Sorry about last night’s cryptic and depressing post. Â Had to process a little before I could express it at all. Quick Version: Someone “found” Arwen’s wallet and cel phone last night, and figured they were going to get rich quick by returning it. Â I’m not rich. Â If I’m feeling played, the game is over. Long…
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NaBloPoMovember: Day 13
Oh hi. Just got in the door from an afternoon at Arwen’s mom’s place, and we’re sitting here in utter silence. Â The kids are asleep, the cat is ignoring us, and the late night planes haven’t started coming in yet (their takeoffs and landings are actually pretty spectacular in the summer, when they really get…
NaBloPoMovember: Day 5
Today was also a long day, but it ended on a happy note. After many many hours of backing up data just in case the Isilon cluster decided to asplode when we upgraded the operating system, I finally shooed everyone out of the office and “pulled the trigger” on the upgrade process. Uploaded the upgrade…
Field Report: My mom in the T-dot today
Since yesterday’s field report was from someone other than me, I’m going to keep it going with one from my mom, who’s in Toronto today: I am glad I had already changed my plans to travel to Kingston, as a result of the rail strike called for Sunday and Monday, because I wouldn’t have been…
Field Report
Pvts Burton are upstairs and lights out after a successful shoveling clean of the barracks, followed by R&R in the officer’s quarters. The Sword in the Stone was played for the amusement of the troops; popcorn, fruit, and cheese served for evening rations. Unfortunately, the late arrival of the setting of the sun encourages the…
End of NaBloPoMo 2009: Hooray, I Blew It!
So, National Blog Posting Month wasn’t exactly a action-packed thrillride adventure, but it’s good to at least feel guilty about not writing every day, so I have some reason to take note of the world around me, and at least think “Hey, I should probably write about that tonight, so I have something for Nablopomo.” …
Big talk, for a guy who’s never been in a fight.
Arwen’s been pointing something out to me over the last few months (maybe longer, and it’s only sinking in now) and it’s about violence. In specific, it’s about me having violence as the go-to when it comes to why certain things just shouldn’t be done. I was talking about something I saw on the Skytrain…
My Brain Hurts
I got nothing for ya today folks, so I’ll just say a couple really quick things: My half brother in law is back in hospital – think happy thoughts. My dad’s in Mexico so I ended up doing a long distance support call Last month, I did the same thing (remote connect) for my mom,…
Bluesy Monday, That’s the One Day…
Oh man, I just sneezed, and now I instantly have a headache AND feel like I have a cold. Yaaaaay. Wow, today was a hardcore Vancouver rainy crapfest. Welcome to Winter. Last week was Fall, this week is Winter. The way Vancouver works though, next week will be Spring, after our obligatory three days of…
Oh hai.
So, today the phone rang, and it was my mom, sounding a little shaky, and she said “I’m homeless.” I had visions of the roof of the house in Chilliwack collapsing or something. We had a conversation like this once years ago when the University building she was staying in caught fire and she (while…