Back to work after a wonderful Labor Day weekend. Hope you all had a very restful and wonderful weekend as well. JoDee picked up the Civilization board game over the weekend, so now we have the living room dedicated to a small campaign. It took FOREVER to get the pieces …

Ruth would probably get upset if I didn't mention that she had a blog up now, especially since she made a point to tell me to eat her shorts. So everyone, please visit Ruth's Weblog and let her know how much you love her site. Send her lots of e-mail …

Happy Anniversary, JoDee. Eight years together and still going strong. :)

Every day I wake up, I'm getting closer and closer to just taking my technology and dumping it into the nearest lake. I'm not just talking about interconnectivity or stuff like that, I mean taking every single microprocessor device and ditching it. I'm tired of companies acting like complete idiots …

In case you hadn't heard, a lot of eastern states lost their power this weekend. Michigan was one of those fortunate states. I was at work when it happened, and I called JoDee to let her know the power was out. Imagine my surprose when I realized our power was …