“The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved.” — John Ashcroft MSNBC – Ashcroft, Evans resign from Cabinet. Whew! Well, I’m sure glad that whole “crime and terror” business is finally behind us.

My daughter just called me on the phone to tell me she loves me. Enjoy it while it lasts, right? Although, I’m beginning to get the feeling that she may just be softening me up for something. She’s been after some new toys. We’ve been inundated with Christmas catalogs. She was thumbing through one recently [...]

After seeing and enjoying The Incredibles, I toyed briefly with the idea of trying out City of Heroes. But then I saw this and, well… it’s just… forget I mentioned it.

Abandon all hope. There is no technology known that can withstand the mess-making capabilities of a small child. Save your money and buy a set of cheap dish rags and some soap.

This weekend was a challenge. There are days when she will begin to cry at the drop of a hat. I call them her weepy days. “Dad, I’d like some ca- an- candyyyyy wahhhh aaaugh!” “Dad, I can’t find my pur- ple- cray- oooonnnn waaaaahhhhh!” All. Day. Good lord. There were moments of happiness. We [...]

The children waking me up at 7am on a Saturday morning has, to say the least, lost some of its charm.

I’m completely bummed out because I came home early today but the kids aren’t here. I need to work on that whole coordination of activities thing.

I’m listening to New Slang by The Shins, unwinding at the end of the day; and I’m smiling because I’m thinking that in a few minutes I’ll go home and my kids will be there and we’ll play until bedtime.

I’ve been trying to like The Gimp. When switching software, there is almost always a difficult transition period where your productivity is reduced because you have to learn new ways of doing familiar tasks. To get over that, I tried using The Gimp exclusively for a relatively simple layout comp for a small project. Things [...]

Referrer logs can be fascinating. While reviewing mine today, I found out that this site is the #1 result for “tickle his feet” on Google followed immediately by several foot tickling fetish sites and then some more general sites about tickling. Whatever.