Yesterday we had a nice cookout party, with many family and friends in attendance. My good friend and drummer Rich (who turned 38 the day before) and his family came, as well as our friends Scott and Jenny and son Jack, Ellen, and Amy and Cameron. We grilled steaks, bratwurst, …
Chris sent me a link to Evgeny Zamyatin’s We, a marginally science-fiction dystopian novel that predates both 1984 and Brave New World. I haven’t read it, but it looks fascinating, especially considering that Zamyatin’s work was filtered through his experience of Communism’s rise in his own land.
This morning I have 147 emails incoming from Gmail. (They’re not finished loading yet.) That’s double what I usually get overnight, even subscribed to several of the mailing lists. Have the spam hucksters found a better bazooka? I am dreading the end of the send/receive cycle. Of course, it could …
Data Recovery After the catastrophe, I was able to recover most of my important information. I would classify as “important” the following things: * Taxes (backed up) * Digital pictures of the kids * Web site data Unfortunately, “most” in this case means all of the top two categories, and …
…although we are missing a limb or two. Hopefully the blog will be back to full strength, or something resembling same, shortly. Then Chris can take down his “In Memoriam” sign. ?
Eleya and I went to see Star Wars Episode III Friday night. I can’t give a review without first mentioning that the sound was terrible in our local THX theater. So bad, in fact, that I actually contacted the THX company and lodged a complaint. I hate to be that …
Dave, I hadn’t checked on your blog in a while and this post caught my eye. I’m glad your PT is progressing and that you are out of Das Boot. (Clever eyes will find more than one stupid joke in the last sentence.) I have to disagree with you, though, …
On Saturday, we met up with my dad and stepmother, and took the kids to the National Zoo. It was my first trip there in over 25 years, and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. The last zoological exhibit I visited was the Monterey Bay Aquarium in 1999. Evie wasn’t sure she …