Vermyndax’s Lair

Here is a nice, thought-provoking article about Bernie Sanders.  Bernie is a Senator - and a Socialist.

Interesting story and very, very well written.

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It’s funny to know that for the first time in my life, I’m setting foot in a state that I’ve often written stories about.

Tonight I arrived in the D.C./northern Virginia area.  My hotel is in Alexandria, VA, so I had to jump on the Metro and ride out to there.  Unfortunately, I missed my stop and had to turn around and come back up one station.

Then comes the walk.  The hotel was actually two blocks away from the Metro station, but I accidentally took a wrong turn and walked about 7 blocks in the wrong direction.  Let me tell you - making a walk in the wrong direction in 30′F weather with a brisk wind SUCKS.

Anyway, I finally made it here.  I treated myself to a nice dinner that included a filet mignon and a nice chianti (cue Hopkins).  I’m topping the night off by listening to Azam Ali and thinking of heading to bed.

There’s a lot of hubbub on the net and whatnot about muslims protesting 24 and how they are portrayed.  A good chunk of the cast is on Larry King right now, talking about that very thing.  (weird how keifer sutherland sounds like azam ali).

I’m sorry to say I’ve never sat through a single episode of 24.  (Insert lamblasting from Keith here).  I’m thinking I need to buy it and watch it someday.  I will.  I promise.

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Via digg… some beautiful pictures from Hong Kong.

I’m proud to say I’ve been there and laid my naked eyes on those very same buildings.

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Sorry I’ve been quiet the past few days.  I didn’t mean to be.  But I was.

The major project at work is jumping whole-body in tomorrow.  Tomorrow’s D-Day.  I’m not worried.  Not a bit.  That not-worrying is definitely not what kept me awake until 3am last night, especially since I wasn’t working on the migration at all.  Not a bit.  I also don’t believe in this much negativity.

Coming up this Saturday I have my first trip to D.C.  I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a hair nervous about it.  I’m not nervous about the city or anything - hell, if I can navigate Taipei, I can navigate a large American city.  No problem.  I guess I’m more nervous about making sure I’m fulfilling expectations.  I spend a lot of time wondering if I fulfill expectations.  This boils down to the even the tiniest of levels.  This weekend, for example, I finally told my wife…

“…alright, maybe it’s time to get some new clothes and dress better.”

I’m thinking it’s not all slummy t-shirts and jeans at HQ.  I’m thinking I probably need a little bit better image and first impressions are best, yadda yadda.  Don’t get me wrong - the people I work for know me very well and know how I dress/look.  It’s the other people around them that I’m worried about right now.

Bah.  I’m not worried.  Not a bit.

All you people out there that think I’m funny… bah!  Laugh it up, I know it’s all silly… especially for a 34-year-old.  I sound like a woman obsessing over a first date.

Bah.

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I meant to write a post last night and catch everyone up to the fact the our son BunBun has started school.  His first day was yesterday (Wednesday the 10th) and he did wonderfully.  He came back to mama just once, then on the second goodbye, he was just fine with it.  He made friends, played outside and had a wonderful time.

I’m very proud
Sorry I didn’t have a chance to catch you up to this fact.  We’ve been terribly busy at work as usual.

Oh… and about the iPhone, hell yeah it’s awesome.  I want one.  But I don’t want one bad enough to buy one right now.  1st generation product does not get my money!

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So tomorrow starts Macworld. I for one am extremely excited. I wish I had a shot at going this year - perhaps next year I can head out there.

I think there will be wonderful things coming out of Cupertino. Can hardly wait

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So, Aquatix pointed out (correctly) that the coffee-n-cream theme didn’t have a login button. File that one under WTF.

Part of the reason I keep changing these themes is because I keep finding little items missing. While I like Sapphire significantly, it takes out the blogroll. That sucks because I really want you to visit my friends and I find it pretty important to link to them. File that under Suck.

Besides, the coffee-n-cream theme had a background that looked like corduroy pants. Lame.

On to the spoils of the day. Taitai ran out with Nana to shop all over town today and blew some cash. Good for her - it’s good for her to get out every now and then. BunBun and I stayed home and horsed around most of the day. I even got him down for a nap, which was quite a victory if I do say so myself. I was concerned that the nap just wasn’t going to happen since mommy wasn’t there with him - but the sleep fairies came and sang him away to sleep.

Then I had to head off to the data center to do some work on a server. When I arrived, several things had gotten messed up in the paperwork, so I got to spend the first hour or so refiling it. Why an hour? Well, some idiot decided to dink with the wireless and I couldn’t pick up jack from a DHCP server. File that under Irk.

Work done, but I got home later than I wanted. Now BunBun’s already in bed. It’s okie though. Time to relax. I still did more work. I shouldn’t be though. I need to stop and relax. Get my mind off of things.

Oh yeah, and I need to answer some home email. Bigtime. Tomorrow we’re going to go do Christmas with the other set of parents who were out of town during the holiday. That has nothing to do with the fact that I need to answer email, so that should have been a new paragraph. I need to practice my writing skills. They apparently suck again. File that under Dammit.

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Sorry about the continual changing of themes, folks.  Just trying to find one that really fits.  If someone wants to dream up an original one that fits me, that’d be nice too.  I’m sure I wouldn’t refuse that.  Hint.  Hint hint.

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So for the first time in… uhh, years, I’m shacked up in four walls of my own choosing.  I chose this office purposefully because it was at the end of the hall - conspicuously away from the people who might seek me out.

Alright, I’ll cut the bullshit.  It was unoccupied when I came knocking.

I feel like I was able to focus much better today with less distractions, but that one major distraction… the telephone… is still there.  I also need to seriously consider discouraging people from sending me tons of IMs every day.  Not sure how to do that without being incredibly rude though.

But okie, so accidents happen when your space has changed, no?  After sitting somewhere for a long time, you have a spacial awareness of everything around you and can unconsciously dodge most hazards.  Welcome to the new office where everything is different.

While in the restroom today, I somehow managed to come out of a stall, turn on my left heel, and SLAM my right f’ing temple into a huge wooden shelf.  And I mean SLAM.  Words on a blog cannot convey how badly this hurt.  I saw stars.  I was dizzy.  I was immediately taken aback with such sudden violence that even at this current moment I’m aghast at how terrible it was.

Now, my right temple is swollen.  It still hurts.  I will arrive to work with a “Bruise Lee” as Taitai calls it… and people will ask.  Hope they don’t call OSHA.  Ow.

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Please go check out that song I posted about earlier.  Especially you, Jennifer.  I think you would like it.  It seems just the right amount of saucy for you

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