Brief but heartwarming.
I just wanted to say how nice it is to be able to see friends from 5,000 miles away once in a while. That is all; you may now return to your Various Labours.
Category: Friends + Family
The gang I love
Daddy’s day in.
Sure, anyone can just sleep in on Fathers Day, but me? I helped my lovely bride out by going through a whirlwind of cleaning this morning. I did get a cute card from Evie that read: happy Grouchy Father’s Day! scram! Following this was a small emblem of Oscar the …
If it’s too loud, you’re too old.
Yesterday I turned 37 and got a bunch of swell gifts, including a previously-mentioned gift certificate from friends, with which I bought some good music. My wife and kids got me some additional great stuff, including the “new” Elliott Smith album, the latest by The Shins, and a collection of …
All celebrated out.
My friend and long time musical partner Rich had a big 40th birthday bash at his house yesterday. Lots of people brought their families. Rich had made a heck of a stage in his backyard complete with luau decorations and lighting. I brought PA, and got there early to set …
Happiness is…
Celebrating another birthday for the one you love, including: Giving a well-chosen gift or two (or more). Fresh, locally-grown mango, cantaloupe, and strawberries in a lovely birthday fruit salad. Chinese take-out by request. Guinness chocolate cake, courtesy of Nigella Lawson. Hearing the kids sing “Happy Birthday,” quavering and off-key, even …
If only it worked for Monroe.
As a late entrant into the PC world, my first “real” system at home was a Dell Pentium Pro 200MHz, at the time a top of the line monster that set me back about $3K. It was a great system, though, and I had my first dual-boot system on it, …
Last push toward the finish line.
All in all, the last two weeks have been tremendously busy for me, and I’m looking forward to getting a little free time next weekend… Travel Business meeting in Seattle all last week. Terrible travel day on the way out, with flight delay after flight delay. I hate traveling from …
Gearing up for the ‘sploit-o-rama.
Film Eleya and I have been wanting to go see Grindhouse, but our weekends are generally getting pretty booked up at this point. So I figured, what better way could there be to get some quality time than to call up da Moms and get her to sit the kids? …
Cross it off.
Things accomplished: Car brakes, fixed. Frustration at apparent Emacs bug, achieved. Technical book review, caught up. Suggestion for DocBook ? PDF, made. ATK bug masquerading as Emacs bug, found. Fedora LiveCD for friend, delivered. Family outing to pizza joint to celebrate daughter’s reading achievements, completed. Freezer door insert, replaced. Work …
Slung in a hammock.
We’re the only ones left and we’re flat on our backsTaking the rest of the day off… Yes, it’s a wonderful day to get some work done at home. I got up at a pretty reasonable time, exercised, then picked up some coffee (thank you O SuperWife!), got my email …