Downloading Windows 7 beta. To be conintued...

Downloading Windows 7 beta. To be conintued...

Was up too late last night trying to defend using Wordpress for small business web design. It's not "Grandma's blog" it's streamlined CMS...

Was up too late last night trying to defend using Wordpress for small business web design. It's not "Grandma's blog" it's streamlined CMS...

Hmmm...maybe it was this guy: www.throughatruckerseyes.blogspot.com

Hmmm...maybe it was this guy: www.throughatruckerseyes.blogspot.com

At the Safeway Deli, where choice is not king…

Me: I want a two piece chicken with potato salad for one of my sides and…
Safeway Clerk: No! You can only get the sides that go with the chicken!
Me: Ok, which sides go with the chicken then?
Safeway Clerk:You can only have the JoJo potatoes
Me: Then why does it say I have a “choice” of two sides?
Safeway Clerk: (Stares Blankly)
Me: Well, those don’t look very good. Could I get just the chicken?
Safeway Clerk: You could get an 8 piece of just chicken for $6.99
Me: No thanks. Um, can I have one of the “meals to go” maybe? The pot roast looks good.
Safeway Clerk: Those are cold, though, ma’am.
Me: Um, anyway you can heat them?
Safeway Clerk #2:I think we could use the microwave…
Safeway Clerk #!: No, those are supposed to be cold.
Safeway Clerk #2: You could always have the chicken meal, it’s hot and it’s really good. It comes with the JoJo potatoes.
Me: Never mind…

At the Safeway Deli, where choice is not king…

Me: I want a two piece chicken with potato salad for one of my sides and…
Safeway Clerk: No! You can only get the sides that go with the chicken!
Me: Ok, which sides go with the chicken then?
Safeway Clerk:You can only have the JoJo potatoes
Me: Then why does it say I have a “choice” of two sides?
Safeway Clerk: (Stares Blankly)
Me: Well, those don’t look very good. Could I get just the chicken?
Safeway Clerk: You could get an 8 piece of just chicken for $6.99
Me: No thanks. Um, can I have one of the “meals to go” maybe? The pot roast looks good.
Safeway Clerk: Those are cold, though, ma’am.
Me: Um, anyway you can heat them?
Safeway Clerk #2:I think we could use the microwave…
Safeway Clerk #!: No, those are supposed to be cold.
Safeway Clerk #2: You could always have the chicken meal, it’s hot and it’s really good. It comes with the JoJo potatoes.
Me: Never mind…

Today has been one of those days when all that I touch turns to suck, in not horrible ways, but mild irritating gnat bites of let down...

Today has been one of those days when all that I touch turns to suck, in not horrible ways, but mild irritating gnat bites of let down...

At the Safeway Deli, where choice is not king...

Me: I want a two piece chicken with potato salad for one of my sides and...
Safeway Clerk: No! You can only get the sides that go with the chicken!
Me: Ok, which sides go with the chicken then?
Safeway Clerk:You can only have the JoJo potatoes
Me: Then why does it say I have a "choice" of two sides?
Safeway Clerk: (Stares Blankly)
Me: Well, those don't look very good. Could I get just the chicken?
Safeway Clerk: You could get an 8 piece of just chicken for $6.99
Me: No thanks. Um, can I have one of the "meals to go" maybe? The pot roast looks good.
Safeway Clerk: Those are cold, though, ma'am.
Me: Um, anyway you can heat them?
Safeway Clerk #2:I think we could use the microwave...
Safeway Clerk #!: No, those are supposed to be cold.
Safeway Clerk #2: You could always have the chicken meal, it's hot and it's really good. It comes with the JoJo potatoes.
Me: Never mind...

Memento Mori

Here's a link to the story about my father in theTucson Citizen. He would have written a better story, but the state of journalism being what it is...

Schroedinger's Waiting Room...

My dad passed away thursday afternoon at about 2 o'clock. it was sort of unexpectedly expected. We knew it was a looming possibility but not an immediate or inevitable certainty. It took me by surprise, but not shock. In the car ride on the way over, I didn't know yet if he had died or if he would live. I couldn't fully simultaneously contemplate the dual possibilities . So I just drove. I was fairly calm and peace when I heard the news, officially. I sat at the edge of the bed and patted my dad's foot in its black sock for a while when they let us stay with the body. It felt sort of normal that way. More like a hospital visit and less like a goodbye. I am okay. I am fine right now. I am with my family. When I am done with that I'll have time to think about how I actually feel. For right now, there is no feeling there is just doing. That is maybe as it should be. Love and peace. Corbid.