Category Archives: Omphaloskepsis

Omphaloskepsis is a word you won’t find in all dictionaries. It refers to the practice of meditating while contemplating one’s navel. Stolen from http://www.gynob.com/contnavel.htm

Good Samaritans?

I got off the train to find my Vue not starting. The car wasn’t turning over, it feels like a dead battery or something similar. I called Sarah and she loaded up the kids and headed to the train station to come and give me a jump. While I was waiting I [...]

Wow, I found the end of the internet

I just did a web search for the exact phrases “severe awesomeness watch” and “severe awesomeness warning.” In each case, google did not have a match for the quoted phrase.
I hearby claim those are my catch phrases!  Until I come up with something else new and lame.

What is with me this week?

For the first time in about 11 years, I’m seriously considering using another nickname on IRC.  I think we can actually blame twitter for this.

Random Observation

When you’re listening to Nine Inch Nails and your speakers get GSM interference from your phone…  It just fits in as part of the music.

365 days of Thing 2

We’ve hit a milestone. Evan hasn’t killed us (or his sister) and vice/versa for a year! Hooray. Happy Birthday to him!

Bleeding edge

Looks like both the upgrade to Wordpress 2.5 and to keeping my WP up to date by using subversion went smoothly. I should have done the svn thing a long time ago.
One thing I should note is the rsync magic I used to go from the Wordpress 2.5 hand install to Wordpress 2.5 svn [...]

I’m starting to hate the medical industry

So, a few weeks ago Evan had pneumonia. As part of the treatment for his cough they prescribed some medicine to be distributed via a nebulizer. The infant nurse wanted us to replace the tubing with every treatment. Another nurse said “i didn’t tell you this, but you can use it for [...]

Where’s Santa?

Gone are the days of radio updates of where Santa is, now we can get REAL-TIME on your fat-man tracking ass.
First, you can visit NORAD’s web site for tracking Santa that is in 5 languages and features a map that updates every few minutes. Second, they have a link to a kml file [...]

Sledding!


The more things change, the more they stay the same

The Blues Brothers cover of Green Onions came on my iPod while I was driving the other day.  I have always liked the tune and it remains one I’ll always listen to.  In the middle of the Blue Brothers cover is a monologue by Dan Aykroyd (aka Elwood) that seems relevant 30 years later if [...]