Jewbacca.com - your source for...well...nothing of consequence really. http://www.jewbacca.com http://www.jewbacca.com/post/blog/350.html Just to cover those who aren't on Facebook (and to have more than a single entry on the site this year), I thought I'd mention for anyone still paying attention to this site that Kirstin and I are expecting. It's currently around 13 weeks, putting the due date at the end of next May. We had the ultrasound a couple weeks ago, and all looks well. We're both quite excited about it, which for me translates to impatience at the moment. Ah well, I shouldn't complain as I don't personally have to go through the actual pregnancy. http://www.jewbacca.com/post/blog/349.html I should have just stayed in bed. I've been doing very poorly lately in managing to get out of bed to go work out in the mornings, but this morning I gritted my teeth and dragged myself over there. I was running late anyway (out of practice in getting there perhaps?), and had been on the treadmill for barely two minutes when an employee rushes in and says that we have to evacuate the building due to a suspected pipe bomb in the building across the parking lot. Sigh... Maybe I've just been cried wolf at too many times, but really - when was the last time that a suspected pipe bomb was anything but a random pile of electronics (or a viral marketing ploy...)? I give up, I'm just going to stop working out and change to a steady diet of cheetos. http://www.jewbacca.com/post/movie/438.html I'm not sure I'm ever going to forgive Jason for this one. Although I did like the Zombee. http://www.jewbacca.com/post/blog/348.html Back from Boston, only to find Portland buried in snow. Anyway, thought I'd mention that I've been posting pictures on <a href='http://picasaweb.google.com/firestopcaulk' onclick='return blankTarget(this);'>Picasa</a>. I have eventual plans to integrate them into the site, but don't hold your breath. http://www.jewbacca.com/post/blog/347.html Ooops...didn't realize I'd broken the comments - fixed now. http://www.jewbacca.com/post/blog/346.html Well crap. It's been so long - what do I do when my candidate wins? I don't have a frame of reference; most of my adult political exposure has been during the Bush Jr. years. I've spent so much time being on the underdog side, I think my brain's going to explode watching the presidency of the guy who I actually voted for. After the giddiness fades from voting for someone (as opposed to against someone), I suppose I'll have to settle down and watch things soberly. But for now I say: IT'S ABOUT GODDAMN TIME. http://www.jewbacca.com/post/blog/345.html Sheesh, is the election over yet? I'd say that I'll be glad when it's over regardless of the outcome, but that's not really true. Not surprisingly, I've already voted for the guy born in the second half of the twentieth century and will be somewhat dismayed if he doesn't win. Please note that by "somewhat dismayed" I mean "will have lost what remaining faith I had in politics". If you haven't voted, remember that this election (like every election before it) is the most important election of our time. Or something. Seriously, go vote tomorrow if you're not lucky enough to live in a civilized state like mine that does vote by mail. There, now that I've made a plea for people to vote in a public forum, I have eased my conscience about my lack of political involvement. Yay. http://www.jewbacca.com/post/blog/344.html Sigh...I finally gave in to peer pressure and did the unthinkable - I joined Facebook. At this point, I'm not even sure what my objections were, probably geek elitism since I had my own web site. That and perhaps normal elitism in not doing it because it was popular. Anyway, it is quite entertaining, if for no other reason than seeing what old high school friends are up to. I could see it being addicting, or I could also see getting bored with it very quickly. In the interest of social network fairness, I signed up for MySpace as well (with a definite bitter taste in my mouth), but I don't really see myself using it too much (if not for a couple people in particular, I'd probably forget about it altogether). Facebook has a feature to let you import RSS, so these posts will start showing up there as well, which might actually give me a reason to update more. We'll see... http://www.jewbacca.com/post/movie/427.html Very odd Western. In this case odd just means confounding expectations. Some of the funniest scenes I've seen in a western, although it's that weird slow burn humor. http://www.jewbacca.com/post/blog/343.html I should probably just cut and paste from my entry back in March (which hasn't scrolled off the home page yet, holy crap I really need to update this more) talking about how wistful I am that the play is done. Same deal, I had a great time, I'm sad it's over, what am I gonna do with my time now, gonna miss the cast, blah, blah, etc, etc. Anyway, unless something unexpected comes up, looks like I'll be taking a break from theater until at least next year sometime (there's nothing I'm interested in at the moment).