And then one day you find, ten years have got behind you

Went to bed shortly after getting back from happy hour last night.  I woke up sometime after midnight feeling a bit dizzy; this despite having chugged a liter and a half of water when I got home.  Fortunately, it passed and I slept through the rest of the night undisturbed. Up this morning and we were both [...]

Happy hour!

The day started out with a doctor appointment to make sure that the developing baby is developing well.  All is good.  It was a long appointment and I didn’t get into the office until almost 1 PM. After work, a bunch of us headed to Capital City Brewery in Shirlington for happy hour.  Kelly and [...]

And he walked on down the hall

Another long workday.  My hours are going to increase for a while until we get over the hump, which will hopefully be sometime in mid-March.  In the meantime, I expect longer days.  More than likely I’ll start getting up earlier, working from home until Kelly is up and ready to go and then head into [...]

Observations on the variance of water temperatures

When the hot/cold knob in the shower is "off" it points to 6 o’clock.  To turn it on, one twists it counterclockwise. Observation:  at 6:40 AM to obtain my preferred level of hotness, I have to twist the knob to 9 o’clock. Observation:  at 7:50 PM to obtain same hotness, I have to twist the knob [...]

The President of the United States came to my softball game

I had completely forgotten about this until this morning.  We play in the Senate Softball league.  About 3 years ago, we were playing against Illinois at a park in Capital Hill.  When the second inning started, I was playing shortstop and noticed a small crowd gather around a guy who’d gotten out of a dark [...]

Time keeps on slipping, slipping, into the future

I was busy most of the day today–another cold day here in the metro DC area–and even as the day ended there was no relief in sight.  I managed to talk my way into a meeting that I thought started at 2 PM, and did start at 2 PM, only in the wrong time zone.  So I rushed home [...]

Inauguration day

The DC office was closed today so I worked from home.  Good progress in the morning, one phone meeting, and then I took some time to watch the inauguration on TV.  It’s all been said already, but let me just give a few of my own impressions: Kind of funny how our Chief Justice doesn’t know the [...]

Back to work today

I had to work today and I was back in the office despite the fact that nearly all of America gets Martin Luther King, Jr. day off.  Today was one of those focused, "programmer mode" days.  I was working on data imports and worked steadily for eight hours, finally hitting a good stopping point just before [...]

Still no word on “If By Reason of Strength…”

Tomorrow will be 50 days since sending the story to ANALOG.  Aside from it being a nice round number, it’s more than 20 days longer than any submission I have ever sent there (the longest previous submission I got back in 29 day; that was back in 2003; the most recent submission I got back in 28 [...]

Pre-inauguration

I realize that I haven’t comment much on the effect of the inauguration here in the metro D.C. area.  Part of the reason is that I am trying to stay far away from it all.  I am thrilled that Obama is going to become President, and I am anxiously awaiting the noon hour–where I can watch the event from [...]

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