Neil deGrasse Tyson on how to live life.

By , on 1 March, 2012
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Adventures in charity fund raising in the IT department.

By , on 28 February, 2012
The paw flags read: Help us help them.

Here at “The Automotive Supplier™” where I work there are several charity events put on by various departments throughout the year. The next one takes place on February 29th and is being set up and run by the IT department in my building (a whole whopping three people including myself). My pseudo-boss — in that . . . → Read More: Adventures in charity fund raising in the IT department.

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In memory of friends who have passed.

By , on 17 February, 2012
In memory of William Vesper Owen IV. 6/15/67 to 2/17/03

In memory of William Vesper Owen IV. 6/15/67 to 2/17/03

It’s been nine years since the day my best friend died. The pain has faded in that time, but isn’t gone completely. The past several years I’ve even managed to forget the anniversary. My last post like this was in 2009. I’m not sure . . . → Read More: In memory of friends who have passed.

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You don’t belong there eyebrow hair!

By , on 26 January, 2012

What is it about getting older that causes your body to do stupid things like forget where your eyebrows are supposed to grow? I had this one eyebrow hair that was growing out of the right side of my right eyelid far from where all its siblings were hanging out. Like it had gotten into . . . → Read More: You don’t belong there eyebrow hair!

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You know you’re getting older when your pragmatism overrides your sentimentality.

By , on 8 January, 2012
Part of what the neighbors had to put up with this year.

Part of what the neighbors had to put up with this year.

I did something today that I always hate doing and yet I do it every year: I took down the outside Christmas decorations.

I’m not much of a romantic, but I am very, very sentimental. Part of the reason I’m a huge . . . → Read More: You know you’re getting older when your pragmatism overrides your sentimentality.

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A few notes and random updates.

By , on 8 November, 2011
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Just thought I should write a quick entry explaining what I am and am not up to at the moment. Especially considering that there was a flood of postings from Google+ that have suddenly stopped. The reason for that is that I have turned off that plugin for the moment as it was interacting oddly . . . → Read More: A few notes and random updates.

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Meet Jasper, the newest member of the Jenkins family.

By , on 20 September, 2011
He's, quite literally, a handful. Click to embiggen.

Also, the youngest:

He's, quite literally, a handful. Click to embiggen.

I rescued him yesterday from the parking lot at work. Apparently a few of the engineers here like to walk the circuit of the lot as exercise after eating lunch (it’s a huge lot that’s mostly empty) and they spotted him in the . . . → Read More: Meet Jasper, the newest member of the Jenkins family.

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Today I am 44 years old.

By , on 25 August, 2011
My very own Google doodle! Click to embiggen!

I’ve mentioned before that as a kid I used to think there would be a point in time at which I would truly feel like an adult and that I knew what I was doing in this thing called life. That day has yet to come and today is not that day. That said, I do . . . → Read More: Today I am 44 years old.

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Here’s an entry about how I have nothing to talk about.

By , on 12 July, 2011

It’s been five days since my last update so I thought I’d do one of those lame-ass “I’m not dead” type entries where I babble on about not having anything to babble on about. In a nutshell, life has been hectic the past week and it doesn’t appear to be letting up anytime soon. A . . . → Read More: Here’s an entry about how I have nothing to talk about.

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[SEB Guest Post] The abyss looking back.

By , on 3 July, 2011

Here’s something that’s been bothering me so much that I just have to write about it. But I can’t put it on my own blog; the subject might read it there.

Sound petty? Hypocritical? Might be. I could certainly avoid hurting this person’s feelings by not writing about it at all, but I need to . . . → Read More: [SEB Guest Post] The abyss looking back.

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