Archive for April, 2008

One year

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Today happens to be my one-year anniversary of working at The Internet. I was hoping for maybe balloons to fall from the ceiling or a banner that says “Your past as a biologist has slipped one year further away!” But instead I’ve already had troubleshoot a broken VPN for the one customer who [...]

How about more poetry? OK!

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

First, check out our very splendiferous azalea. This picture doesn’t do the colors justice:

If flowers are all about plant sex, then this is the most promiscuous plant in the yard.
Hi. What have you been up to lately? I have been doing the following: (1) working, (2) raking the 6 inch deep layer [...]

The well has run dry

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

So I mentioned a couple of posts back that I’ve got a major case of blogger’s block. I feel uninspired to write, and when I do post on here it feels mostly like an obligation. That’s a bad sign. I want to want to write instead of it feeling like a chore. [...]

I rap about witches and trolls.

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Oh man, I can’t believe I haven’t written about this. Go to YouTube right now and search “Flight of the Conchords.” Flight of the Conchords is the best thing to come out of New Zealand since I don’t know what. Josh, Tracey, and I spent about 2 hours one night watching all [...]

NO, I do not want to play Rock Band. Sheesh.

Friday, April 11th, 2008

So yesterday through Sunday, I’m attending a Cisco network training class (specifically “Securing Networks with PIX and ASA,” sounds fascinating, doesn’t it?). Mostly I’m excited that it gets me away from the office for 2 days. It was supposed to start Wednesday, so I showed up at the training center only to have [...]

I have stooped to this

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

So I’ve been having a major case of blogger’s block lately. Can’t find much to write about. Josh has covered the whole house stuff pretty well, and other than that there’s not much going on. So today: limericks. I asked Josh for the first topic he could think of (not knowing [...]

Two conversations

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

A conversation overheard yesterday at The Internet regarding “push presents:”
Sales Rep #1: My wife’s friend got one of those “push presents” when she had a baby.
Sales Rep #2: Yeah, my wife wanted one of those when we had our kid. Getting to have my baby should be gift enough.
A conversation between Josh and myself [...]