I had a plan going into work this morning: that before the morning was over, I would solve the problem of calculating email availability stats that has been plaguing me for the last severals months. After using some test data to test my data aggregation script, and then running it against real data, it looks…
I called my brother early this morning (West Coast time) to wish him a happy birthday because I thought he had to be at work today. Turns out I woke him up and he didn’t have to be at work today, but at least I got to say “Happy Birthday”. Doug will be out here…
I saw my first fireflies of the year coming home from the grocery store a few minutes ago. I caught a glimpse of them in my neighbors backyard. It was very Bradbury-esque. Summer must be just around the corner.
Every now and then, I’ll start a book, and for no other reason than I find a more interesting book, I’ll quit the first to read the second. That happened today. I was in Annapolis and at a small bookshop, came across Douglas Coupland’s new novel, JPod, which would appear to be about software developers…
It looks as though Bush is now supporting an ammendment to the Constitution that would force states to define marriage as being between a man and woman and would not permit same sex marriages. The good news is that such an ammendment has no way of getting the two-thirds vote in the Congress that it…
My new lawn mower has shipped, according to a notice I just received from Sears. Unfortunately, the UPS tracking number hasn’t percolated through their system yet, so as of yet, I have no idea when it will arrive.
I have been immersed in ASP.NET code since 7 AM with ne’re a breath taken, but I am coming up for air now, and my office has materialized around me. It’s strange, but when I get into what my friend Jim called “progammer mode”, the physical world dissolves around me. I don’t see my office,…
Well, I tried once again today to get the old mower to start and couldn’t. After 4 full years of service, it has finally given up on me. (Keep in mind, it was old when I bought it for $50.) So this evening, I ordered a brand new lawn mower from Sears, to be delivered…
Having completed (and enjoyed) 3 Nights In August (thanks to strausmouse for the recommendation), today I started reading the first fiction I’ve read since the end of February. I chose James Morrow’s The Last Witchfinder because I loved his Godhead series of books, as well as City of Truth. I’m not very far into it…
Yes, that’s right, the earth has whizzed its way around the sun once again and another birthday is upon you. As it turns out, you share your birthday with some other less notable events: 2006: Katie Couric’s last appearance as the host of the Today show. 2006: Deep Throat revealed 1990: Pilot episode of Seinfeld…