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  • I really have to learn to say 'No'. I just accepted another 25K of words -- maybe -- the contracts aren't signed yet, for another project I can't name. But it would be really cool, and somewhat ironic, as the very firs…

  • Ah, the mad posting rush to beat the deadline before the Xanga Clock says it's tomorrow! Today was spent writing, and writing, and writing. I have been chopping three draft chapters into two slightly less-draft chapters…

  • Cloning: Big Whoop. So, a group of religious nuts (and, if you examine their philosophy from an objective position, is it REALLY any more ludicrous than any other religion? EVERY religion looks silly, or barbaric, to th…

  • Back at work. Hopefully, I'll be back to blogging regularly, too. The holiday seasons are not good for regular net access, especially now that I have an actual family with the associated family duties. These include atte…

  • We are not a happy reptile. I have spent all weekend working out a complex and detailed pile of rules, despite a headache and a desire to sleep. About half an hour ago, I went to post the rules to the playtest site. W…

  • Well, so much for the posting streak...this has, obviously, not been a good week for actually writing anything. Next week will be even more sporadic; perhaps by the new year, I will have stabilized. Lessee: Plan for Thu…

  • OK, time to begin trying for a new posting streak! (Won't work due to Holiday Consumer Season travel plans, but, what the hey..) I'm back at work. Yay, me. I missed a product demo I really wanted to see, especially sinc…

  • Saturday! Slow, expensive internet connection and no outgoing mail server -- RCN screwed up again. Sigh. So I'm basically posting to say I'm herer, I'm alive, I've had a HOT shower for the first time in months, and we'r…

  • I think I've got it. When I use Internet Exploiter, I get the fancy Xanga edit window. When I use Netscrape, I don't. If I used Opera, I'd probably crash the system. Sad news. Firefly is no more. It has ceased to be. Be…

  • According to this page, I am E.E. Doc Smith, creator of the Lensman series. Yeah, I can dig it. I knew I'd be either him or Robert Heinlein.In other news...it's Thursday. Which I'm basically plodding through, like I plod…

  • Still not king. Er...still no review. Stupid customer is now happy, or, at least, happier. Most people seem pleased with how quickly I managed to resolve it. Feedback on 'Secret Project B' has started to come in. It's …

  • Review delayed. Again. And we had Brilliant Customer Problems. According to our Brilliant Customer, our product is crap because none of the numbers add up properly. After several days of trying to verify their results …

  • And so, plodding through the week begins. Had two major tasks to focus on today, and got them done early, got the next task I was assigned done quickly as well, and, so, I'm bored. While the obvious thing to do would be …

  • Semi-productive day. Got some writing done, got some napping done. These are important things in life. Cleaned litterboxes, did laundry. Had headache. Using short sentences.

  • So endeth the posting streak. I was ridiculously overwhelmed at work yesterday (still no review) and got home late, tired, and cranky. (Went to get TTT tickets at the Metreon. "Oh, we don't have them yet. Maybe on Monday…

  • Hmm. Now I am getting the fancy Xanga plus stuff at work. Weird. I see people on Xanga who can use these primitive tools to make complex and intricate web pages. I just use the templates. Time was, I wouldn't have. I wo…

  • OK, I'm now in hardcore nerd heaven. Proving that I am, indeed, getting old[1], I just today discovered streaming internet radio. More specifically, http://www.live365.com/stations/filk_com. Streaming filk! This is so co…

  • The word for today is 'pain'. Hm. I just noticed that this site (at work) doesn't recognize me as having Xanga super-plus deluxe enhanced gold. Oh well, never used those features anyway. Where was I?Oh yes. Pain.My jaw h…

  • Xanga's been down for almost two days, so I'm not counting this as breaking my streak. There's my exciting post for the day. Yippee, go me. Longer post later today, which will be tomorrow, Xanga-time.