On December 8th, the day before my birthday, Sparkle Motion asserted its dominance once again. Trina and I were at Red Mill in Phinney Ridge, waiting for delicious burgers (veggie or otherwise), when Trina remembered that she had forgotten her Nalgene in the car. I gave her my keys, and she returned a few confused [...]
I was heading home from the law firm on 4th Ave S last night, exhausted from the day and considering the Heroes episode and Trader Joe's delicacies awaiting me in Wallingford. Brooke and I had instituted a major database change in CaseHawk, a harrowing experience of second-guessing and frantic bug fixes. Have I mentioned that [...]
Yesterday, the last hour of a nine hour torture fest known as Drive Home from Ashland was through snow. SNOW! What I clearly needed, after having driven for eight hours, was to have I5 reduced to near zero visibility, nothing but a pinkish white haze of swirling precipitation and dim brake lights. The deadly white [...]
Although this may surprise some of you, I was not shocked to find that I do not lead a globally sustainable lifestyle. According to the Earth Day Footprint Quiz, I use 14 acres of land through my personal consumption, which is still much lower than the national average of 24 acres. Regardless, if everyone on [...]
I have been walking the Hallowed (Hollow?) Halls of Engineering today, singing:
Two more weeks
Two more weeks
I'm only working here for
Two more weeks
Fourteen days
Fourteen days
I'm leaving Mudd in
Fourteen days
Yeah, I'm a bit excited to move on with my life. I still lack a full-time job in Seattle and I highly doubt we will sell our house [...]
The Claremont weather gods somehow know that I am leaving for Seattle and accordingly, continue to send us rain. Having forgotten the later day forecast, I arrived at work this morning in, as Joaquin said, "a stylish shirt and matching sandals." After he and I lunched on Indian in the village amidst inconsistent but strong [...]
I was driving to work this morning---yes, I need to get my bicycle fixed---and turned onto Foothill just as "Coffee" by AWOL started on Ska: The Third Wave, Volume 2. When I have a lively tune blasting, I do not want to stop driving. After this last week away from work, I almost could not [...]
