My birthday was great. I got a copy of Emergence finally and can’t wait to get started. Jen made her amazing lasagna, and mom made an unbelievable chocolate cake. My friends at work got me a peachy Princess birthday card, and someone else at work did something very cool for me that I can’t tell […]
Category: family
People who share my birthday
People who share my birthday (thanks, Cheryl!): Henrik Ibsen (the guy who wrote all those depressing plays) Big Bird Werner Klemperer (Colonel Klink) John D Erlichman (Watergate guy) Pat Riley (NBA coach) William Hurt Jimmie Vaughn (Rock guy – Thunderbirds) Spike Lee! Holly Hunter Mookie Blaylock People who died on my birthday (kind of depressing, […]
You’d think the day would
You’d think the day would feel different, it being the anniversary of my birth and all. It really doesn’t. I did get a celebratory omelette this morning from the cafeteria. It was good, but it wasn’t an R2-D2 cake. I feel like taking it easy today. I want to play some UT, work on something […]
I am white
Yes, you heard it here first. I’m pale and I’m okay with that. I joined a bowling league last night. I wore rented shoes and threw heavy orbs at unsuspecting wooden shapes, in the hopes of knocking all the them down so I could receive high-fives and well-meant congratulations. I’m a middle-class white guy who […]
I was offered a job
I was offered a job today. Not formally, but I was definitely offered one. I didn’t apply for the job, or give any signals that I wanted the job, but it was offered. I’m extremely excited. It’s within the company, and pretty much the job of my dreams. It will involve more than just building […]
Max counted to one hundred
Max counted to one hundred last night. He’s two and a half and counted to a hundred. He needed some help after thirty. He got to thirty-nine and then looked at me. I said “forty” and then he promptly moved on to forty-nine, at which point I said, “fifty” and so on until we got […]
On the road again… I’m so happy I’m not on the road again
I’m back! We had a good time at the wedding, a decent time on the drive there and back, and a great time seeing Jen’s parents. Max was an angel almost the whole time. He started getting upset about twenty minutes from home, which is completely understandable since over the course of three days, he’d […]
They’re back! They’re back! I
I made it to BWI in record time (75 minutes), waited around in a terminal chock full of people waiting to go somewhere exotic. They were all wearing clothes too big or too small, and there were several large women in their Sunday best. Everyone spoke different languages and it was kind of fun waiting […]
Missing
With less than twenty-four hours before Jen and Max get back, I am starting to go a little crazy. I’m sitting here on the couch at eleven pm without my pants (because there are only so many hours in a day – where are my Playtex 18-Hour Pants?). I’m watching SportsCenter and surfing after putting […]
Lazy Saturday
I’m going to spend today recouperating. I think, if I wake up, I’ll go get some pork with funny noodle at Saigon Cafe, and go see SuperTroopers. This being alone thing is really starting to suck. The novelty of going to the bathroom with the door open and playing video games with the volume way […]