because not enough websites start with the letter “Z”
Posted in life on Nov 29th, 2005
In my professional life as a software application architect I spend a lot of time looking at and understanding process. How does the client work today? How do they want to work tomorrow? What processes exist to help or hinder them? So it shouldn’t be surprising that I look for processes in my personal life. [...]
Posted in life on Nov 28th, 2005
Posted in life on Nov 27th, 2005
Posted in life on Nov 26th, 2005
In order here are the “meals” I had today.
Breakfast
Three-egg folded omelet
Lunch
Dublin Coddle (Irish potato and sausage soup)
Supper
Chips and salsa
(following a couple of hours of indecision) bowl of Frosted Flakes
The plan tomorrow is to make chili. Or maybe huddle in the corner, rocking back and forth muttering to myself.
Posted in family on Nov 24th, 2005
Today has been filled with a hollow rushing noise in the space of my heart that Michele filled. I have felt disconnected and apart from everything going on around me, almost as if it was happening to someone else. Michele and I both loved turkey and the ritual of having roasted turkey for dinner. Not [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Nov 22nd, 2005
Over the weekend I installed Mac OS X release 10.4 on my two Macintoshes. Overall the experience was a good one. Apple includes a nice “archive and install” option that makes a copy of the current OS installation just in case. Selecting this option also enables the more important, in my estimation, “preserve users and [...]
Posted in random on Nov 20th, 2005
If you live in a large city sooner or later you will see a construction dump truck, or cement mixer, rolling down the road or highway in front of you. They all have the same legend painted on the back:
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE - STAY BACK 500 FEET
The idea is, by painting this warning (usually [...]
“How are you doing?”
This is the rudest, most insensitive, least caring, worst way to engage with some one. Ever. In the history of the world. I hate this question. Hearing it directed at me induces a rage that I can barely contain. The next asshole who asks me, “how are you doing?”, I’m going to [...]
Posted in life on Nov 19th, 2005
My frustration level is at an all time high these days. The slightest wrinkles in my plans leave me seething with anger. I know that the root cause is the loss of the one place where I could talk out the surface “story for publication” crap, and then explore the real underlying motivation and emotions. [...]
