Category Archives: Left From Seattle

Quick post: My friends and I have recently been playing D&D. All of us played back in the day, and were quite surprised to learn we were all D&D geeks. Well, life being what it is, getting everyone together for … Continue reading →

Well, after having managed to post almost daily for 2006, I think I’m at a record low for the number of posts on this blog so far this year. The only thing I can offer by way of explanation is … Continue reading →

Apparently, I am neither rude nor unkind, neither acerbic nor pointed, only that I am, perhaps, on occasion, a little too honest.  It is not that I said anything that was not already known to everyone in the group, merely … Continue reading →

A Christmas Eve post: We had dinner at Mom-in-law’s tonight.  We bought a whole roasted chicken that I managed to carve, without inflicting damage on anything save the bird.  MIL made mashed potatoes and M made gravy, so that was … Continue reading →

Happy Emperor’s Birthday! I often think that we Americans should declare a moveable holiday based on whomever the current president is.  However, for that to be effective, we would have to prove that the current president is a) the legitimate … Continue reading →

I have been in need of a mission of late.  Something to clear my mind.  Something completely inconsequential to focus on.  To that end, I have begun collecting these.  Are they cheap?  Yes.  Are they stupid, little, painted pieces of … Continue reading →

For the record:  Bah fucking humbug.  I think I manage to detest this season a little more every year.

Warning:  In this post, I do very little, save bitch about my job. Ah.  December.  The air is cold, but dry and sunny; things are winding down for the year.  Project deadlines are up and everyone is rushing to get … Continue reading →

To say that I have a green thumb would be an excellent example of either irony, or outright lying.  M isn’t much better. However, we decided a couple of months ago that we really needed some greenery in our home.  … Continue reading →

Still no energy after the simultaneous high and low of the test, so I have just been taking a bit of time to work on some of the projects I have lying aroung – projects that take some time anda … Continue reading →

I’ve been in three different grocery stores this week, all of which have import sections, and yet, none stock oatmeal raisin cookies, damnit. You know, if someone were to, I dunno, bake and send me some oatmeal raisin cookies, it … Continue reading →

The more I think about it, the more it seems Big Pun was a harbinger of necessary change when the word “money” was used as an explicitive in one of his lyrical missives. Please allow me to back up and … Continue reading →

…I have nothing to say.

A full three weeks after our anniversary, my wife finally got her present!  And, oh yea gods and small fishes, it was worth the wait. You may remember that a while back, I asked for recommendations of chocalate shops and … Continue reading →

I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to get into eBay.  Maybe because the site is actually fairly hard to navigate and browse through, although, if you’re looking for something specific it’s pretty nice; maybe it’s because to … Continue reading →

Last Wednesday, we took our sunburt selves out of the hotel area via a rented car and off to Shurijo-koen, a castle left from the Edo period, and later to Ryukyu-mura, or Ryukyu Village. The castle was nice and a … Continue reading →

The main reason we chose this hotel was these artificial islands and walkways that pen in the swimming area, and they were pretty nice.  Unfortunately, even though we managed to get to the very ends of the islands, we were … Continue reading →

Hmm. I’m feeling like this blog is losing its…potency? Focus? I’m not sure what word I mean. The main problem is, and I mean absolutely no offense by this, but this blog is no longer anonymous. It was never absolutely, … Continue reading →

Thank all the small gods for their gifts of fire and television. The former is letting me eat my popcorn and the latter is letting me rot my brain in lieu of actually using it, because, let’s face it, that … Continue reading →

We were never close, Rob and I. We got along well enough, but we had vastly different interests and personalities. We had the same extended group of friends and were often at the same parties, basketball games, and volleyball games. … Continue reading →

Got an Amazon box today containing two books I want to read, just not the book that I want to read RIGHT NOW.  So, I’m sulking and have nothing to write.  Plus I have to go study.  Maybe there will … Continue reading →