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A bit shocked to clock how upset I am after a farewell party w/ a group of favorite, fun students....

Oct 1st

Luckily I have Social D for times just like this. #storyofmylifej

Oct 1st

Goddamn. Feeling like a sap for being this upset but, fuck it, it’s life I guess.

Oct 1st

4 classes on the schedule today and all 4 have been cancelled. Why am I here?

Sep 30th

Today we’re bringing you yet another theme designed by Derek Powazek: DePo Square. This theme...

Sep 30th

Customizing your theme just got easier! The Custom CSS Upgrade now provides the ability to save...

Sep 30th

Just watched 1st ep. of FlashForward. Completely hooked already. Seriously, this show’s got...

Sep 29th

Have to say that the McSweeney’s iPhone app is rapidly becoming a favorite. Good, quick...

Sep 29th

Last month, the Support team (also known as Happiness Engineers) got together to brainstorm new...

Sep 29th

I’m constantly finding sites on WordPress.com that leave me happily surprised. I ran across Wir...

Sep 29th

a valkyrie of helicopters #collectivenouns

Sep 29th

How about a Wozniak of Macs? #collectivenouns

Sep 29th

a Wozniak of Macs #collectivenouns

Sep 29th

All Sorts is a weird thing. It collects people’s suggestions for collective nouns from Twitter...

Sep 29th

Gotta say “Fluent in Stroll” LP is in max heavy rotation at the mo. & making my head...

Sep 28th

Random thought: the collective noun for helicopters really ought to be a valkyrie. #collectivenoun

Sep 28th

Random thought: the collective noun for helicopters really ought to be a valkyrie.

Sep 27th

watching Sons of Anarchy. How good is Katey Segal in that show? Phenomenal stuff.

Sep 26th

Watched Cougar Town. Not bad, just wonder how long it’s going to be before the gender reversal...

Sep 26th

All these tributes to start off the fall t.v. season. I appreciate them but man, what a toll the...

Sep 25th

One teacher in particular is doing all the kid’s work for him dictating how I should fix the...

Sep 24th

I don’t mind helping the kids write & practice their speeches. He’ll, I evev enjoy...

Sep 24th

If she would just STFU, the kid and I would be doing just fine.

Sep 24th

Start your Friday right, kids: http://bit.ly/19mO12 (language NSFW)

Sep 24th

The best thing I saw today: http://bit.ly/mahQy

Sep 22nd

Have, at long last, succeeded in convincing the wife to make potato salad with mustard. Now if I can...

Sep 21st

Wondering if I should order desert…

Sep 20th

Feel like the motto du jour should be “eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we clean!”

Sep 20th

So, I guess we can add Defying Gravity to the list of shows that got cancelled right when they were...

Sep 20th

A Shot at Love w/ Tila Tequila w/ mature grown-ups as contestants would be the most boring show on...

Sep 20th

Now watching the first ep of Sons of Anarchy. Mixed feelings so far.

Sep 17th

Knocked a few more points off my hearing listening to Dinosaur Jr.’s “Farm” album...

Sep 17th

Just watched first episode of Leverage. That’s a lot of fun.

Sep 17th

Taggart’s back! Woot! #eureka

Sep 15th

Listening to Jim Carroll’s “Catholic Boy.” Still a good spin and worth digging out...

Sep 14th

Looking forward to getting home so I can figure out what all the noise about Kanye has been about.

Sep 14th

The Beatles: Rock Band is all good, but where’s my Journey: Power Ballad Rock Band?

Sep 14th

So, the iTunes update crashed my computer, and the iPhone update bricked my phone. Good job Apple....

Sep 14th

Today’s anthem: “Where Eagles Dare” by The Misfits. “I ain’t no...

Sep 13th

My head hurts. And, in the meantime, I’ve never been so glad of having failed to press send as...

Sep 12th

One day, I’ll learn to stop drinking whiskey. Then Hell will freeze over, the Buddhas will...

Sep 12th

In the meantime, I’ll sit here and hope I neither offended nor angered anyone too much. Ah,...

Sep 12th

Signed Mom up for eMusic so I got some free downloads: Dinosaur Jr, the Octopus Project, and Crooked...

Sep 11th

The Happiness Engineers had a great time in London last week. We worked on some cool projects and...

Sep 9th

I love watching No Reservations but it does bring me down with all the things it shows that...

Sep 9th

Tried to intimidate my wife by singing Tom Waits’ “Better Off Without a Wife.” She...

Sep 9th

Last week you guys published 1.4 million new blog posts, but you only ran the spell checker about...

Sep 8th

For various reasons, Social D’s “Sometimes I Do” is reaching Biblical levels of...

Sep 7th

Other songs of import today: Wilco’s “Jesus Etc.”, Nada Surf’s “Blonde...

Sep 7th

“Sometimes I’m up, sometimes I’m down. Sometimes I just wanna blow this...

Sep 7th

Clouds from my trip to WordCamp Dallas RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and it’s a way...

Sep 7th

Aaaugh! Ran out of Trader Joe’s Peanut Butter filled Pretzels this morning. The sense of loss...

Sep 5th

Pondering why I feel this strange compulsion to begin every tweet with “Dear Twitter.”

Sep 5th

Now home. Wife is leafing through her favorite souvenir from the States: a field guide to the cactii...

Sep 4th

Meanwhile, I’m trying to explain my love for “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” b/c of...

Sep 4th

Turns out it’s a kind of pomegranate. Now we know Joes. Which is half the battle won right...

Sep 4th

Wife asked what zakuro was in Eng. My answer of giant red thing is, apparently, not quite what she...

Sep 4th

In other words, it’s not because I want to start cross-dressing. I’m not sure she...

Sep 4th

I’m back in San Francisco after a trip to London for the Happiness Engineer meetup. It’s serious...

Sep 4th

http://twitpic.com/gf7f9 - Oooooh, lookee what the mailman done broughted for me! Woot!

Sep 4th

Dreamt I was working with Noah and his sons, dropping depth charges on Jonah and his army of whales....

Sep 2nd

Finally back down to my pre-vacation weight. Now, if I could just get back to my pre-1995 weight.

Sep 2nd