Reality Me

In sticking with my plan to “pound code” I awoke at 2am. Cathy lay on the left side of the bed, Molly the puppy was curled up on the foot of the bed, Amy was in the middle asleep but squirming, and I was on the right side of the bed doing a balancing act to keep from falling off. The room had a chill last night but our bed spread would keep us all warm, well, except for me because I could only cover part of my right leg as the rest of the covers had disappeared into some blackhole in the middle of the bed. Or perhaps they shrink in the night because I learned in the morning that Cathy neither had covers. I pondered over and over moving to the computer to be able to get work done. 4 hours of programming in the middle of the night is equivalent to 12 hours of coding during the day!

When it came down to making the decision I could not risk having Amy roll off the bed and I didn’t think she would stay asleep for the transfer to her own bed so I stayed in bed until the morning came and Molly had the desire to go outside (and outside she went!).

My OCD 2 year old wrote on her hands yesterday with marker. This morning she looked at me and begged “wash it.” So we washed her hand the best we could but the marker wouldn’t come off. She stared at it a second and said “wash it again.” Her short, focused, serious comments make me want to laugh.

I’ve been a good little programmer today and pounded many keys. I need a brief break and think it is well deserved although I do not want to styme this momentum.

According to BK Delong at Brainstream if you link to Bill O’Reilly’s article in the Gazette-Times titled How did Buster get mixed up in this mess? I guess I’m soon to get my very first Cease and Desist! How exciting!

Of course, this could be a huge publicity stunt for the Gazette-Times as our links are nothing more than free advertising for them.

Student: Why do they keep beating me up?
Master: You are paying your Karmic debt. Now choose to get depressed or get motivated. I see the light at the end of the tunnel. Do you?

I know the f%^king rules. How come I can’t play the game?

Seems like the minute you start to get back on your feet in our society some bastard has to come knock you down harder.

It’s 2am. I should have been in construction…I dig such nice holes for myself.

On a positive note, it’s really nice to be programming in ColdFusion again!

Today’s Woot! won’t last. It’s a Microsoft Wireless Optical Elite Keyboard and Mouse.

It’s not your Grandpa’s wireless. Because that was a radio.

I’d grab one up if I wasn’t budgeted for other things like..uh..mmm..a child!

Unbelievable! It’s such a sad day when a keyboard has such requirements!

Hard Disk: 60 MB of available hard-disk space

I recall desperately wanting to buy a 20MB harddrive in the early 80s and commenting that “I’d never be able to fill it up!”

Has Tetris beat you down? Do you get infuriated with no having enough time to decide where to place the shape? If so, then Tetris 1D is for you! (warning: you could find yourself playing for days on end!)

It’s one of those crisp, clear nights that makes you want to bundle up a little, sit on the porch and just listen to the wonderful "silence."

I’m being productive this morning and pounding away at code; code which somehow I’ve fallen absurdly behind on and am quite disappointed in myself for doing so.

I wish I had the stamina to get up at this time every morning and work. I could knock out most of my client obligations whilst everyone sleeps then use the day primarily for family needs. Perhaps I could take a 4 hour nap in the evening and grab a nap during the day to keep my body rested.

Wahoo! Programming milestone achieved! Had a wierd moment when it became suddenly bright outside and the glare on the monitor gave me snow blindness. Truly freaky! I promised myself a break at this milestone so I’m going to do some brief yardwork then return to making miracles happen.

Wouldn’t society be funny if people ran around shouting “excrement!” instead of “s$%t!” when things didn’t go their way?

The puppy chose to poop outside this morning! She even used the spot that we’d marked for her! Please. Please! Let this be the beginning of the end of the accidents on the floor (at least for 10 weeks).

Amazon sells everything! Order your fake poop now!