Real Life

Here’s the list as I see it now: 1) Don’t get so run down. I looked at pictures from 2009, and I could see both Jen and I wearing down from travel, work, and the set of unfinished projects with which we both burdened ourselves.…

I would be remiss to fail to note: * The immanent threat of terrorist attack on major, western hotels in both cities where I’m staying.* My amazing bartender, who has me convinced that he actually likes me.* The unbelievable food, even at the mall food…

Since I’m trapped with nothing but a massive airport and the internet to amuse me, I think I’ll post to LJ with something like a Facebook or even a Twitter frequency. This may cause you to feel like you’ve been transported back to 2006. Do…

Hit the first tiny snag, in that I was encouraged to check my luggage rather than carrying on all the way through. No biggie – but luggage in the bin over my head is much more in my control than luggage placed – where now?…

Things are going pretty well in the “moving into the house” department. We’re, well, we’re moved in and the number of boxes is decreasing by two or three per day. I’m told that there are more boxes in the basement, but I’m not too worried…

Attended a beautiful wedding for an old friend, in Newport RI this weekend. I don’t think I’ve ever been to one quite like this … while every aspect was sumptuous, it was also understated and dignified. It was great to hang out with old friends…

The world is moving in unusual ways today. The cashier at Starbucks talked to me this morning. I was reading my web comics, and while collecting my plate she asked what RSS reader I used (Google). In our brief conversation, I admitted to writing software…

Woke late, after much wine and laughter last night. Egg sandwich, packed two cars, drove to the house. Unpacked. redmed returned to the apartment to pack more boxes. I attacked the ceiling fixtures in the bathroom. The goal is a functional three-way switch for both…

We’re in the end-run on the bathroom. We’re going to have our bed moved to the house on Friday, and we currently have an entirely gutted bathroom with no other shower in the house. We have toilets and sinks downstairs, but we have no functional…

Question – inspired by , as well as by Quicken boning my internet downloads again: What software / system do you use to track your finances? Do you hate it as much as I hate Quicken 2007 for Mac? I’ve got perhaps the best overall…