March 2008 - Posts

Geeks will get this. The rest of you -- not so much.

All Hell is breaking loose in the Seattle area today because it's snowing. Hello, people. We get a lot of rain here. This is the Pacific Northwest. There are real, honest-to-goodness volcanic mountains here (remember that lovely "view" thing you keep Read More...
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2008 03 28

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Too tightly wound to know how to react

This has not been one of the best weeks I've had. That's not to say it's been all fire and brimstone -- it hasn't been an Old Testament kind of week -- but the victories and good things have been few and far between. One of them happened last night; I Read More...
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2008 03 28

Devin

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Two minor things you may or may not know

For the record, Aly & AJ's Potential Breakup Song is one hell of an earworm , but it sounds really good on my work desktop's speaker/subwoofer. I've got it cranked up loud before anyone else gets here. I have finally found out what is more annoying Read More...
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2008 03 20

Devin

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A letter to my bank

Dear Big-Ass Bank, Many years ago, we switched our accounts to you from one of your competitors because they had crappy customer service and you did not. In fact, your customer service rocked our socks off. Sadly, it has become clear that you're more Read More...
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2008 03 15

Devin

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My son, the alien

We found out today that Alaric has a second set of armpits. No, it's true. You and I would call them "elbow joints" but in Alaric's world, they're "second armpits." Bet you didn't know that . Read More...
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2008 03 7

Devin

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Gary Gygax, requiescat in pace

E. Gary Gygax died yesterday at the age of 69. They say that anything you do more than once is tradition. I guess that mine is to offer the words written by Annie Lennox, Howard Shore and Fran Walsh, as sung by Annie Lennox, at the end of The Return of Read More...
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2008 03 5

Devin

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