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LJ random quote meme

One of my friends on LiveJournal posted a meme. Now, I'm normally not the kind to participate in various memes, but I like this one: go here and pick out five random quotes that somehow resonate with you (keep going until you find the right five), then Read More...

Filed under: Recreation, Family and Friends

2008 05 23

Am I hot or not?

Stupid website, but it gives me a chance to taunt my co-worker Kevin. This morning I got a puzzled e-mail from him, asking me why this picture of me in Sydney from February (yes, that's Sydney, Australia; we were there for training for work) was the most-viewed Read More...

Filed under: Computers, Work, Recreation, Family and Friends, The World, antics

2008 04 25

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...

Filed under: Family and Friends, Life

2008 03 28

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...

Filed under: Family and Friends, Autism Spectrum, kids, family, random humor, Life

2008 03 7

Back to the Light

Yesterday evening, I found out that author James Oliver Rigney died yesterday after a long struggle with amyloidosis (a disease where your body deposits insoluble proteins in its own tissues and organs). Mr. Rigney was better known under a variety of Read More...

Filed under: Family and Friends, The World, fandom, relationships, Life

2007 09 17

GENIUS!

Earlier tonight while reading my LiveJournal friends' posts, I saw this video: The Mean Kitty Song This video has been cracking me up for hours now. I've watched it, like, a gazillion times, and I still am laughing my ass off. I'm also madly wanting a Read More...

Filed under: Recreation, Family and Friends, Music

2007 09 9

Smart kid

Alaric has a few close female friends at school. In fact, he's got so many we were slightly teasing him tonight about his harem. Then we had to explain to him what a harem was and assure him that we were not in fact accusing him of having multiple (or Read More...

Filed under: Family and Friends, kids, random humor

2007 06 18

Father's Day

Edit: Started NFSMW last November , not April. It's been a long time since I posted on any of my blogs. Between lots of travel in April into May, a lot of work, and starting a new technical book for Sybex -- not to mention still trying to make time (and Read More...

Filed under: Family and Friends, Life

2007 06 17

Drive-by memeing

First, I would like it to be known that I am only doing this under protest. I don't usually participate in blog memes, because most of them are damned silly. However, I got tagged on this one by Paul in what looks like a fairly typical spree of spreading Read More...

Filed under: Work, Recreation, Writing, Family and Friends, Music, antics

2007 01 6

Spam, sin, and IM

From today's IM conversation: coolsteph says: I have been trying to figure out how to explain what exactly SPAM is and how it works to some of the ladies on my Victoria list. One gal posted this: >> Is it a sin to put a curse on whoever of my email Read More...

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2006 08 3

...okay, I love her too

Treanna lipped off at me just now as she was sitting on the couch in the living room reading a book. In response, I lobbed a pillow at her. Her sole complaint? "Now you made me lose my place! Read More...

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2006 07 31

One more thought on Firefly

You may have noticed that I posted a disclaimer in the comment thread on my previous Firefly review stating that I would delete comments that were personal attacks. Unfortunately, that wasn't a theoretical warning. I'd been given good advice -- which Read More...

Filed under: Recreation, Family and Friends

2006 07 31

You said it, buddy. You said it.

Shout out to Jon Zeigler, who said it better than I ever could. Exactly, my friend. Exactly. (If this makes no sense to you, don't worry.) Read More...

Filed under: Recreation, Family and Friends

2006 06 14

Yeah, that would do it

When I did my last round of server and desktop deployments here at the house [1] , I tried to set up each of my servers (Windows Server 2003) with at least 256MB of RAM and each of the desktops (Windows XP Pro) with 512MB. That may sound backwards, but Read More...

Filed under: Computers, Family and Friends

2006 03 8

Having The Talk

If you're like most parents, The Talk fills you with a strong sense of discomfort. It might completely scare the living daylights out of you; you might find yourself breaking into a cold sweat whenever you think about it. You remember when your own parents Read More...

Filed under: Family and Friends

2006 01 15

Guilty pleasures

It's all Steph's fault. No, really. She's the one who introduced me to Il Divo , a new male chorale group put together by American Idol's venom-tongued emcee Simon Cowell. These guys have some serious opera and theater cred, and I shamefully confess that Read More...

Filed under: Metadata, Family and Friends, Music

2006 01 13

Mileposts

Today was a day of mileposts. It was my first working day of 2006. Because Paul and I got our various projects wrapped up before vacation, I went into the 3Sharp offices and spent a good part of my day doing something I've never done before -- pack up Read More...

Filed under: Work, Family and Friends, Games, The World

2006 01 4

Back

The title of this post is appropriate in at least three different ways: Sometime this afternoon, my servers got knocked offline thanks to a transient power glitch. Normally, this is fixed just by rebooting the servers in the correct order, but this time Read More...

Filed under: Recreation, Family and Friends

2005 12 22

A father's nightmare

Actual conversation at the dinner table this evening: Treanna: I have three boyfriends on my list. Devin: No, you don't. Stephanie: You don't have any boyfriends. You're not mature enough. Treanna: What does that mean? Devin: It means that you need a Read More...

Filed under: Family and Friends

2005 12 19

The past comes knocking

Right on the heels of me whining about whether or not my blogging is reaching anyone, I got an email from someone who I was friends with back when I was kid. He lived, for a time, in the town I grew up in, and we had a few shared interests. He moved on, Read More...

Filed under: Family and Friends

2005 12 12

Live blogging from Treanna's birthday party

What do you get when you mix four third-grade girls, a green felt puzzle mat, a large dining room table, various blocks of scrap wood and posterboard, small dowels, and some of the components from Microtactix Dirt Cheep Dungeons ? That's right -- a "Design Read More...

Filed under: Family and Friends

2005 11 26

To a certain someone who knows who he is

I told you the new Doctor Who kicks ass. Yes, I am gloating. And "Father's Day" is still my favorite episode. Read More...

Filed under: Recreation, Family and Friends

2005 10 27

Spelling the Bard way

Alaric and Treanna are by no means perfect kids, but they're pretty darn special. Steph and I happen to think they're pretty great, and judging by the compliments we get from other people, we're not just biased. One of the special joys of parenting these Read More...

Filed under: Family and Friends

2005 10 6

Oops

It is probably not a good idea to watch the video for Alan Jackson's "Monday Morning Church" when you've recently lost a friend, especially not when you are wondering how his wife is holding up. I'd imagine that Brad Paisley and Allison Krauss's "Whiskey Read More...

Filed under: Family and Friends, Music

2005 09 19

In the memory of Stephen Smith

I got some very difficult news tonight about a friend. I have no words of my own, so I offer these that were crafted by Annie Lennox, Howard Shore and Fran Walsh , to be sung so powerfully by Annie Lennox for the end of The Lord of the Rings : Lay down Read More...

Filed under: Spirituality, Family and Friends, The World

2005 09 18

Harnessing the power of the blogosphere for Good

I have found that one of the greatest joys of parenting is when you finally get to introduce your kids to something you loved as a child and find that they love it just as much as you did. We had some of that earlier this year with Alaric when I finally Read More...

Filed under: Family and Friends, The World

2005 08 22

How we spent our summer vacation

For those of you who don't follow Steph's blog, I'll link to her recounting of the recent home improvement projects we've been undertaking. The shelves look really good. Read More...

Filed under: Family and Friends

2005 08 7

A camper's concoction by any other name

Can you still call it a s'more when: You're using Nutella instead of chocolate squares You're using pre-sized graham cracker squares You're using a propane grill to toast the marshmellows While we may not know the ultimate answer, we Washington Gangers Read More...

Filed under: Metadata, Recreation, Family and Friends

2005 08 1

Uh, okay....but SEVEN?

I'm running the kids through the shower while Steph is off running a favor for a friend. I'd hoped to have a nice surprise for her when she got back -- kids both showered. Along the way, Treanna managed to use seven separate washcloths. For a five minute Read More...

Filed under: Family and Friends

2005 07 20

A bit of this and that

Did some much-needed housekeeping on my website , which mainly involved generating a new image, updating the content, and tweaking the CSS. The main-level thecabal.org site is now consistent in feel with my personal site (I do not consider thecabal.org Read More...

Filed under: Family and Friends

2005 07 12

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