Doug

Doug

Husband & father with youngins; Presbyterian; Will devops for boardgames; Dadjoke Enthusiast; Longtime WordPress user; The failure mode of “clever” is...

“I’m Wearing Boots Of Escaping!”

Heh. This one’s right up there with Summoner Geeks: Reno 911 takes down a LARPer. “I’m wearing Boots of Escaping!” has now officially become the catchphrase around the office for those wishing to extricate themselves from unending conversations. *chuckle*

Never Mess With A Dead Man’s Widow

Juan Cole, Middle Eastern Studies professor extraordinare is an ever-cheerful [Sarcasm! -ed.] voice on the US’s progress in Iraq, faithfully tallying the body counts and finding the cloud in every silver lining, at least when it comes to our mission…

Three Meetings Is… Too… Much!

Blogging has (obviously) been light today, as I had three meetings today. That, combined with it being a Chinese Tuesday meant that I actually sat in front of my computer for what seemed like a grand total of 35-45 minutes,…

Throwback Tech Giggles

If you’re a *snort* geek like me, you may very well enjoy Engadget’s retrospective “from” 1985, featuring the latest news on cellphones, Windows 1.0 and the Engadget “Tapecasts”. It starts out thusly: WELCOME TO THE ENGADGET BBS August 22, 1985…

Competition, Big 10 Style

You’ve got to hand it to the Iowa Hawkeyes – they sure know how to make a visiting team feel wanted. What better way to reaffirm the perceived masculinity of a visiting football squad than painting the visiting locker room…