more sheep sounds

2009-02-12T10:17:00.001-05:00

65 mph gusts here in B'more. My poor cat is gonna twist his head off trying to keep an eye on everything flying by his window.

2009-02-01T21:31:00.001-05:00

So... is there, like, some kind of sporting event or something going on tonight?

2009-02-01T10:22:00.001-05:00

I hope the god of plumbers will continue to have mercy on me, despite my blasphemies this morning as I unclogged a "fixed" slow drain.

2009-01-28T22:15:00.001-05:00

"What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite." - Bertrand Russell

2009-01-28T09:21:00.001-05:00

My 2 dogs are too light to punch thru the backyard ice crust. Their sliding and skating was comical until I fell. Then we were all pitiful.

2009-01-28T01:06:00.001-05:00

"A neurosis is a secret that you don't know you are keeping." -- Kenneth Tynan

2009-01-26T00:28:00.001-05:00

"'Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed' was the ninth beatitude." -- Alexander Pope

2009-01-25T16:10:00.001-05:00

"They called me mad, and I called them mad, and damn them, they outvoted me." -- Restoration poet Nathaniel Lee on his stay in Bedlam.

2009-01-24T18:09:00.001-05:00

Job- and/or gig-hunting frustrates when calls go un-returned. My own less-than-stellar call-returning habits are biting back at me. Karma.

2009-01-21T11:43:00.001-05:00

MS Sharepoint Designer is such a nightmare that successfully doing anything in it qualifies you as an expert.

2009-01-20T18:42:00.001-05:00

Am I a bad person for not considering how Republicans and Conservatives might feel today? :)

2009-01-20T09:40:00.001-05:00

The most gratifying aspect of the day is seeing much of the world looking positively on the US. That seemed impossible not long ago.

2009-01-20T08:53:00.001-05:00

I debated going to DC for the festivities, but my allergy to crowds made me think better of it and 14°F temperature sealed the deal.

2009-01-17T17:51:00.001-05:00

"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." -- George Bernard Shaw

2009-01-16T19:51:00.001-05:00

We do not remember. We rewrite memory much as history. How can one remember thirst?

2009-01-14T00:35:00.001-05:00

1. Wall-E 2. Princess Mononoke 3. The Iron Giant 4. Finding Nemo 5. Spirited Away

2009-01-12T21:26:00.001-05:00

Sometimes I worry that all the things I've done are only the things I think I've done.

2009-01-08T11:46:00.001-05:00

"An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's." - Will Rogers

2009-01-06T09:04:00.001-05:00

When Kafka said, "There is plenty of hope, an infinite amount of hope -- but not for us!" he was anticipating Senator Reid's leadership.

2008-12-29T20:45:00.001-05:00

"There are three rules to writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are." -- W. Somerset Maugham

2008-12-22T07:48:00.001-05:00

I can hypnotize a pancake. I can levitate the Pope... it's all within my scope.

2008-12-20T12:27:00.001-05:00

Ah-OOH-gah! Ah-OOH-gah! Enemy deadlines approaching! Periscope DOWN! Dive! DIVE!!

2008-12-18T20:15:00.001-05:00

A piece of advice, girls: the best way to a man's heart is six inches of metal between the ribs.

2008-12-10T19:20:00.001-05:00

"By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day." - Robert Frost

2008-12-09T10:25:00.001-05:00

If you were, where were you 28 years ago tonight, 8 December, 1980? http://ping.fm/Y4CNg

2008-12-03T14:25:00.001-05:00

"We are all stupid, just on different subjects." -- Mark Twain

2008-12-02T21:07:00.001-05:00

My wife has been watching a lot of Dexter, True Blood, and the Crime & Investigations Channel. I think I shouldn't make her angry.

2008-12-02T13:23:00.001-05:00

Frick-a frack-a firecracker, sis boom bah! Bugs Bunny, Bugs Bunny, rah rah rah!

2008-11-18T14:50:00.001-05:00

It's not really snowing -- just someone dusting off the clouds.

2008-11-16T00:17:00.001-05:00

...burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night...

2008-11-11T09:59:00.001-05:00

joining the ranks of unemployed (or independent entrepreneurs) is either not so jarring, or the reality of it hasn't caught up with me yet.

2008-11-08T20:26:00.001-05:00

Trees shed leaves to prepare for the harshness of the coming winter. Companies shed people.

2008-11-07T16:50:00.001-05:00

A beautiful day in November, temperature around 70F: a perfect moment to be swept away in a corporate layoff...

2008-11-06T12:33:00.001-05:00

Subverted by Subversion... the infamous Flash phantom file-locking strikes again!

2008-11-05T10:26:00.001-05:00

Wondering if I should take off the thinkBLUE bracelet I've been wearing for the last 4 years. Or is is still an important reminder?

2008-11-04T10:57:00.001-05:00

Have a little faith there's magic in the night/ You ain't a beauty, but hey, you're alright...

2008-11-04T10:55:00.001-05:00

Have a little faith there's magic in the night/ You ain't a beauty, but hey, you're alright...

2008-11-03T16:40:00.001-05:00

Status: states static, statistically...

2008-11-02T09:52:00.001-05:00

On the seventh day, God rested, since He hadn't yet invented bad economies and recessions. I'm not that lucky, so I'm working all day.

2008-11-01T17:11:00.001-04:00

My wife is away at a friend's, work is shaky and unsettled: I slept 16 hours straight. Recuperative rest? Or depressive hibernation?

2008-10-30T23:37:00.001-04:00

An ill wind blew through our company today, carrying off the COO to the land of "Pursuing Other Interests."

2008-10-30T08:23:00.001-04:00

Where did I get this tragic outlook that has me look at my lively 9-year old dog and see myself mourning his death and irreplaceability?

2008-10-29T11:35:00.001-04:00

I waver between foolish optimism and pragmatic cynicism, because it would be too optimistic to expect cycnicism always to be appropriate.

2008-10-28T13:05:00.001-04:00

I know that the hypnotized never lie...

2008-10-28T00:54:00.001-04:00

A stopped clock is right twice a day, but a clock that's one minute slow is never right. I need a stopped clock this minute.

2008-10-27T16:27:00.001-04:00

In the grey of the morning/ My mind becomes confused/ Between the dead and the sleeping/ And the road that I must choose.

2008-10-24T17:58:00.001-04:00

Pre-Halloween weekend: haunted houses, hot cider, and scary movies. Boo!

2008-10-24T14:01:00.001-04:00

Fear those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them.

2008-10-23T21:02:00.001-04:00

So go look all around, you can try your luck, brother/ And see what you found/ But I guarantee that it ain't your day/ Chop! chop!

2008-10-23T08:41:00.001-04:00

"Acquiescence" and "compromising" are not among my strongest skills.

2008-10-22T14:43:00.001-04:00

I can run... I can hide... I can even get vaccinated, but... every year that darn flu manages to find me.

2008-10-21T13:57:00.001-04:00

My pets do not accept the law of physics which says that more than one animal cannot occupy the same lap at the same time.

2008-10-19T22:19:00.001-04:00

Almost blue/ Flirting with this disaster became me/ It named me as the fool who only aimed to be

2008-10-18T16:47:00.001-04:00

It's almost 5pm. Time for my daily where-the-hell-did-the-day-go moment.

2008-10-17T16:42:00.001-04:00

My Enterprise 2.0 project just got smacked on the nose by some rolled-up 1.0 documents. Weekend of brooding to ensue.

2008-10-17T13:03:00.001-04:00

Wow! One of my Newsvine posts (http://ping.fm/Lspof) was honored by a link from Glenn Greenwald at Salon! (http://ping.fm/nN7Z2)

2008-10-17T11:34:00.001-04:00

I'm not sure whether it's indecision or indifference I'm feeling, nor am I certain whether it even matters.

2008-10-16T23:04:00.001-04:00

is wondering what the world will do for a source of humor once Governor Palin heads home to her view of Russia...

2008-10-16T10:58:00.001-04:00

...and then I wrote about the time I said, "Quoting one's self is the height of bad taste..."

2008-10-15T22:36:00.001-04:00

They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom/ For trying to change the system from within/ I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward them...

2008-10-15T01:35:00.001-04:00

"You live in a world of illusion/ Where everything's peaches and cream/ We all face a scarlet conclusion..."

2008-10-14T20:32:00.001-04:00

No matter my mood, watching my dogs when they are dreaming never fails to start me grinning.

2008-10-14T17:56:00.001-04:00

"I've got so much more to think about/ Deadlines and commitments/ What to leave in, what to leave out..."

2008-10-13T21:44:00.001-04:00

Dont push me cuz Im close to the edge/Im tryin not 2 lose my head/Its like a jungle sometimes/It makes me wonder/how I keep from goin under

2008-10-08T17:58:00.001-04:00

Periscope up. Prepare for surfacing.

2008-10-06T08:23:00.001-04:00

Singin' 'Sweet Home Alabama' all day long/ 'cuz the radio woke me up with that damned Kid Rock song.

2008-10-05T11:25:00.001-04:00

In the US, "the only respectable socialism is socialism for the rich," said John K Galbraith. Our Congressional comrades evidently agree.

2008-10-02T01:23:00.001-04:00

My dogs pwned the North Carolina Rest Area & Welcome Center on I-95! Go Sander & Berry!!

2008-10-01T19:22:00.001-04:00

Ah, the ever so lovely mile-marker 141 on I-95 North in South Carolina. Be sure not to miss it!

2008-10-01T12:46:00.001-04:00

My biography shall be entitled "I Was a Traveling Dog Bed."

2008-10-01T10:02:00.001-04:00

After the packing and farewell-ing, now comes the sitting... And sitting...

2008-09-29T21:42:00.001-04:00

Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then.

2008-09-28T18:39:00.001-04:00

Sometimes I think life is just a rodeo.

2008-09-27T22:39:00.001-04:00

Did you ever try to install XP on a laptop, wash two dogs, and pack for an 18-hour car ride all at the same time? Don't.

2008-09-23T13:00:00.001-04:00

A 22 mile drive: 3 dead foxen, 1 dead deer, and 1 dead queen-size mattress.

2008-09-22T16:49:00.001-04:00

My father wore one of his dozens of 3-piece suits every work day. I don't own even one suit. For how long can suit & tie businesses exist?

2008-09-21T13:28:00.001-04:00

It's like I always say: "When life hands you lemons, it's so you can rub them into your wounds."

2008-09-21T09:16:00.001-04:00

In my 47 years, I never uttered the phrase, "I want to own my own home." Of course, I own my own home.

2008-09-20T03:10:00.001-04:00

"I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue." - Albert Einstein

2008-09-19T10:28:00.001-04:00

My job today: copy from Word, paste to XML, copy from Word, paste to XML, copy from Word... My brain needs to think, not rest!

2008-09-18T07:29:00.001-04:00

Working from home most of the time makes the utter wastefulness of the morning commute even more obvious when I have to drive to the office.

2008-09-16T16:24:00.001-04:00

Are my dogs the only dogs who don't understand that the backyard is a bathroom and NOT a salad bar?

2008-09-15T05:10:00.001-04:00

I realized that, so far, my life has been off on a tangent. But, tangential to what?

2008-09-14T22:13:00.001-04:00

"Dude, the Chinaman is not the issue here. Also, Dude, 'Chinaman' is not the preferred nomenclature. 'Asian-American', please."

2008-09-14T14:11:00.001-04:00

J. Has been sans cigs for 8 days now; I had a migraine for 2 of them and neither of us filed for divorce. True love?

2008-09-14T01:06:00.001-04:00

So, after a grand total of 7 hours awake time -- 3 hours of it migraine-free -- it's time for me to go to bed. Ambien take me away.

2008-09-13T19:27:00.001-04:00

Came out of the migraine bunker, didn't see my shadow, went back in for another damn day of brain-pounding hell.

2008-09-12T14:36:00.001-04:00

Starting the long crawl out from my migraine bunker, hoping it isn't too bright out there.

2008-09-11T18:55:00.001-04:00

"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?" - Satchel Paige http://ping.fm/TQXL4

2008-09-10T09:12:00.001-04:00

If I was a solipsist, waking up to the realization that the world is still here would be the start of a horrible nightmare.

2008-09-09T17:55:00.001-04:00

You can't understand why your world is so dead? ...You're 45 and still your mother makes your bed. And that's too long...

2008-09-09T10:31:00.001-04:00

8:30am-10am work. 10am-1pm doctor. 1pm-3pm work. 3pm-5:30pm doctor. 5:30pm-9:30pm work. No time for life, sorry.

2008-09-08T09:07:00.001-04:00

Anomie. Tristesse. Weltschmerz. Sturm und Drang. Angst. Saudades. Dukkha. Dysphoria.

2008-09-07T20:17:00.001-04:00

Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens.

2008-09-07T16:47:00.001-04:00

The most exciting thing I have to look forward to is an 18-hour-each-way drive to see my folks in Florida at the end of the month. Yay.

2008-09-06T14:50:00.001-04:00

Withdrawing in disgust is not the same as apathy.

2008-09-06T01:10:00.001-04:00

"The Proposition"-Aussie Western, darkly lyrical, epic, bloody, intimate. What you'd expect of a Nick Cave script. http://ping.fm/kUbMD

2008-09-05T20:18:00.001-04:00

It's going to be a stormy, stay-inside weekend here. (Other than the "stormy" part, that could describe most weekends this summer.)

2008-09-05T13:36:00.001-04:00

Going to the library depresses me, as I always return at least one unread book. Coming home with a pile of new books is an act of optimism.

2008-09-04T14:07:00.001-04:00

Corporate people I've explained the concepts to are as eager to implement workplace Social Media as they are to implement Socialism at work.