Archive for July, 2007

Now Taking Suggestions

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

Other than the obvious suggestions (sex, walking, pedicures and foot massage), what the heck else will hurry labor along?

Other than waiting, that is. Because the OB has decided that Tuesday afternoon is drop-dead time and we’re not comfortable with that.

My Son is Already Disobedient

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

I’ve instructed my son to shape up his act and get the hell out of his mother’s womb NOW.

He continues to ignore me.

I find it aggravating.

Aimee finds it even more so.

Come hell or high water, this kid’s getting born by August 1st, though.

I Swear On My 360

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

If I ever meet the person who decided that to format a thesis you had to separate the goddamned document into 16 SECTIONS over 31 pages just to get a 2″ top margin on each chapter heading and 1″ on all the other pages, I’ll throttle them.

I’ll also throttle the person who still thinks that in this day and age we NEED to have an odd-ass, annoyingly obscure 2″ top margin-style formatting and alternating page numbers with roman numerals, and then oh NO in the appendix we have to number first pages and not others, oh YES, I’ll throttle you, Mr. or Ms. Thesis Formatter. Ohhh, yes I will.

In other news, Aims finished her thesis, in case you hadn’t guessed.

If she goes for her doctorate I’m buying a copy of Nota Bene.

Furniture Time

Monday, July 9th, 2007

The baby’s furniture got here on Saturday, we’ve been nesting ever since.

Isn’t it CUTE? There’s more in the associated set on Flickr.

In other news, work is worky and I’m just trying to get through the day again.

Godot Arrives, Auto Assault Closes Shop

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

It’s been officially announced: Auto Assault will be closing down at 12:00AM August 31, 2007.

We doff our hat to NCSoft and NetDevil for making what was surely a difficult decision to stop hemorrhaging money.

While I enjoyed Auto Assault, it is likely to be said… well… let’s put it this way:

[Obfuscated] http://www.autoassault.com/news/
[@Mr_Poppinfresh] I’m about to click this link
[@Mr_Poppinfresh] this cannot possibly be good news
[@Mr_Poppinfresh] yep
[@Mr_Poppinfresh] not good
[@Mr_Poppinfresh] HOW CAN YOU MAKE AN EXPLODING MAD MAX CAR GAME BORING?

IGN Vault just brought Auto Assault Vault back a few weeks ago, too. Sad to hear the game didn’t succeed. It had promise, and exploding cars and motorcycles.

Que sera sera, I suppose.