Thunderstorm!

It began as an ordinary Tuesday evening.

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My birthday.

Be it hereby declared: I have everything I could possibly want for my birthday. Snakes on a Plane hits the big screen on the day itself. I need no other gifts.

Now, go watch the previews.

In fact, also watch previews for Borat, which should be just flat out rude.

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So uncomfortably warm. It’s okay if I sit still, but I’m not really a “sit still” sort of person. So I move, I fidget, I get coffee … coffee I tell you. And so I begin to sweat. To stick to things. To leave footprints in the driveway. Yes, it’s that hot.

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Weekend

Had a good time moving technolope and capital_l into their new place. It’s awesome, far superior to the last two hovels. I have no idea how the universe will conserve the “suck” in their living arrangements, but mark my words: suck is always conserved.

redmed and I took the afternoon and walked the freedom trail . . . → Read More: Weekend

Barbecue Tonight!

Late notice: Anyone interested in Gazpacho, Chicken (or veggie burgers) on the grill, and a monstrous fresh picked salad is welcome to come over around 6 tonight. We appear to have 8 confirmations already, so I’ve settled on “infinite” amounts of food and drink.

The more the merrier.

How quickly we forget

Just got a note from one of the women with whom I went to Haiti. She was just saying ‘hi,’ and included a link to her blog. I read through it, and realized how rapidly I’ve re-assimilated into ordinary, numb, dull, ignorant life here. All the things I wrote at the time, and the ones . . . → Read More: How quickly we forget

Story of my life, man.

Now, get back to commenting on my suggestions.

Simple suggestions

My new essay is up, titled: Simple Suggestions.

Comments solicited.

Xenophobe.

New essay: Xenophobe

Sometimes compassion is harder than others.

Personal Finance

I hate Quicken. I will only use software that works on a Mac. I need personal finance software that is not Quicken (and not produced by Intuit at all).

Advise me.