Letting go of my pride has been really beneficial toward improving my personality and relationships. It’s harder for me to feel offended or insulted, it’s made me less competitive, and made me happier about who I am and what I do. Let’s not get that last part twisted. I said “happier”. Not prouder. What is… Continue reading On "Proud Gamers" and "Proud Atheists"

How’s that for a clickbait headline. I’m a big fan of singles, but sometimes some songs pop up that make me go and listen to the whole album, start to finish. Here are those albums: The Avalanches – Since I Left You Bonobo – Black Sands Cornelius – Fantasma Fantastic Plastic Machine – Luxury Justice… Continue reading 8 Albums Worth Listening To All The Way Through

Here they are! Cucumber Quest Gunnerkrigg Court Dumbing of Age Dead Winter Bad Machinery Well, bye!

What a terrible, terrible night. Backup puked up even more hair ties yesterday morning. It was possible that that was the end of it, but we took him to the vet because we wanted to be sure. After a very expensive day of barium ingestion and X-rays, we were told the cat had to come… Continue reading Oh, what a night

Our cat Backup (namesake) has been puking a bit for the past few days, which worried us, because all we changed about his diet was trying some new pet food we got from a friend. We stopped giving it to him, but he kept puking, and he started to take his time eating his morning… Continue reading The most surreal thing in recent memory just happened to me.

Thought I’d give the longer story here since so many people are curious. Didn’t get hit by a car this time, but it happened on my bike. I hung a reusable bag on my handlebars and put my U-lock in it, and while riding down a hill the bag swung into my front tire and… Continue reading Broke some more bones!