Prince Ranier of Monaco is dead. Ruler of the poshest principality in the world, husband of Grace Kelly, father of two beautiful daughters. Lived to be 81.
Yale and Columbia graduate students are about to strike Well, so long as Magenta doesn’t go too, we can still have the Rocky Horror revival at midnight…
So, there I was, outside on a beautiful spring day, noting the change in the dogwoods from flowers to foliage, crusing at 95 in my GTO, Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” awash in my ears. The tranny hummed a mechanical song beneath my fingertips, comfortably loping in 6th gear.
Life is good when your new house is perfect.
Philip Preston (of “Preston Home Inspections” fame) had given his stamp of approval (“It’s one hell of a house, man”), with his wife/gf/squeeze’s agreement.
…one rather surprised competitor at the Atlanta Nat’l AutoX.
And now, a shout-out to the incomparable, Mrs. Shannon Suzanne McRoberts:
Man, people hit about 25-27 and they just GOTTA GET MARRIED!
As Promised:
So, the reality of being team lead strikes home.
Four million nits to pick, people complaining, and everyone wants a piece of my time.
>>sigh«
On the BRIGHT side…They accepted my offer on the new house at 100 Sardula. I called the home inspector, gave my 30 day notice at my apartment (I’ll be out by May 14th), and sent off my check for house appraisal.
Exciting :D
Well, it’s been about a month since I dl’ed the ROM image for the original FF1, and I just beat it tonight…
Yeeha…I’m suddenly 11 years old again :-)
Dear Lord, on this sabbath day, thank you for the great gifts You bestowed upon us this weekend. First, thank you for the wonderous Spring weather, with sun from Friday afternoon straight through this evening.
Also, thanks for Whitney and thank You for letting her say ‘Yes’.
Thanks for guiding our house search today, and keeping us safe on the roadways.
Amen.
I LOVE SuSE Linux
Got to troubleshoot a problem today on our Linux box, and despite it’s nearly 3 years of age, the thing just SCREAMS. So good to be back in the Unix/Linux world where things are files, period. Everything works like a file, and the OS isn’t going down, no matter how much you beat on it.
Definitely not the most user-friendly of systems, but for the professional who wants to get something done, a good SuSE box with tons of programming goodies and network utilities is hard to beat.
Mike (handle: Gateway), the guy whose thread got me into the GTO has another new (read: leased) car: Read All about it
1. Get the right people
2. Give them the right tools and training
3. Remove all obstacles to their work
4. Profit.
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Seems to be working so far. Of course, the downside to this is what you do if you don’t have the right people.
Well, the current owner of 107 Secretariat street didn’t like my requests to fix a couple things and give us an allowance for the roof he allowed to cook off his house. My realtor told me I was being somewhat unreasonable, and maybe I was. It was a nice little house in a good area, but it scared us.
A full repaint, a new roof, and repairs from general neglect would be our constant companions.
Diane Sawyer looks like an older version of Paris Hilton.
Pics from the last few weeks coming at ya!
We’ve come back to daylight savings time, much like a drunk returns to church, or a guilty husband returns home: We know this is where we need to be, but it’s hard to do. We now have daylight after work to play with, and that leads to MORE hyperactivity and less sleep.
Had a great time this weekend up with Whitney and Joe-man, who is celebrating his 4th birthday. He got some Transformers, which I think Whitney and I love more than he does. Go figure.
Two hot cars line the lot here, deep inside Indian country. Thor and the Pup, their catalytic converters ticking, sit in the parking lot on Breckinridge Lane, in the city that’s holding its breath.
Yes, I’m a Wildcat fan surrounded by Cardinal Red. It’s eerie.
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It’s a cold day in hell (aka Louisville), and Whitney, Joey, and I watched a good exhibition game this afternoon between the Cincinnati Reds and the Toronto Bluejays at Slugger Field. A stiff breeze blew in towards home plate from left field, and it was COLD. The Reds jumped out on bad Toronto pitching to a 3-0 lead, but Toronto came back, taking the lead in the 6th. After a full line change, the second string for both teams saw Cincy knock-in two to take the lead finally at 7-6.
For every magnificent up, there’s usually a sickening down…
Just got back from my home inspection, done by a very thorough, straightforward man named Philip Preston. He found some “issues” with the house.
First is the grade. The house is on a completely flat plot, and there’s not grade away from the house, so water will naturally tend to pool around it. Thankfully, he said the crawlspace was very dry, despite being poorly vented. (It has fewer vents than current code requires, but it’s per code for 7 years ago).
My favorite part of April Fool’s Day?
