Rants and musings, without care for substance.
Posted in life in general, oddities, youth on May 26th, 2008
I experienced a brief moment of aging the other day. A clear indicator that you aren’t as young (and maybe foolish) as you once were. One of those moments where you realize that your priorities in life have changed.
You know you’re getting older when you see a magazine stuffed in between the couch cushions at [...]
Posted in life in general, plans on May 17th, 2008
I take notes about everything. Sometimes they read like to-do lists and other times it’s just things that I read or heard about that I want to investigate further. Only problem is that I don’t keep a notepad, so I end up with little slips of paper everywhere until I embark on a seasonal cleaning [...]
Posted in healthcare, life in general, plans on Apr 7th, 2008
When I woke up this morning I felt rested and ready to get up, then I looked at my alarm clock.
3:02
Despite feeling just fine — my brain alert — I decided that it was entirely too early to start the day, having been asleep for a few hours. I rolled over and got a sip [...]
Posted in Tech, life in general, music on Mar 19th, 2008
Six RNR shows were completely sold out this year. An extra was added due to popular demand. No tickets being sold in advance for the extra show, it only took a few hours for 600+ to be sold. Two months worth of stage and set preparations, mostly torn out in a twelve hours over three [...]
Posted in gaming, life in general, travel on Mar 10th, 2008
Sometimes you need a weekend away from the world. Away from work. Away from side work. Away from your normal locale. This weekend we headed up to Ocean City to relax. After a good bit of rain and some light hydroplaning on the Garden State Parkway, we arrived unscathed. There’s something about chips, salsa and [...]
Posted in gadgets, life in general on Mar 6th, 2008
I’ve been under the weather the past few days and have come to the following conclusion: electric blankets don’t get enough credit. Schultz wrote that “happiness is a warm blanket” and I don’t think he could be more correct. Often forgotten or dismissed as safety hazards, electric blankets are making a comeback and I think [...]
Posted in life in general on Feb 11th, 2008
I received word that Neva — my first and last pet — died this morning. She hadn’t been under my care in over a year and so I don’t have any more details, except that she wasn’t all that old. I’m bummed that this is the only photo I could find of her, since it [...]
Posted in life in general on Feb 6th, 2008
It’s five in the morning and I awaken from a dream.
I threw a party at my place. It must have been a crazy one, since there were empties everywhere and half-empty bottle of booze on the counter. I wake up and find that my guests have already made breakfast for themselves. There are health food [...]
Posted in life in general on Feb 3rd, 2008
A lot of little things got scheduled over the past few weeks and all ended up transpiring in the past couple days. This past week was very busy as a result. In addition to my day job I…
worked for four different clients in three different states, much of it by phone
did one day and two [...]
Posted in healthcare, life in general on Jan 8th, 2008
I’ll wait out headaches and deal with muscle ache and a host of other ailments. I head to the doctor once in a while if some problem doesn’t right itself after a while. I don’t usually medicate unless I’m a complete mess and can’t function, such as the other day when my nose just would [...]
Posted in food, housing, life in general, plans on Dec 27th, 2007
I had a nice time at home with the family. Went for a bike ride before presents and dinner. It was my first bike ride in years, which made me consider — as I have been lately — getting a bike and getting some exercise thataway. It’s low-impact and I always enjoyed riding as a [...]
Posted in complaints, life in general, money on Dec 22nd, 2007
The pile of bills and invoices on my desk piled up high enough that I felt compelled to organize. Aided by a rather eclectic mix of Busta Rhymes, Cake, Hooverphonic, Wyclef Jean, and Thievery Corporation I set out to file everything away properly. I have a system for it already, I had just been neglecting [...]
Posted in boozing, life in general, plans on Dec 17th, 2007
After a non-stop jam-packed kick-ass weekend — including, but not limited to a holiday party at Evelyn’s Cafe (which I’d like to get back to to eat sometime), seeing (and liking) Scythian at Mick O’Shea’s, eating at the Papermoon Diner for the first (but not the last) time, going to a subwoofer shootout, DJ/MC/attending a [...]
Posted in housing, life in general, oddities on Dec 13th, 2007
The overhead fluorescent light in the kitchen has been acting up for several months now. It hums a little more than normal and the tubes flicker dimly when you turn them on. Light output is cut in half. Besides complaining I haven’t done anything about it until the other day when the single flood in [...]
Posted in cars, life in general, troubleshooting on Dec 7th, 2007
The oil pressure warning light on my car has been flickering lately. After a day or two it began to bother me. I’ve had lots of tech support moments where people complain about something but then can’t describe the circumstances, so I began to pay attention to when it was happening so that I could [...]