Personal - An email exchange with my wife

Over the course of the last week or so…

Me: I want to buy a motorcycle.

Her: No.

Me: But we’ll save $X a month on gas!

Her: No.

Me: Here’s one on Craigslist.

Her: No.

Me: Here’s another one. Good price.

Her: No.

Me: Look! Here’s a really cool one! Cheap too! It’ll pay for itself in months!

Her: Have you ever driven a motorcycle?

Me: Well... no...

Her: Well....don't you think that would be the best thing to do FIRST?

Me: Well… yes… can I?

Her: No.

Personal - Santa@indiatechglobal.com

It's been a great couple of months in the my house. Every time the girl started to act up, I'd remind her that Santa was making his lists and it just takes one call from mommy or daddy to let the Big Guy know she was edging off the "nice" list. That would re-adjust her attitude.

Now he's made his rounds and there's little to hold over her head. In fact, she informed me yesterday in the midst of one of her tantrums that, "You can't just call Santa, daddy."

I corrected her and said, yes, you can indeed call Santa but the hold times make it difficult to get through since he outsourced his Naughty/Nice Processing Facility to India but I'd probably get through to him faster if I emailed him.

That gave her enough to think about that, for a while at least, she forgot what she was throwing her fit over.

Ahhh... peace on earth, indeed.

Personal - Buds

A close friend of mine recently moved to the same city I live in. It's good to have him so close again.

I called him this week and asked him to come help me pick up a new couch and he, of course, did. That's the kind of buddy everyone ought to have.

Personal - Next weekend...

Is Father's day and my lovely wife has given me permission to start a project I've wanted to do for a long time.

I'm going to build a boat!

I'll try to take pics and upload here as I go.

Personal - Wednesday data dump

What's on the droids mind this week?

Baby boy on the way... he's gonna need a name.
Must sell house.
Must find new house.
Zero day exploits sure are a P.I.T.A..
Trip to Boston for training.
Proud of my nephew.
Documentation sure would be nice.

Personal - Is there a required uniform?

Three... three of my frelling neighbors are mowing their lawns.
At the same time.

It looks like some kind of... sick lawn mowing club or something.