One last game at the old ball park

Yesterday evening (as I mentioned), Kelly and I headed up to New Jersey with Sarah and Jim. It was a pleasant drive with almost no traffic, except for a bit outside of Philadelphia. We got in pretty late, and within minutes of getting out of the car, I saw two shooting stars and one satellite. It was [...]

Good nights, long days, but I win in the end

I actually had a good night’s sleep last night. There is justice in the universe! Into work at 7:30 and didn’t leave until 6:30. It was an incredibly busy day. I don’t really even want to think about it anymore, other than to say that I kept myself entertained by finding my inner Puckishness. Kelly got fitted in [...]

Welcome to the occupation

We awoke this morning to bright, clear blue skies and sunshine. It was absolutely gorgeous out and we threw open the windows and tried to absorb it all. We lazed around for the early part of the morning, watching Charles Osgood on Sunday Morning. But after that, we were busy for the rest of the [...]

Peaceful weekend, part 3

Labor Day! I slept in later this morning than I did any other day of the weekend. I didn’t get up until 8:20 AM. Kelly had gotten up earlier, ate something, and then came back to bed for another 20 minutes. Then we finally got up. I had some toast and peanut butter for breakfast, and then did some [...]

Peaceful weekend, part 1

Kelly and I planned for these to be a peaceful weekend–our first one in over a month, since moving to the new house. And for the most part, today was very peaceful. I went to bed early last night–by accident. I got in bed to read, and before I knew it, I just couldn’t focus on the page any longer. [...]

10 places to eat before you die

I came across this list today. Of the ten places, I’ve only eaten at one of them,Cantler’s near Annapolis, Maryland. I did eat in Naples, Italy, but never tried the pizza. Why isn’t In-n-Out on the list?

Yankees/Orioles game

We were up around 8 AM and actually got to laze around for a while this morning. We watched most of Charles Osgood’s Sunday morning show on CBS, which is one Sunday morning program that I enjoy. Around 10:45, Dad and I hopped in the car and headed up to Camden Yards for the Yankees/Orioles [...]

It’s the server, stupid!

I killed four hours at work this morning trying to figure out why a report was not working on one of our SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) systems. I googled. I read blogs. I signed up for the free trial of Expert-Exchange. Finally, I pushed the report out to the test server and it worked [...]

Thursday evening

Dad got into town around 4 PM and got to Pentagon City about an hour and a half later, about the same time I picked Kelly up from work. We all sat around for a while, and then headed back to Pentagon Row for dinner at Sine (where I had a blackened tuna wrap and [...]

Monday wrap-up

I think Kelly and I are both recovering from our weekend. We both felt tired throughout the day. I took a lunchtime name that lasted nearly an hour! Headed home at 4 PM and did a bunch of critiques for the writing workshop. Kelly called around 5:20 and I headed to pick her up. We [...]

Hurricanes, Annapolis, car trouble, thai food

Roughly in that order. We were up around 8:30 AM. I didn’t sleep too well, I think because we were just sleeping on the floor. But I survived. Mom was already up and everyone else was up shortly after us. Kelly’s parents were going to stay until Monday, but decided to leave first thing this [...]

Wedding showers, parking tickets, baseball, oh my

Despite being up so late last night, Kelly and I were up before 8 AM. Everyone else was up shortly thereafter. I decided to cook breakfast for everyone. stubiebrother helped. I made two batches of pancakes, and Jason made a whole bunch of scrambled eggs (with an without cheese). People said it turned out pretty [...]

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Home and in bed. Post on Nebula Weekend, day 1 will have to wait because I am beat! #Nebs2012 6 hours ago
Ran into Stan Schmidt as I was leaving the hotel. Heading home from a fun evening at #Nebs2012 7 hours ago
Here is @Scalzi and @MykeCole in the uke. See what you are missing @scottedelman. #Nebs2012 http://t.co/9HTltEsu 8 hours ago
Just finished a fun interview with @NancyFulda for @sfsignal. 11 hours ago
Heading back to my office to park the car, and then I'll be walking over to the #Nebs2012 hotel. 13 hours ago
RT @NancyFulda: Attention VA residents: It's not too late to plan for the #nebs2012 signing session. Snag a date to impress with how man ... 15 hours ago
Heading off to get ready for the Nebula Weekend. Have some things to do first. Should arrive at the hotel around 4pm. #nebs2012 16 hours ago
@lesleysmith Some people post videos (with permission, of course). I'll see if I can find out... 16 hours ago
@lesleysmith Of course! :-) 16 hours ago
@lesleysmith It does sound fascinating and it's good a good set of panelists to go along with it. Should be fun. 17 hours ago