Category: Personal
Monitor Envy
September 19th, 2009, No Comments
I’ve been using dual-monitor setups for something 6 or 7 years now. I got my first set at NIEHS when I worked there. I thought it would suck since I was moving from a single 21″ CRT to dual 19″ LCDs, but I quickly got used to it and really liked the additional real estate. [...]
Lance, the telegraph receiver
March 13th, 2009, No Comments
The nerves in my left forarm are somewhat compromised. I had a bad subcutaneous infection a few years ago and ever since I’ve had a slight muscle weakness and loss of coordination. Just now, I was reading a web page with my hands resting on the home keys of my keyboard when my left hand [...]
Lance, yer an emo geek
January 29th, 2009, No Comments
Warning: CSI Spoilers, if you care
I had to swap out my DVR right after the holidays because the hard drive was dieing, then screwed up several of the series recording settings and missed Grissem’s final episode on CSI. After realizing my mistake I quickly downloaded the episode using bittorrent (yay!), but didn’t get around to [...]
Scent Memories
December 8th, 2008, No Comments
While I was in college I worked as a laborer during the summers at the same company where my father was a civil engineer. He designed buildings, managed all the on-site work, and also ran a job site most weeks himself. I spent my time as a grunt working either on a job-site or in [...]
Sleep well, my bignosed round little friend
November 3rd, 2008, No Comments
Bloom County was one of the defining features of my high school years. So much so that I received a hand-made book of Bloom County comics cut from the paper daily for several months as a Christmas present from one of my best friends my senior year. I still have it on my bookshelf. [...]
It’s gettin’ rowdy in Cackalacky
October 20th, 2008, 2 Comments
Well damn! Things are getting rowdy here in Cackalacky. A reporter was beaten at a McCain-Palin rally at Elon University on October 17th. Obama got an ugly reception at a BBQ joint in Fayetteville on the 19th and tires on at least 30 vehicles were slashed outside an Obama rally at the Crown colliseum the [...]
Diet Update: -22lb!
September 11th, 2008, 2 Comments
I wonder if today was the first time the nurses in my endocrinologist’s office had ever heard anyone say, “Yahtzee!!!” as he stepped of the scale during an office visit. Since beginning the South Beach Diet almost 4 weeks ago, I’ve lost 22 pounds and have had to pull my belt in two notches! I’m [...]
Diet Update
September 2nd, 2008, 1 Comment
I stopped at the doctor’s office for a quick weigh-in this morning: 349lb.!!!!!!!! Yahtzee!!! That’s -16lb so far. I’m so psyched! I had my eggs this morning over-medium with a slice of toast and thought I was in heaven. It was the first starchy food I’ve had in two weeks [...]
We survived Phase 1
September 1st, 2008, No Comments
Two weeks ago my SO and I embarked on Phase 1 of the South Beach Diet. This is my 3rd time down this road, but her first. So far, I’m down at least 13.5 lbs., but won’t know for sure until I can stop in and weigh myself at my doctor’s office tomorrow. [...]
