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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

A reality show I'd watch

On a break this afternoon with co-workers Jon, Kevin, and Ryan, the idea for a new reality show was born. I hate "reality" TV -- but I might watch this one. It all started with Jon suggesting that it would probably be very entertaining to follow Wesley Read More...

Filed under: Recreation, friends, random humor, Television

2008 04 25

Dear iPod

Dear iPod, Over the years that I've had you (as your second owner), we've had our rocky times. You've worked well with both my Windows and Mac workstations -- that's a plus. Your battery life is damn near useless (and I understand that's not really your Read More...

Filed under: Recreation, Music, antics, random humor, Life

2008 04 11

Expanding Alaric's world...and getting mine expanded in return

Recently, we decided to do something about a problem we've been noticing with our kids. While they're both avid readers, they both tend to re-read the same books -- tens of times serially if we'd let them. Alaric was not happy when we temporarily banned Read More...

Filed under: Recreation, Writing, kids, family

2008 02 23

Okay, this is cool

If you like the Discworld novels, you'll think this is cool. If you like cake, you'll think this is cool. You might think this is cool anyway. The Discworld as a cake Thanks, Nick! Read More...

Filed under: Recreation, web

2008 02 4

Halo there, stranger!

It's been a while since I've blogged much. There's been a few reasons for that, but I just finished the lastest one last night. Yes, that's right, our Christmas houseguest and I have been working back through Halo and Halo 2 in Cooperative mode in preparation Read More...

Filed under: Recreation, Games, Xbox

2008 01 6

Games in the key of X

Thanks to the miracle of Cragslist, I have an Xbox. Not an Xbox 360 -- that's the plan for the family Christmas gift -- but a regular Xbox, which is still more than enough to play all sorts of cool games I haven't played yet. For $65, I got the following: Read More...

Filed under: Recreation, Xbox

2007 09 9

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

To J. K. Rowling

Wow. Thank you for sharing Harry's story with us. It was amazing, and I am grateful. Read More...

Filed under: Recreation, Life

2007 07 21

Painfully shiny

While Steph and I were getting our Battlestar Galactica [1] fix last night, I did something I haven't done since mid-December 1992: have a shoe-shine party. I've got four pairs of nice black shoes that were in various states of repair, but before Read More...

Filed under: Recreation, Television, Life

2007 03 21

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

Transformers!!!

When I heard that Michael Bay was tapped to be the director of the forthcoming live-action/CGI Transformers movie , I was skeptical. However, earlier today my co-worker Ryan pointed me to Yahoo's exclusive trailer . All I have to say is, I cannot Read More...

Filed under: Recreation, movies

2006 12 20

Two new friends

My mother got me an Amazon gift certificate for my birthday back in September, and it wasn't until a couple of weeks ago I decided which books I wanted to purchase: Dzur by Steven Brust, and Hood: Book I of the King Raven Trilogy by Stephen Lawhead. Read More...

Filed under: Recreation

2006 10 27

A brief note on Dark Angel season 2

I've heard from a bunch of people that Dark Angel season 2 wasn't worth watching. Well, it had its flaws -- it was no Battlestar Galactica by any means -- but Steph and I both enjoyed it immensely. I think part of the reason people had problems Read More...

Filed under: Recreation, Dark Angel

2006 09 28

Random weirdness

I don't do random lists of weird stuff nearly often enough. So, I thought I'd show you one funny picture and a bunch of videos from YouTube. Enjoy. Steph says that the new Mac Pro looks like a shaver (see the picture next to the Get to know Mac Pro heading). Read More...

Filed under: Recreation

2006 08 10

This time, it's our final final mission...

I have no words. Just go to this site , pick your jaw off the ground, then hoist a cold one in memory of the once-interesting franchise. They've marketed and promoted all things Star Trek right into the ground -- ridden it there on the flaming remains Read More...

Filed under: Recreation

2006 08 8

That would be why I love her

I'm still chuckling about the words that passed my wife's lips fifteen minutes ago: "I try not to read books that encourage my homicidal tendencies." You see, I've finally gotten around to getting A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4) from Read More...

Filed under: Recreation, Writing

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

On the Care and Feeding of Browncoats (or, my reactions to the ouevre of Firefly)

There is a charming little television show called Firefly, that spawned a feature film known as Serenity. I discuss my reactions to them herein. Warning: if you are one of the fans of these shows known as "Browncoats", the Surgeon General has determined that your heart will effin' explode if you read this review. You have been warned.

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Filed under: Recreation, reviews, firefly, fandom

2006 07 29

Looking up

I had a pretty nice weekend than has gone a long way toward getting my attitude back close to being fit for human consumption. On Saturday, despite the now-standard insomnia and sleeping in late, we got out of town up into the mountains to a party at Read More...

Filed under: Recreation, Writing, The World

2006 07 17

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

Why the heck not?

I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker ! This Online Poker Tournament is a No Limit Texas Holdem event exclusive to Bloggers. Registration code: 5134341 All the cool kids are doing it. Now, if I could just Read More...

Filed under: Recreation

2006 06 8

Words fail me

I've never been a big fan of the whole zombie genre. However, I've finally found a bit of zombie-themed entertainment that makes me giggle. A very talented musician by the name of Jonathan Coulton has taken the basic zombie concept, mixed it in with office Read More...

Filed under: Recreation, The World

2006 05 2

Upgrade woes and date night!

How wonderfully frustrating, in a minor way. Last night, I upgraded from Community Server 1.1 to 2.0, which offers tons of new features, better performance, a hugely improved administrative interface, a better skinning model -- in short, lots of crunchy Read More...

Filed under: Metadata, Recreation

2006 03 3

Mac Humor Break

Back last year, I got my first Mac . I've been using it for the better part of a year now and am pretty happy with it overall. I'm using Microsoft Entourage for my email/calendar software instead Apple's mail and calendar software, since I need to interact Read More...

Filed under: Computers, Recreation

2006 01 30

It's funny because it's true; it hurts because it's true

Thanks to net.friend larabeaton (from back in my rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan days, back when I still read Robert Jordan) I ran across this tender musical moment from Australian comedy group Tripod. This one was funny because it was a bulls-eye; Read More...

Filed under: Metadata, Recreation

2006 01 17

Study monkey, but with good beer

I have to acquire some Microsoft certifications in a short amount of time. Not a full MCSE, although that's always been in the gameplan, but at least one passed exam (and thus Microsoft Certified Professional status) from a specific list of exams, Real Read More...

Filed under: Work, Recreation

2006 01 15

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

Ultimate Lego!

Oh. My. Stars. And. Bars. Thanks to net.friend Mark (who goes by hasturcubed on LJ), I have now been made aware of the eBay auction for this one of a kind 8-foot long Lego Star Wars Rebel Cruiser . drooooool... It's for a good cause, though, and the bidding Read More...

Filed under: Recreation

2005 12 16

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