my influx of new music, and a half-day of being able to work […]

Keeping busy. More than a little stressed. The next couple of days are (as usual) critical. So far so good, though…
I’ve graduated from being assigned weird shifts for monitoring the farm during Val to being on call 24×7 for the duration; I’m not sure if this is an improvement or not, but it […]

Liz and I manged to almost completely forget that MacHomer is playing this week at the Hanna Theatre. Luckily, we managed to remember in time to get tickets for this evening’s show, which played to a surprisingly packed audience. If you enjoy “The Simpsons” and have read or seen “the Scottish play” at […]

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Friday: Post-launch drinking festivities with co-workers (yay, the new AOL Greetings site is live!) blurred pleasantly into dinner and beverages of various and sundry natures with aquamindy, reasie, oogby, and trenchcloak, followed by a couple of rounds of Apples to Apples back at […]

Went out with aquamindy last night for the Westlake Rotary Club’s board member installation ceremony and dinner. My cutie-pie is now officially sworn in and a member of the board; on top of that, she even received a spiffy certificate from the outgoing president for being all-around groovy. And she got lavish praise […]

It turns out we had a coupon for a free movie ticket, so last night after my haircut, Liz took me out on a date to see the new Batman flick. It had its problems–Nolan’s action sequences are not well shot and are largely incomprehensible–but overall I quite enjoyed it. Christian Bale ranks […]

Had a hot date with aquamindy last night (it’s so much fun having hot dates with your spouse!). Munchies at the Winking Lizard in Lakewood, then downtown to see Jon Stewart’s standup show. Had heaps of laughs, especially during his profound moral quandary about having a nine-year-old in the front row as he […]

Egads, but it’s been far too long since I’ve posted anything here. I guess I’d better write about this weekend while it’s still fresh.
Sometime last fall, I bouncily reported to my wife that the Columbus Orchestra would be performing Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings Symphony: Six Movements for Orchestra and Chorus in March, […]

It’s Monday, so it’s time to bust a recap of the weekend; let’s break it down, list-style:

Thursday, I managed to score tickets to the Cleveland “Trilogy Tuesday” showing of all three Lord of the Rings films. w00t!! I’m so giddy about it, I feel like a geeky little eleven-year-old! In other LotR […]