Category: Storytime

(“Mr. X” is an alias, since I don’t actually have permission from the other party to identify him. If you want to be identified, you can speak up in the comments.) [10:18] “Doc” McLaren: Orphans are a wise investment in a turbulent economy. [10:18] Mr. X: Yeah, they give you a lot of options [10:19] “Doc” McLaren: The irony is… Read more →

…and I’m a bit jealous. Steve has essentially been on the DL for all of this season. Due to the wonders of hockey contracts he still gets paid while he recovers–even though he isn’t playing, so this fact hasn’t pinched his lifestyle too much. He just played his first game of the season, and in what I can only assume… Read more →

Attn: Jackass who busted off my driver’s side mirror last night while I was shopping for DVDs. Subject: You’re a jackass OK, so you don’t know how to drive, and somehow managed to hit my car in the parking lot. Fine. I drove into a light pole once, I’m not going to mock you for that. However, you stop, and… Read more →

When I was in my early twenties, I used to celebrate Valentine’s Day by sending out my annual “Black Valentines” messages to a select group of like-minded individuals. At the time, this was more about protesting too much. You know the story–I was single, and I hated the pressure of V-Day, so I would kick against it and act like… Read more →

I have just found out that my friend Iron Doug Hern was promoted to a Vice President position at Sybase last month. Through my various spies and sources I was able to read the information from the internal release about it. Here’s a little bit: Doug joined Sybase in April 1994 and previously held the position of Sr. Director of… Read more →

I don’t talk much about my job on here, since A) most people wouldn’t get it, and B) I don’t want to get fired. However, Forrester Research just released their big report on the sector I work in, “The Forrester Wave: User Account Provisioning, Q1 2006″, and it’s pretty snazzy for us. Here’s a snippet of the press release about… Read more →

OK, here’s the short version: I stayed out the week in Boston, despite wishing I could have gone to North Bay. It was the Australians and Israelis (not to mention Californians, and a couple of ex-Southern Midwesterners) that had come to Boston to meet with me that decided things. Read more →

I have just come back into the hotel, at 7AM, after spending around 45 minutes shivering in the early morning chill. I am told that this fire alarm was prompted by an actual fire in the hotel, but there are no signs of it in the wing I am in. A fire alarm is a very confusing thing as 6:15. Read more →

I spent a long time trying to think what story I would tell to celebrate Gerry Winch. After spending half my time growing up at his house I’ve got a lot of stories. I thought about telling the story of the time Gerry taught me to always read the labels on my food, by offering me a “pickle” from a… Read more →

So, I’m in Boston now. Well, Westborough technically. I knew I was going to have to be here Mon-Th this week, and I decided to drive down this time. My theory was that while I want to minimize time away from Sarah (which would suggest that I should fly) that I would instead elect to drive home on Friday, taking… Read more →

So, we had a little mini-blizzard last night, and now we’re quite snowed in. It was only around a foot of snow, but the 120 kph+ winds (according to Environment Canada–I’m not going out there) are keeping things whited out, and are apparently giving the plows some trouble. At least this time we are snowed in with both power and… Read more →