Archive for January, 2007

Two years

23Jan07

Yesterday was our two year wedding anniversary. It doesn’t seem like two years ago that we were walking down the aisle, but the calendar doesn’t lie. To celebrate, we went to Alderbrook Resort on the Hood Canal. It was our first time there, and it’s a really beautiful place.

I was making great progress on a script this afternoon. Then I tried to save it, and I got this message (ignore the meaningless filename — this screenshot is actually from the third time I tried saving it under different names):

I clicked “OK,” then I got this:

When I tried to re-open another copy of the [...]

Delicious.

Obligatory

12Jan07

A wise man once told me that a personal website isn’t complete without pictures of the owner’s cat. I’m not one to argue. Harvey was posing so nicely in the sun this morning that I simply couldn’t resist.

This morning, I’ll spare you the words — most of them, at least — and tell the story with photos alone. These wouldn’t have been particularly remarkable when I lived in Wyoming or Tahoe, but I’m telling you: this is not normal for Seattle.
And no, I didn’t take these with my phone’s camera.

It’s official. Mother nature is pissed, and she’s taking it all out on me. I sincerely apologize to my friends and neighbors who are caught in the crossfire.
This pair of photos* tells a big part of the story in my latest encounter with Ma. Pay attention to the clock on the left and the odometer [...]

Every weekday morning, I drive about twenty miles to work. Down I-405, the across I-90. Then back the same way in the evening. As you can imagine, I see a lot of bad drivers. Last night, I saw a guy watching TV in his Mercedes S600. While he was driving in rush hour traffic. That’s [...]

Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve written here. If anyone is still reading, I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me. I would promise to never let it happen again, but both you and I know that would be a lie.
To get you caught up, here is a list [...]


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