Category: ramblings

I’d been meaning to scan this in ever since my San Diego trip, written by my friend Dave’s girlfriend: I’m a little fuzzy on the exact circumstances, but I believe I gained ‘hero’ status because I agreed with her on some point during dinner that Dave didn’t. Still, nice to be a 5-minute hero every…

Man, what the hell was I thinking letting this sit on my shelf for ten months? (…and yes, I think that’s a record for being a lazy-ass with my Netflix rentals.) Sure, it’s a feel-good tear-jerker, but man is it a good one. And it’s got rockets! That blow up! And it’s funny! C’mon! NASA!…

Well, we just lost power in the house for about fifteen seconds, but it’s nice to the that the UPS that the server is running on actually works. I should probably remember to install the PowerChute software on the new machine soon, so if I happen to be asleep at, say, 1:53 am, it’ll turn…

I haven’t finished the book yet, but I have to say, if they would just stop inserting supposedly homorous asides every third sentence (one of those cases where they think they’re funny, but they’re not), this book would move a lot quicker, and I would learn more because I wouldn’t be constantly distracted by something…

When I ordered my new phone back in March and switched to Cingular, I selected the 900 minutes/mo plan. I figured that was a nice safe number, since I usually average around 600, but can burst up to close to 1000 some months, depending on what I’m doing, like travel. I just realized a few…

I’m stuck inside tonight, and I can hear fireworks right now. I’m depressed for a number of reasons at the moment, one of which being I find myself wishing I could see them. I’ve seen fireworks in some form or another each July 4th for as long as I can remember. I had almost given…