Regular Life

When would you use these words if not for computers?

I’ve been out sick for about 48 hours. I started a post before then and should get it out tonight. Check back this evening and/or in the morning.

She looked me right in the eye, and then gave me the milk for free.

“A thought is a thing as real as a cannonball.”
Joseph Joubert
This and other aphorisms can be found in a book that has made my short list.

I had to be at the office at 5:30 this morning, so I had some time to blog after I finished up the early work. Just a few random thoughts, most funny, some holiday related.

I just got back (last night) from the Serenity DVD release party.
These fans tend to wear t-shirts and other things related to the show instead of dressing like the characters themselves. That fits with my tendencies just fine, but doesn’t make for entertaining photos. Sorry to disappoint anybody with Star Trek convention images running through [...]

A whole day without seeing him.
Miss him.
Want to lift him out of sleep.
Wake up wanting to stay at home.
Trudge into work.
Cubicle pictures distract attention.
Read him a book.
Lift him high above my head.
Smile until my face muscles hurt.
Stifle laughs when he misbehaves.
Put him in timeout.
Mix emotions with structure.
Cry at the world he faces.
Turn to putty when [...]

My next entry promises to be full of characters, if not character. Some might look at the people and think “Wow, those people are nerds,” and most of them would look back at you and say, “Yeah, so?”

Be honest. Does at least one person in your family still prefer looking at prints in a photo album, but your digital pictures just sit there on your hard drive or memory card? Does finally getting a print from your digital photos cause marital strife? Does your printer either lack the quality you want, or [...]

Shannon found some notes she had scrawled for me during a trip to Tulsa not long ago. It’s weird, the things one will do for a blog, but it’s grand having a mate willing to aid and abet.
We stopped at a convenience store to get some milk for Ben and a Coke for Shannon. The [...]