And proud of it, damn it. We got a new red oak schumard to replace the green elm (which apparently the trees we got initially are lace bark elms — who knew?).
Anyway, the red oak is beautiful, and bigger than I thought it would be. Probably a 4″ caliper and about 15′ high. Yeah!

First off, GRRR. My site is giving me a hard time trying to login with a TypeKey to make comments on my own blog. I hate spammers!!!!
Now, for the odd title of this entry. I passed an older guy in a beatup old 70s sedan on the way into work today. He had the back […]

Google “Against Bush“:
7.9 million results
Google “Against Kerry“:
4.1 million results
That’s a 2:1 ratio! The great google has spoken.

Great article over on Greg Costikyan’s game design blog about a no-frills release of 8 paper RPG games, The No Press Anthology, along with a short write up on each game. His archives aren’t working at the moment, so just go to his blog’s home page for the Sept. 18th entry on:
The No Press Anthlogy: […]

Well, sitting here surfing and blogging while Microsoft hacks my computer, err, installs the notorious Service Pack 2 for XP. I’ve heard bad things about it after it’s installed, it shuts down ports and such. Some new Security Center or something that’s another patchwork attempt to make Windows secure instead of starting clean and making […]

Great, humorous remixing of old 40’s era pro-war propaganda into anti-Bush/anti-war propaganda.
http://www.cafepress.com/warposter
What’s also great about this is it is an implicit reason for Creative Commons Licenses and other models that allow works to be shared and remixed without copyright infringement.

You’ve just got to be kidding me!!!
The Last Starfighter: The Musical
Yes, that’s right, based off the 1984 movie of the same name.

That last post was depressing! So I went and surfed through my various RSS feeds for techno-geek delights and brightened my mood. Still working on the JSP refactoring for AA.com at work. Played Laser Tag this afternoon with some co-workers, always fun.
We started trying an herbal ‘no scratch’ for Nigel’s skin allergy, but not much […]

A friend sent me the link to this blog. Not sure if it’s a real person or just a propaganda front for the religious right, but either way it is a despicable, frustrating, sad portrayal of a gay person who has been fed lies by far right and thinks he can stop being gay.
http://scatteredwords.com/
I’m hesitant […]

This I’m blogging about first (well, haven’t checked James’ blog yet, but I’m blogging it before Ian). I know that’s important to all of you.
Relaxed today after the wine party last night. Thanks to Brian it was easy to clean up after (and to a certain someone, the little spill came right up!) Today […]