January 30, 2009

After months of being alternately annoyed and overjoyed with Facebook I have now settled into an ambivalent stance about the whole thing. I’m hoping its popularity will wane as time goes by (it actually amazes me that most IT departments don’t automatically block access to the site—hell, I would if … More

January 28, 2009

I don’t know what part is more unintentionally hilarious about this one. I caught a commercial for a revolutionary new product: The Jerkstopper. Which, sadly, only stops cables from being forcibly removed for one’s laptop. And I had such high hopes when I first heard the name. It was an … More

January 26, 2009

So… a few notes for the upcoming week:

I met with my tax person this afternoon to clear up the little “You owe us $12 grand in unpaid taxes and penalties” notice I got from the tax man a few weeks ago. So that makes me feel a bit better. And … More

January 21, 2009

Well I must say yesterday was interesting, to say the least. Just the fact that over one million people showed up to witness the swearing in is very telling of the current mood of a large portion of the country (despite the bill of goods the right are trying to … More

January 16, 2009

Ah, Minnesota. How I love you. But you make it so hard some days.

It is so flippin’ cold this week. I’ve been trying to stay inside all day every day. Today it was around -10 for most of the day and that’s probably been the warmest day all week. It’s … More

January 14, 2009

Ever get something from childhood stuck in your head that you can’t for the life of you remember and try as you might to track the bothersome memory down it just never comes to anything?

Ever start out a sentence with the best intentions and realize somewhere along the line it … More

January 6, 2009

Hm.

So I got sick again. I hadn’t been feeling all that great for some time and it finally hit around Christmas. Not pretty.

Anyway I’m now on a whole bevy of drugs. Three of which make me looped out of my head, which is really quite awesome. I normally take them … More