Rebuilding in Haiti
Back in January, my finances were not in good enough shape to donate to the Haiti earthquake relief efforts. There...
On leave!
I've been feeling a little burned out at work lately. About a year ago, as my fifth anniversary on the...
Marcy’s birthday
Today my mother would have been sixty-seven years old. I'm not sure I can really imagine her at sixty-seven. She...
No California same-sex weddings for now
Sadly, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has put a stay on Judge Walker's ruling in the Prop 8 case....
Double your indentation with regular expressions!
Say you have a code sample where each level of indentation is indented by only one space more than the...
Temporary Self-Imposed Netlessness Syndrome
This will be my last week at work before I take some time off. (I'll be taking a leave of...
A few quick Dr. Who notes (with spoilers for series 5)
Kam and I finally watched the two-part finale of this latest Dr. Who season, “The Pandorica Opens” and “The Big...
Writers With Drinks
Ended up dozing for much of yesterday afternoon, alas—which would've been fine if I'd actually been getting restful sleep, but...
Review: G-Force
Saw a preview for G-Force a while back, and it looked like it might be fun. Later, someone (perhaps Twig?)...
Re-watching Gilmore Girls
Entering stories into the SH database takes an average of, oh, 30 to 60 seconds per story, but it doesn't...
Telefund: threat or menace?
A few weeks ago, I got a bunch of calls on my land line whose caller ID identified them as...
Classic works that criticize popular books
I've been reading Don Quixote in fits and starts, and just got to the scene in chapter 6 where Quixote's...