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January 9th, 2009
01:12 am - I thought it would come sooner or later
My company, which has been trying to kill my division for years, has finally outsourced the remaining 15 of us to India. Since I don't want to move to Bangalore, I'm looking for better options.
Any leads are greatly appreciated; email me if you don't want to post a comment.
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October 31st, 2008
06:11 pm - On married people it has no effect whatever
Copy this sentence into your LiveJournal if you're in a heterosexual marriage, and you don't want it "protected" by those who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow.
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September 1st, 2008
08:57 pm - The Kodaks do their best
Okay, so one or two of you expressed a desire to see photographic proof, no doubt suspecting we're still perpetuating an April Fool's joke.
( Proof? )
For those of you who think I'm just really good with my Photoshop-fu, may I remind you that I are an engineer, not a graphic designer.
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01:53 am - Ben venuti
Well, that was a little surprise. Had a garage sale on Saturday, and ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) bearly_here spent most of it sitting in a chair. As we were cleaning up, she told me to pack up quickly. Apparently, her water had broken.
Headed to the hospital for a checkup, and they tried to admit us. Since contractions hadn't started, we opted to go back home and wait, which wasn't long in coming. We headed back at about 4:00am, and had a relatively quick labor.
At 1:54pm on Sunday, August 31, 2008, Benjamin Richard Jedlinsky arrived. He was 6.5 pounds, 19.5 inches long. Just over a month shy of his due date.
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May 1st, 2008
06:57 pm - And, by the bye
Not quite at the halfway point yet, but we now have a real ultrasound of our very own.
( Oh boy! )
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April 2nd, 2008
12:14 am - And if your curiosity's satisfied...
For those who were wondering, yesterday's post is, in fact, true.
We couldn't resist, once we learned the news, to wait the extra couple days to post it on the first of April.
Thanks to all of you who wished us congratulations, and apologies to those who thought it was cruel to play it so coy.
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April 1st, 2008
08:31 am - Give the Father of the Drama his due
We're expecting a new addition to the family.
( Picture! )
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January 7th, 2008
12:40 pm - What strange occurrence can it be
There's a Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz going around. Treat it like a game! Try to get as big a mix of red and blue as possible!
( Here's my attempt )
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December 21st, 2007
10:12 am - Far more deep than common
We are now the sixth snowiest December on record, and one more storm will put us in second or third.
( Um... )
And I thought that buying two sets of snow tires this year was excessive.
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September 26th, 2007
11:32 pm - Nature All A-Quiver
We find all kinds of things in our house these days.
( Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes? )
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September 17th, 2007
02:30 pm - Very good house
Meme taken from pwaa
( House plans? )
The similarity to our current house plans is truly astounding.
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June 6th, 2007
10:22 am - A three-penny-bus young man
This is mostly for uzbradistan, who's currently in Helsinki. A real time bus map! It uses the GPS feed from the buses, and ties them into google maps.
Coool.
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June 4th, 2007
09:25 pm - When in sequel reunited
Those of you who know drdaly will probably want to know that there's (another) Five O'Clock Shadow reunion concert this Saturday. It'll be at 8:00pm in Natick, MA. Yes, Mike's flying in for the weekend, and will be there.
Details can be found at the Five O'Clock Shadow website or tickets can be ordered via The Center for Arts in Natick.
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May 30th, 2007
12:44 pm - When looked at from the proper point of view
Google maps has a cool new street level view for selected areas. No Boston-area stuff yet, but New York is well covered.
uzbradistan and kendellsquare, the construction from next door to your place looks neat!
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April 6th, 2007
07:05 pm - To mother earth to make a track
We have a new addition to the family.
( Picture! )
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March 13th, 2007
06:16 pm - The hands that shrink
Okay, this is one way to play Rachmaninoff if you only have human-sized hands.
coraline, don't watch their other stuff that involves the violin. You might get ideas...
It's too bad Igudesman & Joo only appear to perform in Europe. Kinda hard to roadtrip.
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January 19th, 2007
01:22 pm - You must be at a tremendous discount just now
I'm posting this mostly for carbon_scoring, to remind her that the store in Assembly Square has a huge Lion Brand selection, and for craftygryphon, because she claims she has self control (and I'm evil, 'cause I don't believe her).
Anyone else who buys yarn from AC Moore, pretend I mentioned you, too. :-)
Also, the annual Super Bowl Sale at my local yarn store (Ewe'll Love It in Nashua) is on, yet again. The link is down right now, but they say it'll be back up soon. The sale is Saturday Feb. 3: 30% off from 10-2, 35% off from 2-5, and Sunday Feb. 4 is 40% off from noon-4pm. Yarn and kits only.
That is all.
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January 17th, 2007
02:43 pm - Thy power is naught
No, we didn't escape the ice storm unscathed, either.
The power flickered all day Monday. About 2:30am Tuesday morning, it went off for good. That was okay, if only a little annoying that it happened at night. We have way too many UPSes, all of which beep. The woodstove handles the heat issue, no problem. Machines were shut down, and the beeping silenced. Water was extracted from the tank for use later. Back to bed.
Tuesday, we spent the day stoking the stove, moving wood, and clearing the driveway. And then I went to start the generator, so the fridge wouldn't contain spoiled food.
It's really a good idea to check out the generator before filling it with gas. For example, checking to see if the pull cord will even turn the motor. I'll try that next time, to prevent having to find a siphon to get the gas back out of a seized generator.
Still, not really a problem. We picked up a small generator on sale at the Christmas Tree Shops last summer. It hadn't even been unpacked yet. It's 1000 watts; that should be enough to run the fridge. Hmm... Can't find the fridge manual, or a label. Found a service manual glued to the back of the fridge (man, it's dusty back there). Compressor, icemaker, defroster all add up to about 800 watts. That ought to be enough.
Except that one reason the generator was so cheap is that it is a two-stroke model. This means it needs oil added to the gas. A lot of oil, compared with our other two-stroke engines. I'll have to mix a new batch. I dig around for a small gas can, find the right oil, and triumphantly announce to bearly_here that we're ready to go!
And the power comes back on.
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October 12th, 2006
05:56 pm - All at once a victim fell
I've fired another shot in Sock Wars.
( Gory details )
My own assassin was taken out, and now I'm waiting for her assassin to take me out. And rooting for the third one up the line...
In related news, many thanks to coraline for my new knitting icon!
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September 25th, 2006
01:18 pm - Upon the battle scene
Sock Wars has begun. It's a deceptively simple pattern, designed to trip up the more complacent of us.
( Finished! )
We'll see how long it takes for my assassin to send her socks to me.
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