Tag Archives: life

Yesterday afternoon, around 17:30, Thomas, my wonderful 6 year-old son, came into the Office of Death™ and the following dialog ensued: Thomas: Hey, Dad. Whatcha doin? Me: I’m about to quit for the day. Thomas: Really? Me: Yep. Hey, wanna … Continue reading →

I can barely comprehend the death toll that is now being reported from the earthquake and subsequent tsunami over the weekend. The latest numbers are around 60,000 80,000 and that’s really hard to believe. Not that I doubt the figure; … Continue reading →

I have three things to say today. One about a book, one about a film, and another about my son. First, the film. I watched Dead Man, a 1995 Johnny Depp film, last night. A few funny moments, but overall … Continue reading →

I took some time off today to go down to the Festival of Trees, which benefits Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and had a good time. My wife was on the team that created my son’s school’s tree for the festival, … Continue reading →

Well, today was “Day One” of the new company. We spent all day in a conference room, trying to nail down what our “product” is, and boy did we make progress. After one particularly good session, I opined that “We … Continue reading →

Some of you who know me have already heard the news, but yesterday was my last day at BravePoint. A friend called me recently with an absolutely killer idea for a company. So I jumped. We officially start next Monday … Continue reading →

I’m sitting at the Atlanta airport as I write this, on my way to Washington D.C. for RubyConf 2004 and I am not happy. First, I tried to check my one bag at the AirTran counter outside the terminal, but … Continue reading →

I took these photos this morning on my way to work, around 0730. The first is taken from the car, as I was about to pull into my office’s parking lot. The other is taken from behind my building in … Continue reading →

And I thought the pro-death crowd (that would be those who think abortion is just dandy) could sink no lower into the sewer of life. How wrong I was. If this is for real, and it appears to be, you … Continue reading →

This story provides yet another reason why my son will never see the inside of a public school.

I’m watching the caisson carrying President Reagan’s body to Capitol Hill. Wow. Powerful images. The ritual of it all is very moving. And I’m watching on FOX News which is just showing the pictures and not really saying much; letting … Continue reading →

Tonight while driving to Chili’s I noticed a car dealership with its flag at half-mast. I was surprised to see this because I had not heard anything that would warrant it. Of course I hadn’t listened to any news so … Continue reading →

We went to see Cirque du Soleil: Alegria in Atlanta last night. O boy, what a show. It was awesome, though I believe the La Nouba show at Disney World is awesome-er. The music of Alegria is wonderful, but the … Continue reading →

For the first time in two years, we here in the Deep South awoke to a blanket of snow on the ground. This was a fast moving storm that came through, dumping 1.5 inches of snow at our house between … Continue reading →

I am once again heartbroken! First we lost Mr. Rogers and now, less than a year later, we’ve lost Captain Kangaroo! I was a kid in the 70′s and both of these men had a big impact on my life. … Continue reading →

This morning I was using my Win2k system hosted by VirtualPC, connected up to the office

How cool is this? I’m sitting at my departure gate at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and they have high speed WiFi deployed all over the place. You plug in your wireless card, connect to the local WayPort network and, to quote … Continue reading →

I’ve run into Matsumoto-san several times so far this weekend, but each time only managed a sheepish ‘Hi,’ or something equally lame. The frustrating thing is that I’ve been practicing my Japanese for weeks in preparation for meeting him yet … Continue reading →

It’s 17:37 on Saturday and I’m sitting with some new friends at a little coffee shop called Flight Path, which is about 2 miles from the conference hotel. The reason we are here is because it has free wifi! I’m … Continue reading →

Ed. Note: I flew from Atlanta, GA to Austin, TX this morning and I would have written this in-flight, but the guy in front of me reclined his seat and since there is only 4.23 inches of space between one … Continue reading →