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It's feeling rather autumn around here.
Suddenly I want to be out fishing (oh, wait, I feel that way all the time). The last few days the highs have been in the low-mid 70s and the nighttime lows are closer to 50. It feels like autumn is swooping in. Tonight it is chilly (~60 right now) windy, Read More...
Blue Laws
It is crazy some of the laws this country has on the books. I was talking with the father of a friend last night, and he was decrying the ridiculous brewpub laws in Alabama. I went and searched, and it is just crazy. This law was passed in 1992. The Brewpub Read More...
Home sweet home
Now that I am home, I can say that I enjoyed the trip, even though there were moments when I wasn't so sure about it all. The return trip was fairly uneventful, but I did get the pleasure of an extra customs search at Detroit Metro upon returning. Read More...
Laying Low
I have been delinquent in posting again. The post-holiday blahs are here and I am in full-on SAD mode . I love the snow, but I miss the sunshine. The last two weeks I have been stressed, cranky, and on a couple of occasions just plain depressed. I find Read More...
What's more annoying?
I am having a little argument with myself right now over something. I know, my mental state is brought into question when I say things like that -- let's just assume I am insane and be done with that part of the discussion. We've all done this Read More...
Yardwork, Ribs, and Clams
This weekend I finally replaced the steps at the back of the deck, and the steps toward the boys' sandbox. Both sets were getting to the point where I wasn't thinking they were terribly safe, and I figured I might as well do both at once. The Read More...
Sometimes being a manager is a drag...
I don't write too much about specifics about work on here, for many reasons. However, there are times when the boundary between work and my personal feelings is hard to discern -- this is one of those times. One of the developers on my team has decided Read More...