Category Archives: News

The lady with the easy-to-remember birthdate…1-2-3, aka 1/23. I suppose someone with December 3rd would share this trait as I’m thinking it over. Wishing her, hoping she’s staying warm up there in the Minneapolis area, I’m checking a current weather … Continue reading →

Not a bad start for the exercise resolutions of 2013. Hell, last year I hadn’t even gotten across the 300-miles mark. I was practically starting over then but I did manage to exceed 2011’s distance  by 30 percent. Now it’s … Continue reading →

Cold medicine; gloomy, cold weather; and just bad luck with getting to see my doctor (he has the flu, thus canceling two appointments) makes a recipe for a great experience. Today was the first time I left the house since … Continue reading →

There was no celebration at Chez Maggi this year. Thanks to our employer’s and clientele’s nature, Somara had to work through the week (we did have Sunday off together). I as well but unlike several earlier days in which the … Continue reading →

Welcome to another series of stories which missed their deadline by a lot. I had a few queued up well before the server took a dump. My plan was to eek them out as a new successor feature to the … Continue reading →

To my last, longest and favorite roommate in college. Sure it was rough with him being a smoker but I had my own bad habits. Twenty-five years ago we became roomies against all the conventional wisdom…hey, we were 19 then, … Continue reading →

What is traditionally the “shortest day of the year” oddly coincided with the end-of-the-world bullshit. How nice. One upside with living in Central Texas is that the gap between sunrise and sundown doesn’t get too radical like Alaska or Sweden. … Continue reading →

Today I achieved this running milestone for 2012 alone. It also puts this year’s distance 144% over 2011 which was a mere 246 miles. If I can maintain my health and determination, I think I could close out 2012 with … Continue reading →

In light of recent events: Somara’s surgery which led to her having less time and work, my ongoing fight with bronchitis (theoretically) and the server’s $1700 recovery bill…most will be receiving just a card from us, probably under the wire … Continue reading →

I think the pictures of R2-D2 illustrate the process and how badly the original hard drive was damaged. Meanwhile, I’m still piecing together other parts of the server’s data we utitlize: calendars, the wiki, the music stream and maybe something … Continue reading →

I had my final discussion with DriveSavers today. The data they retrieved is on its way home, over 99%. If they were as successful as they claim, then Picayune should be back to its original up-and-running state over the upcoming … Continue reading →

I received various level of news this week from a couple sources while the site continues to be in limbo. I have been making a spreadsheet for the stories I am missing out on, maybe I should crib from Tolkien … Continue reading →