Thank you, sweetheart for seven wonderful years together. Here's to many, many more!

So, roughly 10 years ago (OK, more like nine) I had a kidney stone, which certainly made my new year all that more special when it happened (2001, the year I get laid off, the year I have a kidney stone, and the year we made contact) At the time …

Decided to dust off some bits of this blog and move them over to Sourceforge rather than host them all here. This mostly affects the projects pages, which have been streamlined a bit.

We now return you to my usual idling.

Earlier this month my family and I laid to rest my grandmother. She was in deteriorating health in her later years, and two Sundays ago, her long fight with emphysema ended at the hospice. Her funeral was beautiful, and I'm grateful for those who offered their condolences and paid their …

Purged my Livejournal account tonight. Honestly, there were only a few people who posted to Livejournal anymore, and I think the folks who still did have moved on to other services. So, I've set the self-destruct on my Livejournal account for the customary 30 day countdown, and when it explodes …