Alas, another year, another birthday.<\/p>\n
Woke up blah, got the kids up and running (all which sang this chorus to me before we trekked off for school and daycare):<\/p>\n
Happy birthday to you,
\nHappy birthday to you!
\nYou look like a monkey,
\nAaaaand you smell like one too!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nA rather calm day at work (after taking off Monday and Tuesday feeling sickly), but I arrived to two packages at my desk.<\/p>\n
One, my new glasses. After wearing spectacles and contacts since I was 9, glasses are those double-edged swords. First, it’s a style statement. Oh, look at you, you sexy beast! <\/em>Second, I have found the path to enlightenment with regards to how much they cost – buy ’em cheap and online: www.zennioptical.com<\/a>. In the real world, lenses are cheap, and bent wires to hold them should be even cheaper and not have the same name as footwear and women’s accessories.<\/p>\n
My other package is the embodiment of my new backup philosophy: save it on a hard drive. My WD 250GB external media center (it supports USB2 and FireWire, has an 8-in-1 card reader and is a USB hub with 2 ports on it). All for about $100, and tape dirve START at $700 for this size. Mark this in the DUH category.<\/em><\/p>\n
The other surprise: two new Xbox360 games from the wife (NFS Carbon and Lost Planet) and a dinner with some really good friends of ours – which was great.<\/p>\n
So, all in all, I got to visit with friends, my wife supports my Xbox habit, and my kids have the same warped sense of humor. Who says life isn’t fun?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Alas, another year, another birthday. Woke up blah, got the kids up and running (all which sang this chorus to me before we trekked off for school and daycare): Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you! You look like a monkey, Aaaaand you smell like one too! A rather calm day at work (after … <\/p>\n