I have a nasty cold. It started on Friday last and by Saturday I was down for the count. The couch and I became very close friends. I didn’t sleep during the day much, so I watched a lot of movies and TV. Here’s the count, plus my evaluation. The Guardian. Kevin Costner and Aashton …
Category Archives: Personal
Letter to Ireland
Grandad has written a Letter to America. I’ve responded in the comments with my take on his points. However, I’d like to address a letter back to Ireland. [Ahem] Hmmmm… Crap, I don’t know anything about Ireland. I know it’s the Emerald Isle and there’s no snakes and my friends John and Jeannette had a …
LASIK Surgery
I had Laser-Assisted In-Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK) surgery on both of my eyes yesterday! I’ve been wandering around with the occasional ecstatic bout of euphoria whilst realizing that yes, I can see to the other end of the hallway without any glasses on! For anyone who doesn’t have poor vision, it is difficult to describe how …
Winter Solstice
At 00:22 GMT on December 22nd, the world will celebrate once more its free annual trip around the sun. This equates to 18:22 (6:22 PM EDT) 19:22 (7:22 PM EST) December 21st for those of us sitting on the east coast of the United States. To commemorate this occasion, and its companion solstice during the …
Torture and Pain
Once again I ask myself, “Why are you torturing yourself by switching to Dvorak?” And torture it is. I’m used to typing about as fast as I can compose; right now I’m going at 1/10th speed. Ack. So, day 4 and things are painful. I need to spend some time practicing.
Dvorak & Me!
Through a feat of excepional boredom, I’ve decided to learn how to use the Dvorak keyboard. The Dvorak layout is supposed to be more efficient, faster, and easier on the carpals. I won’t try to argue one way or another, I will merely point you to the google search. I will point out, though, that …
Dragon*Con 2006
Wahhhhhh!!!!!! As you may notice from the categories tags, Dragon*Con was a multi-threaded, awesomely spectacular, ravingly cool, devastatingly delicious weekend. There’s so much to talk about, I’m not sure where to start. This will probably end up being a multiple posting. I’ll start by saying, I bought a new camera the week before Dragon*Con, and …
I Hate Being a Cliche
“I’m getting old.” I’ve heard that phrase. I’ve even used that phrase although I don’t really mean it. Not yet anyway. However, last night, I managed to pull two or three muscles in my back while sitting on the couch. Yes, you heard it, I’m so out of shape that sitting on the couch is …