You don’t need as much sleep as you might think: http://ping.fm/ZTOMZ

New parents: the secret to peaceful parenting is - are you ready for it? - *alcohol*.

I finally figured jazz out the other day. The object is to keep the listener thinking a song is about to get started any second now, for as long as you can.

A colleague on the auto bailouts: “I’m going to put on 400lbs and start demanding handouts because I’m ‘too big to fail’”.

Today I finished my first real plumbing project. Kitchen sink has a new strainer, and 8 of 10 knuckles are bloody.

First attempt at plumbing project ends in stalemate. Busted sink strainer lock nut too tight; whole strainer turns instead of just lock nut. Need a new coping saw blade to cut through brass.

Considering marriage law from the database engineering perspective: http://qntm.org/?gay

I declare a moratorium on all usage of the term “purrr-fect” in cat-related media stories.

The only problem with working from home is that you can’t hook work on account of snow.

Day 4 of doing all my work inside a VM. Working surprisingly well.