Wax Eloquently

Second snow of the season! I love weather like this.

He’s not really a homeowner per se, but it sounded right and I thought I would talk him up so his friends thought he was cool.

Here’s a direct link to the video.

I’ve been saving up a ton of photos recently. “Saving” in this case meaning “taking a picture thinking it will make a great story and then not actually telling that story.” Let’s see if we can fix some of that.

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The power is still out. It’s so exciting!

It went out just before 9:55 last night.

NOTE TO SELF: The recording of 30 Rock will be cut off too early.

I awoke more than once to screams of tree branches being ripped from their homes, and cast upon the roof of my apartment. Their suffering cries were deafening! We need to end tree branch suffrage immediately.

War-torn Downtown Edmonds is such an odd sight; driving down Main I noticed that the south side of the street was fully powered, and the north side was not.

Now I am sitting in one of two open coffee shops (the other is a Starbucks, and was packed). The power outlet doesn’t work and there’s no wi-fi, but I got some breakfast and that’s good enough for now. In a little bit I will go and try the Library.

Scratch that. Washington State Ferries Wi-Fi!

How you doin’?

It sure is dark around here!

For those of you for whom this doesn’t work, try this.

NOTE: I actually wrote and recorded this last night right after the power went out. I got the video uploaded via an insecure “linksys” connection, and and just before I hit the “Publish” button (on this fantastic ecto blogging client) I saw a couple of flashes outside my window. I went to investigate, and suddenly the insecure wireless networks (as well as the two secured networks keeping it company) had disappeared!

Either they were all on UPSes with the same discharge time, or those flashes were more people losing juice!

I liked it.

For those of you for whom this doesn’t work, try this.

(Spoiler Warning: The comments discuss the ending. See the movie first, then participate!)

Tonight Jana and I donated blood again tonight. Last time (or perhaps the time before) she was awarded with a “Galloneer” pin for donating an entire gallon of blood.

Now I have done the same. Booya!

Get out there and donate blood. You never know when someone like me might need a whole bunch of blood due to a gnarly lung tear!

Hi there! Here we go again.

Let me know if you sign up — I would love to hear about where you get cards from.

(For those of your for whom this method doesn’t work, try this link)

I haven’t posted anything online for awhile. Hopefully this will be suitable as an explanation…

Got questions? Feel free to ask.

(For those of your for whom this method doesn’t work, try this link)

When Jana and I were in Ireland during September of 2005 we kept a journal of the stuff we did during the trip. The intention was that we would show this to friends and family, and ultimately put it all online.

I am now proud to present scans of the entire journal of our trip.

Clicking the picture below will take you to the photoset on Flickr. You can then read all 59 pages (some are pictures) at your leisure.

Enjoy!

So after a bonus week of working at Amazon, I am truly and finally done. The quitting is complete.

To be honest, I was a little bit sad when the exit interviewer said they would need me to turn in my badge. I think I had gotten used to the look of it, and the routine of wearing it.

Now after being without it for a day I am really starting to like the feeling. I look at my empty badge holder and remember a scene from the 2003 sleeper hit The Matrix Reloaded:

Agent Smith: I’m looking for Neo.
Guy at door: Never heard of him.
Agent Smith: I have something for him, a gift. You see, he set me free…

I’ve given up my earpiece. I am in control of my schedule now. And I like it.