State of the Blogger address
3 Feb
Good morning, my fellow Internetters. Here’s a bullet-point update as to what’s been going on. Breaking the writer’s block and all…
- Health & Human Services: WM’s been sick for over 2 weeks now with some bug, and everytime I think I’m coming down with it, it backs off. I’m actually rooting to get ill so I’ll get over the getting ill process already.
- Department of Labor: I am still employed; however, all Gannettoids have to take 5 mandatory unpaid days of in the first fiscal Quarter. So I’ll be sporadically unemployed through February and March. To be completely honest, at work I am incredibly busy and incredibly lonely at the same time. I miss everyone.
- Transportation & Travel: My W2 came in yesterday, but TurboTax was down. WM did his last week and is getting a tidy refund. With his tidy refund and my hopefully middling one, we may be
stupidwhimsical and go to Walt Disney World for a four-day weekend in May to celebrate his birthday. Long-time readers should note that will mark an 18-month WDW dry spell. Dad also sent us a $200 Southwest gift card, so I’ll be making another trip to the Sunshine state in the near future to visit him in Retired Guy land. - Department of Wildlife: A mouse ran through our kitchen last Wednesday, freaking me out considerably. I twittered my reaction and the response was, “Don’t you have cats?” Yes, but they were sleeping at the time. I decided the mouse was inside because it was miserable and cold out and as long as he didn’t poop here, I’d be okay. I named him Remy. I heard him running through the walls, squeaking and I smiled, knowing he was okay. Saturday, we heard Charlie meowing from the kitchen. When we turned, we saw him slinking toward the bedroom, brown lifeless parcel in his mouth. RIP, Remy.
- Education: About 70% of my spare time is spent anymore with my nose in a PHP book or script. Every New Year I make the resolution to learn PHP & MySQL. Something clicked this time, and I can’t stop. I have scripts all over my computer with cryptic names like echoecho.php, pizza.php, pizzascraps.php, and loopdeloop.php. Most of them work, too! Although my beads are collecting dust, this can only mean good things for me. The downside is that I’m always at a computer anymore and my hermit tendencies are kicking in again. Always something…
- Department of the Exterior: On Friday, I glued fake nails on in an attempt to kick the biting habit again. So far, so good, but it’s really hard to work the iPhone!
- Environment: Yesterday it felt like spring and I was happy. Today it is snowing and I feel duped.
I have to be AT WORK in 26 minutes, so time to pull out the hot rollers and get a move on. I’m still humming “Jungle Love,” by the way. 
Oh ee oh ee oh!
Hope WM feels better soon.
Yeah the situation at my paper is not looking too hot either.
I hate the weather some days.
Well, I see your problem right there. You used Turbo Tax. You should have used the other one. You know, the one with the green square? I base this on some specific information I have. Insider information, if you get my dirft…
Plus, hi? What if you get called up before congress? Do you want to have to explain that they fubar’d you they way the fubar’d Geithner?
The mouse story reminds me a bit of an episode of “All in the Family”. Not that I am comparing you and WM to Archie and Edith. However, there was an episode where a mouse was loose in the Bunker household. Archie proceeded to name the mouse “Marvin the Mouse”.
Great stuff.
too funny! loved the state of the union =) poor remy…
five unpaid days, eh? you should take those days to go out and make better use of your php skills. you know, at ::cough:: interviews. php skills are a sad thing to waste
hugs from stratford…you’ll be fine….