I think I want a new Pocket PC instead of an iPod nano for my b-day. The geek in me is tempted to get a Sharp Zaurus simply because it runs a Linux shell, but the penny pincher in me thinks of all the software I’ve purchased over the years for WinCE and Pocket PC […]

Of course I want an iPod nano because of the yummy form factor, but they’re only 4Gb (like my mini) so I probably won’t upgrade. Which is good, considering that everybody says they’re too delicate to actually use. I’ll wait for the next gen, when they’re 8Gb+ and the kinks have been worked out of […]

In which my teeth are GORGEOUS. In other news, I went to the dentist today. My teeth look fifteen years younger. My gums are rejoicing. It’s a fabulous thing. Not so fabulous was when the hygienist used the Cavitron on my upper molars, and it sounded like some soprano-voiced creature was being vivisected at about […]

In which I still love New York. I still love Manhattan. I miss it. I watch TV shows and movies I wouldn’t normally watch because they’re filmed there. I buy magazines I wouldn’t normally buy because they’re based there. I think about Manhattan while I’m in the shower. It’s like the worst crush I’ve ever […]

In which I freak out. I will turn 37 next Thursday. I think I’m having a mid-life crisis.

Look at this and tell me: is this for real? Is this storm really shaped like that, or is this some kind of Nat’l Weather Service joke? I mean, maybe my mind’s in the gutter, but damn if that doesn’t look like a peeee-nis. (Image from here.)

In which the loo changes radically. LISCO hired a new cleaning company for the engineering office. Yesterday a woman spent 45 minutes detail cleaning the not-very-dirty bathroom, which annoyed me because I really had to go and 45 minutes is clearly overkill. The point is that she apparently put in one of those tank pucks, […]

In which I have a bad case of “I hate Iowa” syndrome. In contrast to the buzz and hustle of my amazingly fulfilling working vacation in NYC, here’s a ‘relaxing’ image [read that as absolutely dripping with sarcasm] of this morning’s commute: Yeah, that’s about a thousand acres of soybeans, two hundred thousand dollars worth […]

I’m back from New York and I’m working on my site. (It had to be moved again, so I’ve got half-installed scripts and data spread out all over the place.) Keef gave me IP access to the old server, so I’m in the process of moving my junk over here to our new home. So […]

I just spent twenty-five minutes writing a post, and Internet fucking Exploder ate it. I am so smoking fucking pissed off that if this were my laptop, I’d throw it off the damn balcony and watch it explode. Dude. For real. ——–