First run post-asthma diagnosis survived. Thankfully it doesn’t look like it’ll be the life-screwing event it initially appeared. Yay! # http://twitpic.com/1yrsx - This is when I appreciate daylight savings. # Powered by Twitter Tools....

2 seconds later the sounds of a scooter crashing and Julia crying. We run. Bloody knees, bloody hands, bloody elbows. I thought she’d gone down that hill by herself before. Obviously she hadn’t. Take off her helmet, goose egg on the forehead. Still crying. We’re a mile from the car...

Who has 2 thumbs, is training for a marathon and was just diagnosed with asthma? This guy. Damn it. # Powered by Twitter Tools....

I recently tweeted about motivation as I had a random thought about it. It strikes me that motivation and, similarly, despair, are often self generating once a certain level of either is reached. The old adage “when it rains it pours” emphasizes the negative aspect of it that I’m s...

Why do so many financial news stories beg for an appended “duh”? “US senator wants Fed to name loan recipients… duh.” # Dear TCP connection, You know I love you. Please stop sending me RST packets. It’s disheartening and, honestly, a bit passive aggressive. <3 ...

Those of you who luckily missed last night’s Hurricanes @ Thrashers game missed one of the stupidest penalties ever taken in a hockey game. THE SCENARIO: Tie game with 2:50 left in the third. The Hurricanes need every point they can get, but at least one would help. If they tough it out and sq...

You might have noticed the new ad in the sidebar for Goozex (disclosure: the link is an affiliate link for me… if you join and complete a trade I get some credit). It’s a game trading site I’ve decided to use in lieu of renting from GameFly. GameFly annoyed me with their implicit p...

Poor George R. R. Martin. Oddly enough I recently started re-reading his Song of Ice and Fire series of which A Dance With Dragons is the next book due. As I told Cat while we were discussing it I think it’s likely the most amazing, concrete, taut, compelling piece of fantasy literature ever w...

Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds. Part of a strong trilogy -- or quartet depending on who you believe -- of hard sci-fi space opera. Really compelling stuff. You know what sucks? This guy has a PhD in astronomy and writes this well. Couldn't he have spread the wealth a bit instead of hogging all ...

SNL might be awful, but every once in a while they come up with a winner. More props to Justin Timberlake for the cameo....