http://www.addledbrain.com Not to be used as an expectorant Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:19:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Which, in turn, somehow references Winnie the Pooh (the books, not that bastardized Disney version). I have this on my mind a lot lately, as the wife and I have already begun reading to Max most nights before bed. This schedule varies, depending on time we go to sleep, what ... http://www.addledbrain.com/archives/2008/10/16/in-which-i-make-a-reference-to-a-chris-rock-movie/ For those of you who stare at the screen whenever someone mentions the financial crisis, yet hasn't the beginnings of a clue as to what it all means - this week's This American Life is absolutely for you. It's 60 minutes. Take the time. I've listened to this episode four ... http://www.addledbrain.com/archives/2008/10/06/concerned-only-scratches-the-surface/ Yes, I'm as surprised as you that our solar system still exists following yesterday's exploits at the Hadron Supercollider yesterday. However, since this was only a test of the proton stream and not an actual experiment where protons collide into each other with enough force to potentially render reality asunder, ... http://www.addledbrain.com/archives/2008/09/10/collider-i-hardlyerm/ The results for the 2008 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest have been posted. For those not in the know (and really, how could you not know? I'm ashamed to admit you read my blog. Probably not as much as you're ashamed to admit you read it, though), the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest is ... http://www.addledbrain.com/archives/2008/08/14/hey-id-probably-read-them/ There is no doubt about it - my wife has Olympic Fever. (Symptoms of Olympic Fever include watching sports until 2am and occasional screaming at the television). Apparently she's always been this way, obsessively watching riveting events like Air Pistol and weightlifting. In a previous life she was a personal ... http://www.addledbrain.com/archives/2008/08/13/never-go-full-retard/ As previously Twittered, we're having a boy. The name is decided upon: Maxwell Damon, because our child will be kick-ass, and as such, requires a name to equal his supreme awesomeness. In this, I believe we have succeeded. Little Max was ready for his sonogram close-up yesterday, shakin' it (but ... http://www.addledbrain.com/archives/2008/07/31/and-yea-he-shall-be-lord-of-the-apes/ Thought I'd keep things a bit simpler this time, so instead of creating a design from scratch, I just decided to modify something that already exists. Of course, I can't just tweak one or two little things - so right now the only things that remain are the font and ... http://www.addledbrain.com/archives/2008/07/31/progress-still-in-progress/ I figure that if I'm getting back into this blogging thing, I should probably spruce up the place. I've had the same theme for several years, dating back to when I used to update regularly. Yes, that long. So, for now you will suffer with this drabness until I get the ... http://www.addledbrain.com/archives/2008/07/23/grey-is-the-new-drab/ But since I've done away with just about every other form of stress relief in my life, I'm considering this whole "blogging" thing again. I certainly do have a lot to talk about these days - married, child on the way (yes, really), and more. Plus, I've been playing with ... http://www.addledbrain.com/archives/2008/07/17/i-am-probably-flirting-with-disaster/ So, my employer had decided that moving our corporate office members out of our extremely overcrowded main office (which is shared with our Tampa division), into a new building, was finally necessary. I guess when all four of your company's main officers are forced to share one office, one is ... http://www.addledbrain.com/archives/2007/07/11/im-not-crazy-im-just-aoh-dammit/