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March 1 was strangely mild; I laughed derisively when the weather lady declared that it was “coming in like a lamb” for once. Silly, silly woman. As a recent fortune cookie told me, “the lion, when hunting, does […]

Nessie, Is That You? Originally uploaded by mikepirnat.
It all started so innocently… A whole bunch of rain, some company-wide emails about which cars were most in jeopardy from the flood waters in our parking lot… And then a guy sent out a photo of the situation. Minutes later, […]

Dang, it’s suddenly turning out to be a great week! In brief:

After a couple miserable days of near-100-degree temperatures, the weather has cooled off and is now downright awesome.
Got my monitor back from Apple (no thanks to DHL, who apparently don’t even believe in leaving slips at the door when they ignore the “no […]

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The weather turned suddenly and unexpectedly sunny today. I noticed the pattern of light on the kitchen floor as I was doing some housework and raced off to get the camera. Luckily, I got back downstairs in time to intercept Julia as […]

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Julia has a stupid new trick way to eat (see photo).
On the weather front, it took me about two hours to get home last night; I had two-inch thick chunks of ice that developed on my wiper blades, which made the last half hour […]

After a Monday night of drinking high-end sake and feasting on exquisitely delicious sushi with my high school buddy Josh, we hauled our sleepy behinds up to Napa for the kick-off of the week’s wine country adventures.
We spent pretty much all day Tuesday at Tres Sabores, getting a tour by way of working for the […]

My recent vacation photos hiatus is in part due to spending last weekend being all responsible and grown-up and stuff–Laura, one of my nieces, came to visit us for the weekend. Note the use of the word “my,” a big step for me, as for most of the past seven years, the girls have […]

Had two completely different weekends in one the past two days–one lazy and relaxing, and one busy and productive.
On the lazy front: sleeping in, watching the snow fall, playing with the cats, watching TV and movies of varying badness (from Hellboy to a Gene Autry movie whose title I never caught, but which was […]

So for all you boys and girls out there wondering how the roads are, here’s a brief update.
Unversity Circle - SUCKS ASS! Call for sled and horses cause that’s probably the only way you’re getting home.
East Cleveland to downtown - SUCKS! Drive slow and pray the others around you do also.
Inter-belt - Not bad. […]

I suddenly ended up with five more vacation days than I had previously thought I was entitled to, so at the urging of both my boss and my wife, I am cashing in on a bit of my windfall today!
The best thing about taking a day off? Really, there are innumerable answers to this, […]