Category Archives: News

Finally! Picayune has made the move to a more efficient solution for posting 1200, WordPress. It’s rather obvious since it’s advertised at the bottom and many of you may recognize its rather “blah” default Theme. For a couple years I’ve … Continue reading →

Think I should have this minor Adam Ant hit memorized? Go ahead, at least click it for the title. Today my VW decided to leak oil profusely. According to Somara, it had started trickling a little yesterday when she saw … Continue reading →

…or more likely, you may see prototypes, experiments and anything else of what may be its future. My friend Jeremy has had little to no success getting the successor site to work due to problems with 10.4’s implementation of SQL … Continue reading →

Details are still in transition plus it cannot all be disclosed due to confidentiality matters. What I can tell you is that it involves Somara. She was allowed to tell me and I was thrilled. When we receive clearance, I … Continue reading →

Another big [financial] pat on the back for us because today is the final payment of Somara’s second-smallest student loan! Not bad work. This one took only a year to kill off despite the set-back of her surgery, a smaller … Continue reading →

A belated happy sixth anniversary to my Phoenix-based friends Kim & Rad. According to the Internet (aka Wikipedia), the “appropriate” gift for them is either iron or wood. Hmm. Rad’s a big comic-book fan so I’m confident he already owns … Continue reading →

Sooooo many stories to write lately, namely the ones pertaining to 1983 or 1988 having priority. Then this piece of joy appeared in my e-mail! I knew Cindy was due for a second child but I completely forgot when her … Continue reading →

What a nice coincidence today is. Another friend of mine has a birthday on October 29, my friend Doc, aka Lee. He is pretty significant in my life and indirectly with some of you because Doc is the guy who … Continue reading →

Today is the birthday of my little friend Ryanne. Or as I jokingly call her, the president of the Steve fan club, Austin Chapter. I have the fan art posted in my cube to prove it! Right there with other … Continue reading →

Around this time last year, we had returned from Jose and Nancy’s wedding. Thanks to the food, booze, fun and general laziness, I weighed 243 pounds! Course, the few days in Orlando weren’t the exclusive reason. My weight had be … Continue reading →

On this day last year, Jose and Nancy tied the knot. What a great time, namely the food and friendship. According to the Internet, the gift options are rather lame: paper or clocks. I wonder how clocks are modern when … Continue reading →

The fun little daughter of my friends Ethan & Kelly had her first birthday. Not exactly sure if they celebrated today, in advance or later. Maybe there will be some pictures in the near future of a party or something.

Here’s to the longest friend I’ve had from Marquette. Longest? I met Helen in a class before Paul through his roommate so that’s how she receives this title. Looking back, her birthday is special to me because we all could … Continue reading →

You may recognize his name in D&D numerous maps and these days, the Pathfinder series of adventures and supplements from Paizo Publishing. I did see him in the latest Fourth Edition revision to Forgotten Realms. Lazz, as he likes to … Continue reading →