December 2008
38 posts
nursing my first video game blister since the 9th grade, courtesy of GHWT
tasty xmas eve meal: homemade spanakopita, greek salad, rice pilaf, hummus, lebni, pita bread, and a pint of arrogant bastard
at Mama’s for some frsh pita bread and lebni to go with our homemade spanikopita
weird: people I don’t know randomly IMing me and then claiming they didn’t. Pwned pcs?
a speed trap on xmas eve doesn’t seem very much to be in the holiday spirit; end of year quotas?
wii sighting at fry’s on aero
relishing in the glory that is Stone Cali-Belgique IPA
wondering if burly orderlies from rehab clinics wait outside BevMo to grab the people who are there before they open in the morning
driving around the county looking at xmas lights
no restriction negation in XML Schema…boo
developing an unhealthy interest in type systems
intrigued by the idea of an “uncanny valley” in desktop-like RIA apps http://ping.fm/bRBsr
the force is not with me today
Not looking forward to seeing the sun come up after last night. What did I do to upset the baby-gods?
finishing up with some chocolate cake and some casked Le Freak
having a green flash trippel and a cheese plate at the linkery
my son just independently and randomly referred to a McDonalds we passed as “the yucky store”
still waiting for gmail themes and to-do list on my domain; Google Apps, why must you always make me wait?!?
about to lose my mind over finding an optimally performant sql order-index-column reordering algorithm that _actually_ works
declaring rss feed bankruptcy after being in denial for 3-4 months
having one of those “not getting a single tangible thing done” kind of days
just got a third holiday photo greeting card with the _exact_ same template; Costco is quite popular this year
insomnia: getting hibernate to issue a single update statement to reorder/re-index a column-indexed list upon element move/insert/delete
pleasantly surprised to see a new twiggs on adams
curing my clogged sinuses with some molten-hot avocado salsa from el zarape
wondering if receptionists get tired of listening to christmas music for 2 months
no sleep + bad cold + late beer drinking + early baby wake-up = bad monday
frustrated but a bit entertained by my son’s new obsession with taping stuff to the walls
pit stop at pizza port san clemente for some rejuvination
they should start putting up big panels around accidents to reduce traffic due to people being curious
stuck in worse traffic while trying to circumvent traffic in LA
awesome, got some free crutches
does anyone have a set of crutches we could borrow for a couple months?
at the dept. of the mediocre and vindictive for my wife’s temp disabled plackard
zoning out after putting the boys to bed
frustrated by my son’s insistence on going to bed after 10 and waking up before 4, and no, I’m not talking about the baby
slowly losing my mind
glad to be back at home with the recovering wife, though sometimes its like spontaneously gaining a 3rd child to care for