holy shit.

Well, in an unexpectedly quick response to last night’s offer on the *fantastic* house in Allen … Bruce (realtor guy extraordinaire) called a short while ago to give me the good news … Namely, the owner accepted the offer with only one slight amendment — he accepted my suggested selling price ($2,500 below asking), but …

BIG news.

Tonight, Daniel and I went to look at a house just over the Plano-Allen line (in other words, actually *in* Allen) that we saw from the outside last night and *LOVED*. The interior was every bit as we’d expected — nay, *hoped* — it would be, so we adjourned from our tour to the realtor’s …

so much happening…

… I’ve barely had time to blog. Obviously. Daniel and I continue our adventures looking for a house. After going through a couple of realtors (already), I believe we’ve found one we like and hope to go see one house in particular tomorrow. There’s a short list of maybe six or eight that we’re interested …

hard & fast rules for not pissing me off.

There are many things that could fall under this category, and perhaps I’ll explore this as a semi-regular blog topic, but let me just give you one of the most important Rules For Not Pissing Me Off. Rule #1: NEVER correct my grammar, spelling, or syntax without first ensuring you’re right. This is not a …

Green Day. Fun!

Alright, alright, I’ve been MIA for a while. Sorry ’bout that. Will catch up today. Saturday night, Daniel, Paul, Sara and I went to see Green Day at the American Airlines Center. This was very much a Daniel thing, though I was happy to tag along and excited to go to my first concert (of …

geeking out

I’m in Austin this week at a state-sponsored, Microsoft seminar/introduction/overview about .NET development. Honestly, how many of you did I just lose? 😉 It’s interesting. The .NET programming environment has some significant improvements over previous Microsoft standards, and everything seems to be about a thousand times more intuitive and easy to use than any programming …

deep breaths.

Luckily, I found out from UTD late last week that my full-tuition-and-fees scholarship also carries with it a not-insignificant rider of $745, anticipating that students who receive the full scholarship are taking a full load and probably not working full-time. The money’s supposed to be for health insurance. Since I’m absolutely crazy — which is …

FASCINATING.

I just read a little blurb from a study that suggests women prefer Web sites designed by other women, and men prefer Web sites designed by other men. Fascinating! Key Website Research Highlights Gender Bias {snip} “We started off by looking at the personal websites created by 60 university students, 30 male and 30 female, …

those crazy North Koreans

I saw an MSNBC review of NK-News.net today and checked it out. Decorated with imagery dangerously close to Team America: World Police, the site’s both horrifying and hilarious. It’s also an unparalleled opportunity to see the reality of North Korean insanity, in their own worlds. Take a peek sometime.