Tag Archives: Personal Blather

I wonder if you could do a bran flake cereal with dates instead of raisins? Call it “Post Dates” or something…

That’s sort of a subtle hint that I’ve gone through my photos from the Origins trip and filled in some of the blanks from last week.

Anyway. We’re almost entirely set to go. Just a few more things left to pack, and then we can catch 40 winks before Mister Paul shows up to chauffeur us to the airport. The dishes are done, the lawn is mowed, I’ve got the camera card cleaned off and ready to shoot, and I’ve done as much pre-checking in as the various travel websites will allow.

I did absolutely nothing, and it was everything I thought it could be.

Well, that’s not entirely accurate. I did do some cooking, and I hung out with my sister this evening. And earlier, while my Wife was at her Dojo, I headed out to a hobby store to take a look at some of the stuff they had there.

Yes, I know it sounds incredibly geeky to be going to a hobby store after spending three and a half days wandering around a gaming convention, but there were some ideas that I had that I needed more information about…
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The show is over, the first part of the big vacation is done, and we’ve got two days to recover and repack for the cruise!

First off, big thanks and major props to my sister for taking care of the cats and bringing in the mail whilst we were away. And by props, of course, I don’t mean the stage or movie kind, I mean that hip phrase for thanks that all the cool kids are using these days.

I think the young people enjoy it when I “get down” verbally, don’t you?
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I’ve so got to get one of the new Airport Express adapters when they come out. Right now I’m hauling my full sized hub with me to various hotels and it’s a pain. To haul around. Using it is a breeze. It’d just be a bit easier if the hub were small enough to slip into the computer bag instead of taking up a valuable corner of the rest of the luggage.

Right now I’m in the hotel room for the Con and there are three of us with various laptops all working on different web things at once. Badmovie is online with Kingdom of Loathing, my Wife is reading Plain Jane, and I’m here writing something for you.
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The car’s all packed, the show is on disc and as of 5pm I’ll be on vacation! I’ll probably be posting here more frequently than before. After all, it’d be tough to post LESS often… Plus I’ll be away from the distractions and difficulties of work. I was just thinking about it, and this will be the longest non-holiday related vacation that I’ve been on in fourteen years.

I’m a bit hazy on the numbers for that claim. It’s not exactly fuzzy math, more along the lines of poor memory. I can’t recall if I had a summer job my freshman year of college, or if that started sophomore year. I know I took summer classes every subsequent year, so those don’t count.
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This is probably old news to many guys out there, but for those of us who are new to the whole marriage thing, here’s a handy tip: When you are shopping with your wife, keep your mouth shut.

I’m sure the same thing applies to girlfriends, mistresses, whatever. I’m just speaking from my own experience. Push the cart around, hold the bags, nod occasionally and make non-committal grunting noises so that she knows you’re still there. Just don’t say anything. There’s nothing about shopping that you can’t make worse by speaking.
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Did you ever have one of those moments when you’ve got a plan so clearly pictured in your mind that you don’t know if you’ve done it or not? I’m worrying today that I may have had one of those moments last night. I’d had a nice clear plan in my mind when I got home from work: i.e. get the air conditioner out of the basement and into the window, grill dinner outside (so as not to heat up the house), work out, and then call my mom and wish her a happy birthday.
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“In case of serious injury, consult a medical professional.”

That’s what it says on the side of the band-aid box. I noticed it this morning when I was getting ready for work. There it was, sitting in the medicine cabinet, staring at me. A blue band with white letters.
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Odd thing that occurred to me over the weekend.

Q: How can you tell how old a telephone solicitor is?
A: Count the rings.