Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Listening to the Dixie Chick’s song More Love while driving home yesterday.  Tell you what girls:  you load up with all of that personal wealth, drive down to New Orleans and walk around town.  Let me know how that More … Continue reading →

My wife’s grandfather passed away some years ago from Alzheimer’s.  My cousin’s grandmother is currently suffering from it.  And a friend just told me that his grandmother has it as well. What is so frightening about Alzheimer’s is that it … Continue reading →

Is indistinguishable from a human mind.  (With all apologies to Arthur C. Clarke) Gerard Van der Lun uses a Hipster PDA and came up with a collection of notes that he’s dumped on his blog.  One of my favorites: There … Continue reading →

On Friday morning, I was an adopted only child.  Today, as of last count, I have 2 full-blood siblings and 3 (possibly more) half-blood siblings. I had always known that I was adopted, but had never pursued a relationship with … Continue reading →

shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. –Isaiah 40:31 Today my son completed his 2nd Board of Review and is now … Continue reading →

Or, in the case of my son, about 2-3. This past Sunday my son turned 18.  It’s been an interesting trip so far and I look forward to continuing my relationship with my son.  He and I get along better … Continue reading →

For those two or three who still check back with my weblog, no, I haven’t died.  Since I’m now home and searching for a new job, I don’t spend as much time on the computer as I used to.  A … Continue reading →

Just a quick series of mini-posts. The first is announcing that I finally received my Termination date — 4 April 2005.  At first, I thought it was My Mirage but the date is real.  After working since Fall of 2002 … Continue reading →

In a somwhat mis-titled article, 50 Strategies for Making Yourself Work, Jerry Oltion details some ideas on how to get yourself to write every day. I personally like the chocolate syrup thing, but I think you have to have someone … Continue reading →

Work continues to be incredibly busy — I’ve got a set of users who keep changing the specs for a program on me.  Home is also very busy, but at least I have something to show for it. My daughter … Continue reading →