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I spent the better part of a week in bed with a nasty case of influenza–chills, aches, sweats, nausea, digestive “issues”, 102.9 degree fever–the works. And once again, everyone in my family had the great taste to all get sick at the exact same time, so you can imagine the fun that Liz and […]

I was really looking forward to writing some more about our “first Christmas” experiences, or of our post-Christmas road trip to Chicago for a Boyd-side reunion of sorts, or Liz’s 30th birthday festivities (oh, the wine!), the exciting new year to come, but instead I’ve been absolutely annihilated by some sort of mutant cold virus […]

Dad got through his surgery okay, and should (hopefully) be coming home by the end of the week (maybe today).
Let me back up.
Last Wednesday, while eating dinner at I Trulli in New York, my cell phone did something it never does, especially when I’m sitting next to Liz–it rang. Mom was calling to let […]

As of today, I can finally stop beating around the bush about the Giant Scary Project Which Ate My Life, and declare to all the world (or at least that infinitesimal small fraction that reads my blog) that the new AG.com reminders site is live! We saw all those little web-twenny startups having so […]

Bleah. Totally run down. Stressed out, burned out, and all-around fried. But still clinging desperately to life in the hopes that it might all settle down at some point. (It has to settle down, right?)
Thanks to a bumper crop of ragweed, I have spent the last two weeks wanting to claw […]

Okay, I surrender. Life has officially kicked my ass, culminating in a spectacular, week-long coup de gras involving crazy cat Julia, Liz’s Powerbook, and my now thoroughly bandaged right arm.
In general, I’ve been feeling pretty crappy, too crappy to even whine about things on LiveJournal. Work has been extraordinarily stressful–it’s been “crunch time” […]

PyCon is drawing to a close; our fellow sprinters trickle away to the airport or the highways in little groups of one and two. So it’s time to reflect briefly on the experience (or something). So, what have I learned this year? Let’s break it down, unordered-list style:

Speaking in front of a […]

Having (finally) had some success with Twisted and Jabber, I am taking a moment to celebrate with a bottle of Harp. The NerdBooks.com party was pretty cool, though mellow. They have an insane selection of books — everything from animation to signal processing. As it turns out, they have insanely great prices […]

My head is full of drippy goo, and the wireless network keeps flaking out on me; this combination makes it really hard to focus on getting anything done. In Twisted terms, getting dog-ass sick was a Deferred, and I’m now living through the callback.
Joy.
Small victories today…

Got ahold of Paul McGuire during brief periods when […]

It’s been a busy, busy week: one symphony, two wine dinners, the year’s massive traffic spike (thank you, Valentine’s Day), two celebratory drinking adventures with co-workers, and I survived a two-hour meeting with our CEO and the SVP that I fall under. Whew!
I got high praise from multiple levels of the chain of […]