I’ve had my dealings with some crazy people, but I don’t think anybody as nuts as the lady this guy had to deal with.
Finally Feeling Good
As you all probably know, I’ve been under the weather. Last week really sucked, but after pretty much sleeping most of Thursday and Friday, I can finally say I am mostly functional again and don’t feel like I’m going to cough up a lung.
Our band concert yesterday went quite well, and we have one more tonight for those of you who missed the great show yesterday. Tonight, Summit High School, 7:30, free admission. Hope to see you there!
Now I just need to get through my e-mail that I haven’t looked at for four days and get details ironed out for the NCAA Pick ’em that I’m getting together so expect something on that over the next couple days.
Still Sick
If you’re wondering what happened to me, I’m still under the weather. I didn’t even bother going to the office today as I could barely get out of bed. I’ve been exposed to so many people the last few days who have been sick at one point over the last week or so that I think I’m just getting a bit of everything everybody had.
Thankfully, everybody else in the house is feeling better — just wish I could say the same for myself.
I’m going to see if I can get some work done from home today, but mostly I’ll just be trying to sleep it off so that I can actually be functional for my concerts this weekend (which you all are invited to).
Update on 2/29: After sleeping most of the day (and night) away yesterday, waking to eat and go run a few small errands, today is the first day in about seven where I can say that I’m feeling quite a bit better. Thank. Frickin’. Goodness. I’m sick of being sick. I’m still a bit weak and tired, but it is nice to not be coughing up a lung and to actually be able to see straight. Everybody else in the house is starting to feel better, and the last couple days have been warm enough to actually be able to air out the house a bit, too, which is always nice.
Sick
The kids have been sick off and on all week, as have members of my family, and it looks like it’s finally starting to get me. After not having slept most of the last few days (getting up and giving the kids medicine and listening to my wife cough and hack all night haven’t helped), I’m going home from the office early today to crash.
Regular(ish) blogging when I’m functional again (probably after my cough medicine kicks in).
Update on 2/26: Head still hurts, still plugged up with snot and coughing — as is everybody else in the house. I’ve been going to work, but taking early days. I’m just hoping I’ll be better before my band concerts this weekend as playing in a band when you have a head cold is no fun at all (thankfully I’m a percussionist and not a wind player as it could be a lot worse).
Bend Blogger Meetup Followup
Amazingly enough, the local blogger meetup was a huge success. I honestly didn’t know what to expect, and when I got there (late, like I said), I was floored by the sheer amount of people there. I was expecting a few, not the 30 or so that were there.
It just shows how much the blogging community in this area has really grown, and how being a blogger isn’t as crazy as it once was. “Blog” was a word that I could never use as people wouldn’t understand what the heck I was saying. Not any more.
Shannon’s posted a quick follow-up as well as a group picture on flickr (along with some other shots including a flattering shot of me and the not chubby mommy). I’ve added notes on the people I recognized that I know wouldn’t mind. That, and on my high-res, low size screen, it’s hard to recognize some of the faces. Anybody else, feel free to tag your name on that image.
Like Jen, I was happy to meet BORis and Sally (I apparently already knew BORis, just didn’t know that that person was responsible for that site). All in all, an entertaining time, the little bit I was there. Heck, I won a prize for having the best name tag (I won by default with my Sharpie and Duct Tape creation), so that was worth the trip right there.
HD DVD Is Dead But Retailers Aren’t Giving Up
If you haven’t heard, HD DVD is dead, but retailers, stuck with an overstock of HD DVD players, are now remarketing them as DVD upscalers.
Blogger Meetup Tonight
Just a reminder that tonight is the local blogger meetup. I will be there, but it won’t be until about 6 (it starts at 5:30-ish) and won’t be able to stay long because of other obligations tonight. But if you’re a blogger in the area, make sure you stop by!
Insanely Hard Mario World
This old school Super Mario Bros. custom mod was tough, but this thing, lovingly titled “Asshole Mario” by the poster, is stupidly hard:
Be sure to watch some of the related videos to see other stages of that mod.
The Government’s Not Doing Enough
Screw the terrorists. The people they really need to spy on are those paranoid schizophrenics:
Thanks Bob for the vid.
Getting Organized For March Madness
Yes, I know it’s several weeks away, but the NCAA tournament is coming soon. And, like last year, I plan on hosting a tournament Pick ’em on this site (announcement and banner ad to follow). I’m trying to get organized ahead of time here, and what I need is input from everybody on the following:
- Prizes: We had a couple prizes last year (and I’ve already email folks who contributed last year to see if they wanted to contribute again), but if anybody reading this owns a business that wants some free advertising or has something that they’d like to throw into the prize pool, e-mail me at utterlyboring [at] gmail [dot] com or comment here. I’m hoping to get enough prizes to offer something other than just a first place prize, and I’d like to be able to award a prize for filling out an entire bracket and scoring dead last (as that’s a feat in its own right).
- Scoring: I’ve set up my group on Yahoo!’s tournament pick ’em site, and one of the options they had this year was the ability to customize scoring. Traditionally, scoring has broken down so that correctly picked first round games are worth 1 point, second round picks are worth 2, third are worth 4, fourth are worth 8, 16 point for the 5th, and 32 points for the championship. However, you can adjust the scoring where every game is worth the same single point (so all games would be the same value), or set it up so that games are worth whatever round they’re in (3rd round games are worth three points, 4th are worth 4, etc…). You can also setup your own scoring system (I’m thinking the Fibonacci sequence, minus zero). I’m tempted to change up the scoring a bit this year to make it more interesting all around, but wanted to get everybody’s input first.
- Anything Else? If you have any other ideas, feel free to send them my way.
So expect a banner ad up near the BendBroadband ad, plus an announcement forthcoming, once I get things better organized.