Category Archives: News

Remember to save the date and certain people (Helen, I’m giving a stern look in your direction) need to make their arrangements to join us in Las Vegas for our tenth wedding anniversary. It’s going to be great. I’m seriously … Continue reading →

My friend and gracious Chicago host from a couple months ago, celebrates his return to the prime-number club today! Nelson is a big Star Trek fan so this year I was able to score a good card to fit the … Continue reading →

My brother celebrates what is considered the answer to the Life, the Universe and Everything today. But it’s Monday so I guess he has to still go to work, etc. He’s probably accustomed to this because we still had to … Continue reading →

This weekend, On the Media had a great segment about a site where the author has done all the work for you if you want to get a copy of your FBI (and related) file. I thought what the hell. It … Continue reading →

Saturday mornings are often “paperwork” time. It’s when I go over the receipts, statements and check all the online balances. I’m glad to say we are really starting to pick up steam on our house. There was a minor setback … Continue reading →

I took a couple days “off” from the site to de-stress. The results were mixed. Success: got through my third-attempt interview for Support Engineer. Will I land the gig? I have no idea. The odds haven’t been better thanks to … Continue reading →

Today is a cool day for my pseudo-nephew, I just feel silly calling him a godson given my non-religious stance. Twelve years ago he was born on Leap Day. Now many of you are going, “Feh! So what, having a … Continue reading →

Not like this is a big deal since people rarely communicate by such means anymore, seems some rather callous text-message now counts as correspondence or conversation. Yeah, yeah, I can hear the Internet diehards’ litany of “get off my yard” … Continue reading →

Yeah, yeah…I know, this was almost a couple months ago. Maybe one of the positive side effects from really, really pushing on improving my health this year is having the means, time, motive and energy to furgin’ get timely stories … Continue reading →

My apologies in advance if I come off a little irritable for a while. Last week was a bit exhausting: hockey, Geeks Who Drink (came in fifth!), Somara’s recent health issues and co-workers deserving the fist-of-death. As Friday rolled in, … Continue reading →

A fellow ’68er! Jeff may share a birthday with Peter Gabriel but he’s in great company for the year he was born. Besides me, there’s John DiMaggio, Molly Wringwald, Sarah McLachlan, Anthony Michael Hall and Mark Recchi (I was wrong … Continue reading →

I don’t plan on making this a trend like my in-laws do with celebrating birthdays, they lump everybody who shares a particular month into one gathering…as we’ll be doing next weekend (knock on wood with Somara’s health). Let’s start with … Continue reading →

I know I didn’t make any mention of this earlier but there’s never been any need to worry, Somara’s current illness or condition has been manageable. Today, the doctor was able to alleviate the situation further so she won’t miss … Continue reading →