Trial Separation
The blue hair dye worked better that I could have hoped. I didn’t even get a chance to use it. (And yes, I really, honestly do plan to use it – what’s the point of being young if you don’t act... Historic Moment
This will be the last word on the hijacked credit card, I promise. Obviously, when the credit card was reissued, the number had to change. This meant contacting all the businesses who... Feeling Blue
My week may just be improving. It started when I got my car back from the shop. Somehow it only ended up costing $300 dollars. Not great, but much better then I thought. Of course, now I’ve got... Lacking Commitment
People in Minnesota love their checkbooks. It doesn’t matter what they’re buying or how much they’re spending, the folks here pay by check. This drove me crazy when I first moved here. There is... Week In Hell
What a rotten weekend it turned out to be. First the car went in for some preventive maintenance. Too late - $900 and five days without a car was the diagnosis. (I could do a five page rant on... High Maintenance
I was able to stay away from World of Warcraft for twenty-four hours.   Not a long time I admit, but it’s a start.   This is what I hate most about the genre – you pour hours and hours... Apology
To my friends, I apologize for falling off the face of the earth this last week.   I hope you’ll all understand.   I was suffering from a serious case of “onemoreturn-itis” (aka... Exodus
Not much to report from a gaming point of view these last few days.   I did download EVE Online: Exodus , the free upgrade to subscribers of EVE Online .   For those of you who don’t... Morning After
Getting out the door for a run was a real problem this morning.   The ground outside was icy and my head was pounding.   I overindulged yesterday.   No alcohol was consumed this... Quest Completed
I finally made it to the end of Half-Life 2 . I’m spent and exhausted, but it was well worth it. If you’re a fan of the genre you need to play this game. End of story. And in a... Silly Fluff
:P Silly Fluff Alert :P A wave of paranoia washed over me last night. I was surfing the forums, answering PM’s and reading journals when the notion occurred to me that maybe there... Random Thoughts
Now that World of Warcraft is here, and seems destined to consume many hours of game time, I wanted to give voice to a few random thoughts that have been rattling around in my tiny little... Need Sleep
If this entry comes off a little incoherent, forgive me – I’ve been up for over 28 hours now.   One of my client companies discovered a nasty bug their accounting systems yesterday.  ... Thanksgiving Weekend
While the rest of the U.S. is eating turkey, watching football or playing World of Warcraft this holiday weekend the kind folks who work programming, supporting and maintaining computer systems... The Problem Is Choice
Everyone who knows me knows I love to run.   There’s nothing better then the feeling you get when everything is going right.   The sun on your face, the wind in your hair, the rhythm of... Bang!
It’s a gunshot! Someone just shot me! I’m sure - my health meter just dropped. Bang! Damn - it happened again. But where’d the shot come from? You’d think I’d know. I... Wasting Time
Some creature of the night I turned out to be. I wanted to start exploring Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines last night. I’d yearned to unite with the Kindred. I desired to prey on the... Sodaball
Last night I watched the live web-cast of On The Spot .   In the middle of the show, Jeff Gerstmann mentioned wasting a half hour throwing soda cans at the guards in Half-Life 2.  ... 48 going on 14
There was a message waiting on my answering machine when I returned home in the wee early hours this morning.   It was from my dad.   The message started with all the normal stuff.... Thank You Fed-Ex
This is going to be a very long day. It started at 4 am and will end sometime past midnight . In between will be long waits at airports, crazed cab rides with drivers who seem...