Thomas Ragavan Misha Eddleston

On October 14th, 2006 my little cousin was born.

I only got pictures this weekend, so please join me in welcoming Thomas Ragavan Misha Eddleston to the world! Yes, the name is a mouthful. I’m just going to call him Tom or whatever nickname I manage to come up with in the next little [...]

Other People's Misery – Therapeutic?

A few weeks ago someone told me to check out a blog she had read. She said something along the lines of: “You should check it out! I realize it’s just a bunch of negativity and swearing, but somehow I find it therapeutic.”. She didn’t strike me as the typical “blog reader” type (whatever that [...]

Scott Adams – Truly Inspirational

I’ve had one of Scott Adams’ blog posts bookmarked in my Bloglines account for a while now. Since it applies to so many different things I’ve been wanting to discuss [ranging from beliefs to cockiness to quantum physics to society to jealousy to reality], I wasn’t sure if I wanted to open that can of [...]

The Good Old Days…

Every once in a while I come across something that HAS to be shared. I received this from my mother this morning who said this sounds like my grandmother! Below is a [apparently] real article from a magazine in 1955…how things have changed. However, if there are any old fashioned girls out there who think [...]

Five Dollars and Eight Magical Cents

“Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning.“-Robert Cringley

I’ve always found this quote funny, but sad at the same time because of how accurate it is. A couple of weeks ago, [...]

Me? In a Window Office? Already?

People I know in person have been asking me how my new job has been treating me and I’m assuming some of you (readers) must be wondering the same thing. It’s going great!! I like it a lot. I’ve mentioned this before, but I’ll say it again: the team I work with is [...]