Month: December 2004

Please welcome to the planet Gabrielle Maria McQuade, the 19.5″ healthy offspring of Terina and Steve, at 8lbs 1oz. Gabrielle was born at 18:51PST, and is the closest to a New Year’s baby I’ve ever known. Congrats to Terina, Steve, Bella, and the kids. Gabrielle, we’re sorry in advance for your father, but your mom […]

I’m sure these diagrams made sense at the time, but I hafta wonder. I recognize my office and my handwriting, but man, that seems soooo long ago, and it was only 2001. I miss those days. I actually do remember what the pics are. The first was a cutover timetable from a huge mail system […]

Who knew that annoying songs in your brain actually had a name associated with them? The name is earworm, and the definition forgot a classic from Barry Manilow. Yes, I’m supposed to be working. No, it’s not going very well. Spreadsheets lose their allure after staring at them more than 30 minutes.

Do you ever look at something and wonder what the person who dreamed it up was thinking? I tend to do that a lot, and came across a hybrid ambulance/fire truck. Supposedly, having dual-purpose vehicles will save costs. What happens when you have someone who needs immediate attention at a hospital, but the fire’s not […]

I win.

Christmas Day was much better than I had anticipated. This should come as no surprise to anyone who knows me, because I always expect the worst and am surprised when it doesn’t happen. Because we did the family deal last Wednesday, there was no pressure to do anything or go anywhere. I woke up fairly […]

I was lucky enough to spend Christmas Eve with the Rudnitski’s last night. I managed to arrive a half hour late because of the 3 inches of ice covering all the sidewalks and my complete inability to read directions (Karen writes excellent directions which, if read, are simple to follow), leading me to overshoot the […]

Merry Christmas all! It was funny, I was rummaging throw a box earlier today (well, yesterday I guess) and came across this pic. In addition to being Christmas-themed (it’s the kids table at Christmas dinner with the fam), please note that I actually had hair. I was probably 12 in this pic – four years […]

This one has been going around. I don’t remember seeing it before, but it’s probably an oldie. It made me laugh, and I think my faves are “Paranoid” and “Obsessive Compulsive Disorder”. Schizophrenia: Do You Hear What I Hear? Multiple Personality Disorder: We Three Queens Disoriented Are Amnesia: I Don’t Know if I’ll be Home […]

And the men who hold high places Must be the ones who start To mold a new reality Closer to the heart Closer to the heart I just listened to this at high volume. I feel better.