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But what does it really cost????

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it is once again everyone’s favorite time of the year… Christmas shopping! Ok, so the stores have had decorations up since before Halloween and I’ve already seen more tinsel than I have any right to, but this giving time of year has me wondering

my day and bonus footage

Well, I guess its not all that bad of a day, especially given how bad last Friday ended up. After having spent an hour explaining to my boss why the programmers didn’t have two of the large items from our upcoming release complete, even though we were a week

Maybe its just that time of year

Aight, a few disclaimers… 1. Yes, I think too much. Yes, I’m over analyzing with everything i say in this post. 2. No, I’m not depressed. See point 1. 3. Watching movies, getting phone calls from old friends you haven’t spoken with in a long time (who

Good Evil Disaster God

Anyone else confused by this?

Once again, Monday morning rolls around and awakens me from a groggy sleep. The prior two days of sleeping in have thrown off my body’s schedule, causing me to once again wonder why it is that I spend 5 days of the week rolling out of my comfortable bed

Things I've learned recently...

This blog entry is going to be a bit different than most as I’m going to rake your eyes with a list of bullets. Basically, this is a bunch of cool links that have come my way recently, all of which have taught me something. Learning is not a

Avast, there, matey!

If you haven’t heard by now, today is National Talk Like A Pirate Day. It is that one day a year, minus Halloween, where you get to pretend to be your favorite swashbuckling hero, Jack Sparrow, or at least some other historical buccaneer. So don’t forget to annoy

St. Lucia, how we barely knew thee...

Wow, what an amazing trip. If you didn’t know, I was out of town the last week, soaking up some sun and fun down in the Caribbean, specifically the wonderful island of St. Lucia. Having been to several islands in that region, I had a general idea of what

Robert Jordan has died.

I’m sitting here at my desk, just absolutely stunned. If you had told me that today, my first day back from vacation, would have contained the news I read this morning, I would have called you a liar. Robert Jordan has died. It’s just stunning. Yes, the man

Weekend at Teddy's

Seven years ago, I made the best purchase of my life, that being my house. Its incredible that its been so long and the place has come so far in the last few years. I started out redoing the kitchen, making it functional and up to modern standards. I moved

Another 'job'

Tonight, my weekday evening ritual started as they usually do. I drove home, just beating the rain, grabbed a salad for dinner and sat down at the Mac to do a little work on my part time job. Given that all this fun usually starts sometime between 6 and 6:

My part time job

For those of you who do not know, I’m a decently hard working man. I usually put in a few hours of overtime every week at my regular job, commute nearly an hour each way to that same job, and then work a part time job in the evenings.

Things people say

Unless you’ve been living underneath that proverbial rock for the last few days, you’ve no doubt heard about the bridge collapse in Minneapolis. Very sad stuff here, folks. Still, it provides one of those moments in life where you get to discuss something of great importance, and listen

SPOILERS: Deathly Hallows Awaits...

A few weeks prior to the release of the latest Harry Potter book, one of my favorite authors, Orson Scott Card, released an essay entitled “Who is Snape?” In this rather lengthy discourse, he set about to deduce whose side Snape was really on (Card was right) and the literary

A trip down amnesia lane

It had to happen eventually, and given that I had a lazy drive through the area, it ended up being last weekend. Yes, after 8 years of refusing to return, I drove through the campus of Cumberland College. First, yes, I said CC. I was an Indian, not a Patriot.

Observations on the drive home

My 45 minute commute just got a bit easier today and I must say that makes me happy. Even though the law has been on the books for a few months now and I knew it was coming, I could not help but smile as I passed the signs that

Weirdness returns

Lately, when people ask me what’s going on in my life, I really haven’t had a lot to say. If you’ve been reading this blog since I started it last year, and the extremely infrequent updates it has had during this calendar year, then you know exactly

Some crazy kind of day

So, last week in our Monday team meeting, our boss tells us that at the IS All-Hands team on Friday, our team will be in the Spotlight focus time. Basically, its a 10 minute section where all the team members are introduced and a quick overview of our team’s

Compliment or Insult?

so, i’m getting my allergy shot last night. my sister, kimberly, gives me my shots, which is quite convenient, but before that happens, i end up spending an hour over at wes lisa’s house, my sister’s neighbors, chatting. wasn’t really in my plan for the evening,

A note to potential elected officials everywhere

so, yesterday afternoon, while sitting in the funeral home, i finally get the chance to ask my father a question that has been on my mind for a long, long time now. no, not the secret to happiness or being a good person or even how to achieve world piece.

Political figures, Wikipedia and YOU!

For years I have been intrigued by the sheer number of random connections between people on this planet. Call it “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” or whatever, it can still be creepy when you least expect it. Take for example all the recent happenings in the Attorney General’s office,

Happy gas at the bank

Anyone who has read my blog for a while probably realizes that I have a major fascination with all things absurd. If its weird, strange, stupid, idiotic or just plain silly, I’ll probably write about it. Today is definitely no exception to this theme. About 3 weeks ago, I

Sunday at the bookstore

Well, I have to admit, the last few weeks have been interesting. What is even more interesting are the many ways in which I can delay writing a post in this blog. However, the most interesting is the fact that both of these two items overlap so very often. Like,

Thoughts during a holiday tradition

Ah, the Christmas season. A time to reflect, rejoice and rewatch (I made the word up, sue me) some great movies of years gone by. Some people prefer the classics, A Christmas Story, Miracle on 34th Street and White Christmas, to name a few. Other people are fans of cartoons

Some random junk...

Sometimes in life, no matter what’s happening, no matter how great or bad life may be, I just can’t find a reason to blog. October saw a whopping six entries here, but last month saw just one and I’ve been fighting the lack of desire for a

Meeting The Family

Thanksgiving Eve Schenanigans

So, two evenings ago, Jaime and I made our way through the California countryside, completing the vacation portion of our trip and moving on to the family meet and greet portion. Its been a good time, just relaxing and getting to see the sights, and now to know all of

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