Everything posted in the eventful month of: August 2009

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” —Albert Camus

You know you’re a geek when you’re excited to give two days of the dwindling summer to something called “Data Camp”.

This palindrome fan loves the genius of Weird Al’s “Bob” video: and digs its classic ’65 inspiration:

I’m loving how accurately the Myers-Briggs is working for everyone taking it—that’s what I call valid, reliable assessment. Thanks Mr. Jung.

It’s good to have friends who know you well enough to know how to help you get yourself unstuck.

SquamLoon is geekily excited to go see well-trained dogs at the Castle in the Clouds Pet Fair, and sheepish to be unable to bring his own unruly ones. (I guess I wasn’t the geekiest one there.)

SquamLoon is whacking what he hopes are weeds. He’ll know if he’s at all discriminating by the after-work reaction of the woman who most assuredly is.

I know: “How well do you know me?” quizzes are the epitome of FaceBook navel-gazing. But at least they’re written by experts in their field. If you’re my Friend, you can take my belly button test here.

Chainsawing a trail in the back woods. Highly satisfying.