Hi, kids.  Thanks to the tireless (and extremely patient) efforts of Joelle and Skits, I’m at the new host.  However, you may notice that efforts are still underway to integrate my archives — for some reason, the new system only recognizes my old pre-2006 archives, which were previously unavailable.  I can’t say “we” because I am doing pretty much nothing in this endeavor, but let’s just say that “people” are working to fix it. 

So, back to business.  Saturday truly was a Chanukah miracle.  My best friend flew into town, and we had a blast.  On top of which, the torrential rain that was supposed to fall… never did.  The skies completely cleared, and a bunch of us were able to pile into the outside patio at the bar on Saturday night and drink to celebrate my birthday.  Pictures available here.

Well, today, I’m 30.  I don’t know why I had that niggling feeling that I’d wake up this morning and feel different about things, because I never really do on my birthday.  Why this one should be any different is beyond me.  Maybe because I kept joking over the years about how the warranty runs out at 30.  Maybe because there’s something inside me telling me I need to grow up.  Or maybe I really was afraid my palm would be blinking.  (Yes, I did check first thing this morning when I woke up to make sure it wasn’t.) I guess it was just rather anticlimactic.

Enjoy running through my archives while I attempt to talk to my new host about combining 2 SQL databases, which is so far over my head, it’s like I’m standing on Earth and the task is floating somewhere around Jupiter.