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  • Probably more to say later, but, for now, I wish only to note that a conversation I had with my wife earlier included the phrase "Hitler wearing a tu-tu". I just felt that needed to be documented for posterity.

  • The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Fifth Level of Hell!Here is how you matched up against all the levels:LevelScorePurgatory (Repenting Believers)Very LowLevel 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)Very LowLeve…

  • Set Phasers On 'Martyr', Abdul! NSA worried that terrorists may plot in Klingon.You can't make this stuff up.http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/studentwork/cns/2003-04-11/166.asp

  • It's our birthday, preciousssss. Another year, down the tubes. One slow, plodding, step closer to oblivion. Etc. I've hated birthdays since I was about 12 or 13. And I only got my wife one present. She got me lots. Sig…

  • It's our birthday, preciousssss. Another year, down the tubes. One slow, plodding, step closer to oblivion. Etc. I've hated birthdays since I was about 12 or 13. And I only got my wife one present. She got me lots. Sig…

  • Forty minutes to go before I fail to blog!Lessee.Finally got to do some coding today at work! Yay! Day goes much faster when I can do work.700 more words of BoW. I plan to send the final draft off tomorrow.That's about i…

  • Missed blogging yesterday. Bad Lizard. Let's see. Yesterday: Worked a bit on editing BoW and GW, played Everquest, didn't nap. (This last is, for me, newsworthy.) Today: Went to visit Ken&Gen. Met lots of friends. …

  • Let's see if the time change worked...if this says it's Friday, I'm in.Today, I died in Everquest. A lot. I think I need someone to group with. My poor little Vah Shir just can't find anything worth the XP which won't ki…

  • So. Here I am, at the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 product hoo-hah, for which I awoke at 6:00 in the A.M. Not that I needed to; *registration* opened at 8:00, but nothing of note happened until now, 9:44. And, by ‘o…

  • Racing the Xanga clock to get a Wendesday entry in. Uhm...bored. Bored, bored, bored. We're under a code freeze at work while we develop 'processes' for fixing bugs. Meanwhile, we've had two serious ones crop up, which I…

  • Habitual posting. Missed two days last week. Bad Lizard. I suppose, in theory, I should stick to the "only post if you have something to say" theorem, as some friends of mine do, but then, people learn not to check the …

  • Signs of a Monday. I put the carrots into the freezer, and the microwaveable lunch into the fridge. I, thus, have frozen solid carrots and slightly-thawed lunch; I figure both will still be reasonable edible.

  • Editing. Turning 17 chapters of BoW into 8. Moving stuff to appendices. Writing fiction. Setting style levels. Cutting and pasting. Noting little rule quirks and patching them. And wanting to sleep. Sleep. sleeee.... …

  • So. Let us discuss yesterday. Get in to work. No 'critical bugs' remaining. Presentation of new product is going well. Indulge in 'testing' code, which means, setting up some runs which will take 30-40 minutes and th…

  • In which Lizard is cranky.Original plan for tonight: Come home, write for BoW.Actual events of tonight: Work until 8:00, see half of movie with wife and friends, spend way too much money on a taxi and a VERY bad for me d…

  • Once again, writing as a means of getting into the habit. For those who check this blog on the off chance I might be ranting about something interesting, as opposed to "What I had for lunch/my head hurts/my job suxx0rz",…

  • And now, something from the lighter side...

  • Writing for the sake of writing. Did some BoW editing and revised ILJ yesterday; more BoW today. I'm finding that I'm not very productive on Saturdays; work tends to be so stresful these days that I need to loaf a lot on…

  • Trying to slide back into a regular posting habit. Beth is doing taxes; I suspect I will need to be moral support. I also suspect I will be deeply regretting my rather large purchase at Gamescap yesterday. I had a severe…

  • Working through bugs. Lots of bugs. Many bugs. And getting stuff reviewed. "First thirty-seven changes that somehow we must add inThen seventeen new features show up, much to our chagrinAnd this thing's just inadequate,…

  • Blocking Traffic? Free speech. Smirking? Banned. Welcome to the Bay Area. SAN FRANCISCO, California (Reuters) -- A raised eyebrow, loud guffaw, smirk or other facial expressions could all be banned in future political…

  • At work. Headache. Watching the tennis game of the war go by on CNN. We're winning, we're losing, no wait, we're winning...wars are not determined second by second, but week by week, but our focus on the infinite NOW pre…

  • Words That Changed My Life Part II of an irregular series “Years ago, you served my father in the Clone Wars…” “The last remnants of the old Republic have been swept away…” It has been bruited about that peo…

  • I will be struck down by a meteor!How will you die? Take the Exotic Cause of Death Test

  • Still need to move files over from my laptop to post them. In the meanwhile... It's Dread Cthulhu, Charlie Brown!