Salon has obtained an internal 117-page draft proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The document proposes to: “limit the number of species that can be protected and curtail the acres of wildlife habitat to be preserved. It shifts authority to enforce the act from the federal government to…

I’m in a parking lot in Owego, NY (an actual place!) borrowing bandwidth from an anonymous linksys router. Upstate connectivity sucks. There’s a German Shepherd dog asleep in the back seat. Her name is Fiona. I borrowed her for the trip. I just bought this car. One problem solved. Don’t…

Today was big and full. I’m tired, so here’s a list for you. Bullet points are less intimidating. I crashed our application today by accidentally deploying to Production rather than my localhost. Oops. But then I fixed it and felt all cool with my mad Linux skillz. I’m staying out…

Spring birds are yelling from snowy trees this morning. It’s spring, despite wind, snow, roaring wood stove, and other evidence to the contrary. I’m taking today off of work. I’ve got nine stitches. I can do whatever I want. I finished re-reading Microserfs by Douglas Copeland yesterday. This book was…

Drunken blogging is ALWAYS a good idea. I had minor surgery today, removing a non-dangerous-kind tumor from my shoulder. So, anesthetics. And beer, which also helps. Want to lose a pound? There’s no faster way. I’m taking tomorrow off work to search for a car and get my shit together….

One more blizzard. One last blizzard. There have been storms since I returned, in one form or another. The snow is a fact. The storm is a fact. Un-ignorable when you need to drive/shovel/haul wood. By blizzard, I mean: Sideways snow total-white zero-detail pixelation of horizon, foreground, sky, and earth….

“Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation, can that which is indestructible be found in us.” Unknown Pema Chodron (1936 – ) western Buddhist nun (thanks Dwayne!)

Apple has introduced a new product. I think you’ll like it. The IRack.