Doug

Doug

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

Too Good To Check

I happened across an ostensible letter to the Smithsonian today that begins thusly: Dear Sir: Thank you for your latest submission to the Institute, labeled “211-D, layer seven, next to the clothesline post. Hominid skull.” We have given this specimen…

Bloody Weather, Part Deuce

It’s been a rough few Nor’easter-fueled days at the ol’ Stewart homestead, I tell you whut. Sometime Sunday evening, the water rose high enough in our basement to snuff the pilot light on our hot water heater. The water only…

iPhooooooooooooooonnne!

I officially retract my previous iPhone fanboi status, as Apple officially announced today that their next-generation Macintosh operating system Leopard will be delayed until October and the iPhone is solely to blame. Apparently, Apple’s best and brightest engineers had to…

Searching For Guffman

I’m at a bit of an impasse here — my Google Fu has failed me and I’m not sure where to turn. In Waiting For Guffman, Corky St. Clair [Christopher Guest] delivers the following lines: [A]nd it’s a challenge that…

I Post, Therefore I Am

One of my coworker’s wives had their baby on Sunday morning, so we’re down a teammate for the next two weeks, thus my reduced posting output. I’m hoping to get a routine down soon, but blogging will most likely suffer.…