My morning commute was snarled this morning. At the State Center/Cultural Center light rail stop, a car pulled out in front of the northbound train and got smacked. I watched it happen. I was waiting for the next train. This wasn’t a train I could take; it was heading for the Penn Station spur, whichContinue reading “On Monday Morning’s Journey”
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On Finally Doing My Taxes
Lo, the days were accomplished, and in the hills and throughout the lands there was much rejoicing and the sweet sound of song filled the gentle airs. No, not Easter. My taxes. I put off doing my taxes. “I’ll get around to it,” I kept saying. With the Ides of April deadline staring me inContinue reading “On Finally Doing My Taxes”
On Things I’ve Been Reading
Some recent comic book purchases. Irredeemable #1 BOOM! Studios Written by Mark Waid Art by Peter Krause For nearly twenty years my brother and I have jokingly called Mark Waid “Waid the Butthead.” The reason goes back to an early issue of DC Comics’ The Comet, part of their short-lived revival of Archie Comics’ superheroesContinue reading “On Things I’ve Been Reading”
On Skipping Friday
Yesterday was momentous. Not for anything important, mind you. I wrote at work. I attended a meeting. I ate pretzel sticks. I proofed some materials that crossed my desk. In short, it was a mundane, typical sort of day. No, the momentousness of yesterday came from this curious fact. I posted nothing on my blog.Continue reading “On Skipping Friday”
On Thursday Morning Quiz Thingies
In lieu of meaningful content this beautiful Thursday morning, here’s three internet quiz type things. Enjoy! You Are a Snow Leopard You have learned that you must rely on yourself, and yourself alone, to live a happy life. You are understand the world better than most people you know. You are very perceptive and intuitive.Continue reading “On Thursday Morning Quiz Thingies”
On Random Wednesday Thoughts
I love the way the air feels in spring. There’s a crispness. A tanginess. It’s like a sense of anticipation, that nature itself knows that something amazing is about to happen. I went for a walk on my lunch break today. The neighborhood around the office is, to be honest, not particularly exciting. There’s notContinue reading “On Random Wednesday Thoughts”
The long-awaited digital remasters of the Beatles’ albums has finally been scheduled. September 9, 2009. The same day, by the way, that The Beatles: Rock Band comes out. The albums — Please Please Me to Let It Be and the two Past Masters compilations — will be packaged together as a 14 disc compilation. InContinue reading
On Redecoration
It’s spring. I’m feeling the itch. The itch, that is, to vary up the look of the website. So, I created a custom stylesheet to overlay formatting styles on top of Tarski. I’ve done this before; that was how my Doctor Who look two years ago worked. Tarski was the underlying code, and then aContinue reading “On Redecoration”
On Celebrating Scottish Heritage
Today, April 6th, is celebrated as Tartan Day. This holiday commemorates America’s Scottish heritage, from the colonization of the New World to the Declaration of Independence and beyond. I first learned of Tartan Day some years ago at the North Carolina Renaissance Faire, and the idea intrigued me. If the Irish get St. Patrick’s Day,Continue reading “On Celebrating Scottish Heritage”
On Baseball Talk
Tomorrow, in honor of the start of the new baseball season, we are allowed to wear Orioles gear at the office. A footnote to the e-mail from HR on Friday noted that other teams’ gear was permissible. I found my Niners jersey. The Niners, as in Ben Sisko’s baseball team from Star Trek: Deep SpaceContinue reading “On Baseball Talk”