Entries from December 2005

December 28, 2005

Dossier #0992 : Lady D

Age: Unknown
Close Associates: The man known as “Electric J”
Danger Level: High
Hometown: Ellsworth, Maine
Group Affiliations: Soccer Mom’s Anarchist Society, Firefly Appreciation Alliance, the Secret Evil Cult with No Name, Perl User Group Number A223, Rose City Crochet Collective, ’The Livin’ Large with LiveJournal Club’.

Born in the frozen woods of Maine, Lady D grew up [...]

December 27, 2005

iPod

Mary hooked me up with an new, 60 gig video iPod for Christmas. She knows that the best way to this man’s heart is through his MP3 playlist!
Anyone have any good ideas/suggestions/hacks/etc for my new toy?

December 27, 2005

Iron Chef Mary

In our early days together, I suspected that my wife Mary might actually be Superwoman, due to her seemingly unnatural strength, determination, cool-headedness (mostly) and intelligence.Oh, I looked, but I didn’t find any red capes, or lycra shirts with an ‘S’ emblazoned in it (hey..there’s a gift idea!). I’ve never seen her fly, except once [...]

December 24, 2005

Merry Christmas!

Mary and I would like to wish all of our friends, family and anyone else reading this a wonderful holiday season! We hope this new year for you is bountiful in love, happiness, health and luck!
Some highlights from 2005:
March 11, 2005 – Ending a relationship that went back to 1996, including the last seven years [...]

December 19, 2005

A Christmas Poem

It was the week before Christmas, and while at CostPlus..Mary and I spotted something that caused us a fuss..
A can of dubious nature; Spotted Dick it read..A British import, no doubt, I thought in my head..
We chuckled and we smiled at the sight of the can,I reached for my camera phone and I did deadpan;
Spotted [...]

December 9, 2005

Sicky Sicky

Sick Boy Joe here..home from a day of work due to the ‘creeping crud’.
With a little Run DMC providing some background sound, I thought today would be a good day to do some updates.
Civilized?Imagine this: It’s a hot summer day, and you are thirsty, I’m talkin’ absolutely parched. The most refreshing and tasty thing in [...]

December 3, 2005

Dossier #3221: David X.X

Record Added: 12/03/2005Photo circa: 1992
Name: David X.XAge: Unknown; assumed early 30sLocation: Eastern SeaboardHometown: SeaTac, Washington
Danger Level: Medium
Known background: After growing up in the Seattle area, David X.X moved to South Africa where he spent several years quizzing pygmy fishermen on Seattle trivia and sports facts. Then, intelligence suggests he spent some time in Burma as [...]

December 3, 2005

Behind the Scenes: At Work

October 10 is when I started my new job. It is now December and I thought I’d post a few pictures of my new office:
Here I am sitting at my desk. Terry’s (my mentor, and another Tech Writer) cube can be seen off to the right.
My Day goes like this:
1. Show up around 8:30-9AM2. Team [...]

December 3, 2005

Egg Blog

Being the holiday season, I thought I’d pour you all a tall frothy, thick, steaming, heavily bourbon-ed cup of egg blog… Enjoy!
For better or for worse, the Golden Age of Blogs has arrived. More and more people are turning to blogs for information or entertainment. In my opinion, blogs can be wonderful conduits for news [...]