The Severed Cortex

Despite the fact it was past midnight before we went to bed, we are both up early. We gather our few belongings and head for the Metropolis Theater to wait for our luggage tag color to be called. It takes almost two hours for our color and we are stuck… more »

Despite the lack of sleep, we were up early today. Nancy went to yoga while I worked on other things. When she came back, we headed to the Windjammer for breakfast. I got pretty much the same thing I've gotten every other time we've eaten breakfast he… more »

Today is going to be a total day at sea. We've got several miles (or knots) to get to Nassau and even when we get there we aren't planning on leaving the boat. It seems like yesterday when this whole odyssey started. We've agreed to meet everyone fo… more »

Happy Anniversary to us! Today Nancy and I have been married for six years and we get to spend the day in Sint Martin/Saint Maarten. Or is it Sint Maarten/Saint Martin? We wanted to spend a fair amount of time here so we got up extra early in order… more »

Nancy was up early to do yoga and I, as usual, stayed behind and wrote. I also cleaned up for our day in St. Thomas. Once Nancy got cleaned up, we went to load up on breakfast. I ate a ton of stuff today; even junk I don't normally eat like cold cere… more »

I slept fairly well last night except for the drunk lady screaming in the hall at 3:00 am. Hope she's in a lot of pain this morning. Nancy heads off to yoga class while I write. I catch-up on yesterday's adventure, clean up the room a little bit, th… more »

I slept like crap last night. Actually that's a literal statement because I have some severe gastro-intestinal distress. Anytime you wake up in the middle of the night and have to drop a deuce it's never a good sign. I'm guessing it was due to all the… more »

Today's the day we catch the ship. We start off with the most ridiculously overpriced $6.50 breakfast consisting of nothing but power carbs; bagels, toast, english muffins, etc. It's a far cry from the surprisingly good meal last nght. After breakf… more »

We are now en route to our week long Caribbean cruise courtesy of my parents. Nancy and I get up early and eat a breakfast of scrambled eggs, oatmeal, sourdough toast, coffee, and juice. I eat a lot because it's going to be a very long day with limite… more »

My all time favorite is from a Chinese restaurant in Springfield, MO back in the late 80's: No Personals Check Please more »

Fellow programmer Jerry Schooler releases some of his new work. more »

Nancy bought me several CD's for Christmas which didn't come in until mid-late January. None of them are of overly special note and are a testament as to why you should periodically update your Amazon wish list if you want music that wasn't released sev… more »

Damn. I sure do love me some power pop music. I think it's because that type of music has guitar hooks that I can figure out and play. This release has plenty of them. If I sat down for thirty minutes I could probably figure out every song, especiall… more »

Did I misspell the word guy? more »

... which is why I haven't posted in a couple of days. I spent the first part of this week in our Columbia, MD office working with a Microsoft consultant on what is referred to as Project REAL. I'm sure if you actually clicked on the link and read more… more »

Were you guys aware of the sheer numbers of death metal and gore grind bands that are out there? Thank god I can skip through that stuff, although if you are a fan of that genre you'll be happy to know the Slipknot catalog was released this week. Ove… more »

Now that anyone can record their own music, there are literally thousands of artists and hundreds of record labels. In addition, iTunes is always making old music available. It's impossible to keep up with one genre of music, let alone all genres. I'l… more »

I know I've been posting crap out here for weeks. The problem is that it's almost fantasy baseball season and for me that means spending all my spare time poring over baseball stats. If you care, I think I have my hitters sorted out, but I clearly need… more »