Can I have those 2 hours back now?

Sunday I tried to connect to the internet from home, only to discover a bad connection.  I reset the modem, re-booted, all that good stuff, but no luck.  Knowing that this would now require a call to AT&T, the thought of which always curdles my blood and is a task equivalent of being stuck on [...]

Isn’t it? Don’t you think?

Yesterday morning I dreamed that I had moved a wine glass from the coffee table to the counter by the sink.  The next day, Tom told me that he broke it (this would not have been the first time), and I was pissed.  I wanted to know what he was doing when it broke and [...]

And so the night begins

The night began with high optimism.   Tom and I ate dinner at the Shaved Duck.  Our first time since the “change”.  The hot chili was hot but not so hot that I needed the shot of milk.  Then, though, I can handle hot.  We’d met there so I left while the server ran the credit [...]

Math Problem

This is a real-world math/logic problem and I thought that since there’s a few geeky, math-types out there who read this (okay, two, maybe three) I’d throw it out there to see if you can help.
We have Board meetings twice per month.  We send out the meeting materials on CD-RW to approximately 25 people each [...]

Facebook and other odds and ends

Facebook.  I could go on and on and on about Facebook, but most of you already know it, and really, I should be working and not Facebooking and not talking about Facebooking.
But, I can hide out here, and on Twitter.  On Facebook, worlds are colliding:  co-workers, family, and college and high school classmates (among others).  [...]

Home from MM1

We’re home from the Keys. This was one of my favorite trips to Key West. We had lovely weather driving down in the convertible from FLL, even though we lost sunlight the last hour or so.
Friday night we spent some time at Harpoon Harry’s, which was a new spot for us. I [...]

New Meme

I swore off memes, but this one I couldn’t pass up.  From s00zi:
The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me. It will be about or tailored to those five lucky “victims.”
This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
- I make no guarantees that you will like what I [...]

11 Pipers Piping

I am back to work after two abbreviated work weeks.  I have nothing to show for it and it’s 12:30.  Now, for just a minute, pretend that you and I are Christmas Card friends and that I am the type to write one of those newsletters.
2008 was a big year.  We bought a house, I [...]

Last Christmas

This year I decided that my new favorite Christmas song is “A Christmas to Remember” and my least favorite Christmas song is that whiny word salad “Last Christmas.”  George Michael is all “last year you led me on and I believed you and then I wrapped up all my misguided love for you in a [...]

Sometimes the bar eats you (or 409 words about nothing)

I’ve been very busy, but I’m not sure I have much to show for it.  I certainly don’t have much to write about beyond the stuff so banal or self-pitying, I’m drinking to forget it.
I should tell you instead about my friend Ricket’s life, since he’s all about the interesting.  In an email I received [...]