Thanks!
Thank you to everyone who came over on Saturday night for dinner, and, more importantly, congratulations to the Eoffs!
Saying the right thing
Just received this email from a co-worker:
Saying The Right Thing
Jack wakes up with a huge hangover after attending his company’s Christmas Party. Jack is not normally a drinker, but the drinks didn’t taste like alcohol at all. He didn’t even remember how he got home from the party. As bad as he was feeling, he wondered if he did something wrong.
Jack had to force himself to open his eyes and the first thing he sees is a couple of aspirins next to a glass of water on the side table. And, next to them, a single red rose! Jack sits up and sees his clothing in front of him, all clean and pressed. He looks around the room and sees that it is in perfect order, spotlessly clean. So is the rest of the house. He takes the aspirins, cringes when he sees a huge black eye staring back at him in the bathroom mirror. Then he notices a note hanging on the corner of the mirror written in red with little hearts on it and a kiss mark from his wife in Lipstick:
Congrats, Beckers!
Congratulations to Chris Becker and his family on their brand new baby girl, Kelsey!
Countdown to Baby
On Sagara.org
It might be a little sooner or a little later, but that’s the date the doctor’s little cardboard wheel told us it would be, so we’re going to hold them to it, damnit!
HTTPanties
After spending last weekend mucking around the inner workings of an upload HttpWorkerRequest, these struck me as extremely funny:
[via Gizmodo]
10 Vista Myths Exposed
I fall into the camp of those guilty of thinking that all that’s new in Vista is the eye candy. However, Tech Republic says that ain’t so:
Myth #4: The only thing new about Vista is the eye candy
Your first impression of an operating system, like your first impression when meeting another person, is often based on appearance. And Vista’s appearance does make an impression. With Aero Glass turned on, the transparent window borders, 3 D animations, and other visual effects make it clear (no pun intended) that this is a whole new Windows.
The housing market is difficult right now
How difficult? Why don’t you ask these guys:
Mortgage Lenders Network USA Inc. filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection Monday in Delaware. In papers filed with the court Tuesday, the company is asking the court to let it reject leases and contracts as well as permission to sell machinery and office equipment[…]
The company had employed 1,780 in November, but that has shrunk to 267 people at the time of the filing.
Priorities
Kelly’s mom came over for dinner last Monday night. Kelly had Crockpotted some delicious tortilla soup, and because I was running late at work that night, I called to let them know that I would be home shortly, and that they could start eating without me.
“Oh, no! We’ll wait. My mom just got here.”
How very nice of them, I thought.
So I get home, pull into the garage, and walk into the house. Upon entering the dining room, this is what I see:
2 weeks?!? What happened to 5?
Mucus plug: gone.
Expected delivery date: 2 weeks from now.
Edit 2007-02-06 8:45 PM: Kelly went to the doctor today. Looks like we’re back to a full-termer.