Paranoia Saves The Day

Nothing quite so brick-shitting as the drive with a clone of your main hard drive up and dying just as you need to reimport its contents onto your main hard drive after doing a clean install of a new operating system. Thank Jeebus I’m paranoid and made a second backup on a different disk before ...

Good Game 2

I kept drunkenly telling everyone in the bar in Connecticut that I was ecstatic Northwestern was even in a bowl, let alone leading going into the 4th quarter. But I’m not going to lie: I went apeshit when Mizzou missed that field goal, and I was so dissapointed that despite all our effort, we still ...

Patient Updates

Patient: My aunt Status: Released from hospital Notes: Significant improvement from when I first arrived in CT. Gnarly scar on her neck from carotid surgery that’s going to be lots of fun to explain to my grandmother, but otherwise on the road to recovery. Has 23 pound cat now providing round the clock snuggle therapy ...

*Kisses Ground* 1

I made it to Connecticut! My computer broke and my landing in CT was one of the more nerve-racking I’ve experienced due to crazy winds, but I’m here! The way my week’s been going, I consider it a win that the plane didn’t slide off the runway. Will update more once I a) get my ...

Thumbblogging

This is a test to see if my signature from my Mobile Posting Unit shows up as part of the post or if WordPress automatically strips it. Let’s find out! The preceding message was (mis)typed on a Crackberry. Update: Hm, that’ll make things a bit obvious, won’t it? Updated Update: Aha! This is why I ...