Damn it, this shit just pisses me off. Advantage for whom? Translation: We think you’re too stupid to know if you have a legal copy of the Windows operating system you are using and/or we suspect that you are a thief. NOTICE: THIS UPDATE FROM MICROSOFT WILL HELP YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE RUNNING A [...]

At the end of A Bug’s Life, when they’re clear-cutting stalks of grain like there’s no tomorrow, I couldn’t help but think that they’re going to extinct themselves, Easter Island style. And then, like a lunatic who has obviously watched this movie far, far too many times, I thought, “Nah. That Flick is a smart [...]

I’ve been looking around for a good text reading application for my desktop computer so that I can comfortably read books. All I wanted was an application that would open plain text files, show them to me with nice margins and easy to read type, allow me to customize the font, background, and foreground colors, [...]

I replaced my old oak desk and the second, smaller desk in my office with two, sleek, new Galant desks from IKEA. I couldn’t be happier with them. 28 square feet of beautiful space. Enough room for the whole family to share without bumping elbows. Here’s the configuration I bought: 2 Galant 63″x32″ table tops [...]

I’m a fan of Battlestar Galactica. (In case you haven’t watched it, they say it’s one of the best shows on television. But don’t let that non-endorsement stop you—it really is good. You can rent the first couple seasons.) The show has continued to stay strong through 2.5 seasons, but a recent multi-epsiode love-square story [...]

The Boy is a rocker. Or maybe his pre-school teacher is.

Me: Looks like it rained last night. Daughter: Oooh! No playing outside today. Me: Nope, not unless you want to get wet and cold. Daughter: If you get too cold you could get sick. Me: That’s true. If you get too cold all kinds of bad things could happen. Daughter: You could die? Me: If [...]

Daughter: Only boys are doing that job. Me: Well, maybe. You know, girls can do anything boys can do. Daughter: Really? Me: Oh, sure. Daughter: But girls can’t wear kentuckys. Me: Hm? What? Daughter: Girls can’t wear kentuckys. Me: Uh… What’s a kentucky? Daughter: You know, at weddings, with the bow tie. Me: Do you [...]

The Boy, just playing with his LEGOs by the window. I took a break this afternoon and walked over to the Boy’s room and we built robots together for a little while.

So I was reading feeds and I couldn’t help notice that TypePad is offline. It happens. If you need someplace to get those bloggy thoughts out of your head, try my online writing app Writer. You can write to your heart’s content in a distraction-free environment, it saves all of your work for you between [...]