Preaching to the choir.

This comic is fairly spot on methinks.

More geek fun.

See Blue Harvest you must. *waves hand in silly Jedi gesture*.

Ghosts of Christmas Past.

Like many children in 1982, I spent countless hours staring at the above images in the Sears wish book and still more hours begging for them as presents, nay, offerings at my spoiled altar of pre-adolescentdom. The scary part is seeing how much these silly things cost and knowing that my great-grandmother (Gram) bought me almost ALL of them (except for the Wild West, Monster, and Castle sets in scan #1). I mean, sure, I was only eight years old, but still damn I was a spoiled little brat. I can only hope that Heather and I can instill more of a sense of moderation in our kids.

I was SUCH a rotten little shit as a kid and I'm glad my parents set me straight. Heck, it only took them 33 years. Compared with the century it took to build the Great Wall of China, that seems like progress to me. Seeing these images tonight really brought back a flood of memories and reminded me of how much I miss my Gram. She’s been gone now for almost a decade and I still miss her so much.

Wow, that was quite the self-loathing and depressing stroll down memory Lane, wasn't it?!

Nothing in particular.

Le Bear is asleep, the baby is asleep in her swing, and the wife is working on the annual Christmas tree here at the castle. All is well and I am one tired guy.

This week I:

1. Worked, a lot.
2. Pinched a nerve in my neck.
3. Bought some classic PS2 games.
4. Ate too stinking much.
5. Cleaned the castle.
6. Started to prep the house for Jer's arrival.
7. When to a union rally (I'm not in a union, I find them silly, but one supports one's family).
8. Saw myself on TV.
9. Read some old Star Wars novels by Timothy Zahn.
10. Burned stuff in the fireplace.

A busy week indeed. May the Lord bless me with another great week at work and with my family.


it's
not
the
way
i'm
meant
to
be
it's just the way the operation made me

Cue the theramin!

Happy Halloween one and all!

Got to tour my new workplace today. We open next week. I'm excited, but a few co-workers have already managed to really piss me off with their negative energy. I mean, damn, as if nursing isn't stressful enough, now I have to argue over when I work because two friends want to work together? Screw 'em says I. I can bend only so far before my penguin fu is unleashed in a mighty torrent of suck for my foes. Makes me wonder if I didn't agree too quickly to this transfer in the first place.

Time will tell. Bring on the candy.

I'm no Superman...

Gandalf W. Bush?

OK, this is much funnier than it should be. Apologies to all for the language.



If only there was a magic ring, sword, spell, hammer, or candle that could end this mess for the better.


And, yes, I know Gandalf was a good wizard, but I couldn't think of anything better.

It's 1:00am, we're in Columbus...

The Rush concert in Columbus was simply awesome. Much fun was had driving through miles of cornfield and Buckeye wilderness to reach our destination. The set list was as follows:

Set 1:
Limelight
Digital Man
Entre Nous
Mission
Freewill
The Main Monkey Business
The Larger Bowl (Bob & Doug video intro)
Secret Touch
Circumstances
Between The Wheels
Dreamline

Intermission

Set 2:
Far Cry
Workin' Them Angels
Armor And Sword
Spindrift
The Way The Wind Blows
Subdivisions
Natural Science
Witch Hunt
Malignant Narcissism
Drum Solo
Hope
Summertime Blues
The Spirit Of Radio
Tom Sawyer (South Park video intro)

Encore:
One Little Victory
A Passage to Bangkok
YYZ

After two stops at Wendy's, two detours (one due to a horrible car vs. pedestrian accident, the other a flipped semi), and a couple hundred miles on the Prius' odometer, we finally got home at 3:30am on Monday. The show featured new material more than any previous Rush show I've seen and the older stuff was great to see live. There's rumor of a KY show in April. If so, I'm there.

Hit it.