It Happened to Me

Four years ago today…

Four years ago today, I was flying into Washington, DC to both attend and give presentations at RWDevCon, a conference…

3 years ago

What happened with the accordion on Saturday night

To celebrate our seventh anniversary, we took a a Thursday-to-Sunday road trip to St. Augustine. We had a great time,…

3 years ago

Tonight’s plans include…DARKNESS! (or: “Dark-ness! No re-funds!”)

Wait — people ask for refunds for darkness? Here’s the text of the poster, with all its oddly abitrary capitalization…

3 years ago

Happy Valentine’s Day!

This is our tenth Valentine’s day together, and we’re still loving it. Hope yours is a happy one!

3 years ago

My first encounter with “Maus” in 1987

My first encounter with Maus — the graphic novel recently banned by the school board in McMinn County in Tennessee —…

3 years ago

An effective euphemism

“Value vodka” is a great way of putting it. It communicates that you’re getting maximum drunk for the dollar without…

3 years ago

“Can I get a COVID vaccine here?” “Sir, this is a car wash. But to answer your question: Yes.”

There’s probably a demographic that needs their car details and could use a COVID vaccine booster, but I’m not so sure…

3 years ago

Tonight’s plan

I don’t know what plans you reprobates have for this evening, but these are mine (more or less).

3 years ago

Scenes from this morning’s bike ride

I like to start most days with a 10-kilometer bike ride around my neighborhood, Seminole Heights. It’s also how I…

3 years ago

New aloha shirt #4

Here’s the fourth of many vintage aloha shirts that I bought from Emily and Mike Stehle at last weekend’s Tampa…

3 years ago