Yesterday during a convergence of April birthdays and near-birthdays, I attended a large party. The Large Party was held in honor of Lexie (who has turned a bewitching 30) and somewhat less so, myself who will turn a similar age in a few days. Attendees were numerous and varied, and…

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…

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!)

Short story, actually. This morning we woke up to a loud noise and burning smell. A mouse had climbed into our furnace motor blower, got cozy, and met his doom when the heat kicked on. We had to call in the furnace guy to pry him out. I’m not sure…

Off to Vancouver, BC for the week. I’m stalking the sea otters at the Vancouver aquarium. I get in tonight. If any CUPE 391 members want a beer, I’m buying. Organized librarians rock.

We had a breakthrough this week in human-cat relations. Plover, our newest cat, was adopted from the pound, and came with a bit of post-traumatic-stress disorder. He had a rough time in cat jail, and has been on edge for the last six months. Then we got him a shoelace….