http://www.engelfish.net Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:57:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While we are getting away for the weekend to Charleston, I thought I'd post this picture of Belle.  She's growing daily, which is a good thing.  She is not, however, catching on to the concept of outside = bathroom.  I've heard Taryn use more profanity in the past few days, ... http://www.engelfish.net/2008/08/21/a-note-before-we-go/ This is only a test.  If this had been a real post to engelfish.net, there would be juicy content here.  As it is, this is only a bunch of gibberish designed to test the newly installed "automatic subscriber-notification-of-a-new-post-to-the-blog email" software.  If you're not subscribed via email (which you can do ... http://www.engelfish.net/2008/08/20/this-is-a-test/ I guess the biggest news since my last post is that we have a new puppy.  Our friends, Jen & Baron, rescued her from their next-door neighbors and gave her to us.  She was named Willa Mae, but we're working on coming up with a less grandma-y name, with the ... http://www.engelfish.net/2008/08/15/and-our-family-grows-4-more-legs/ Tonight was an exceptionally relaxing evening.  After connecting with Taryn at Helios after work, we came home and spent the evening out in the backyard.  We setup the lights so we could find our drinks & chips after dark, the fans to keep the mossies away, and the chair & ... http://www.engelfish.net/2008/08/07/thursday-night-lights/ It's always good to go to bed a bit wiped out on Sunday night.  In the past, I'd always get a bit of the "dreads" on Sunday night, knowing that I had to get up in the morning and go back to work.  Now, as my own boss building two ... http://www.engelfish.net/2008/08/04/sunday-night-wipeout/ This has been quite a week.   There has been lots of work on the consulting front, and a couple of challenges/projects I've been working on have either been solved or are moving into the final phase.  I always like that.  I also had two gigs assisting a commercial shooter here ... http://www.engelfish.net/2008/07/19/friday-night-wrapup/ The other day Beebo_Wallace announced that he was doing the One Hundred Pushup Challenge. I thought that was a great idea, and since I'm already working on getting back into shape with running and situps, I jumped on that bandwagon as well. I don't expect it to be easy, and ... http://www.engelfish.net/2008/07/15/one-hundred-pushup-challenge/ Like most weeks, this past week consisted mostly of working.  The really nice exception, is that we were able to A) go to a really fun 4th of July part at Jenn & Baron's place, and B) we had a party at our place on the 5th to celebrate Taryn's ... http://www.engelfish.net/2008/07/09/172/ I only just realized that it's been almost a month since my last post.  Slap my hand and send me to the "time out" chair.  Is there such a think as Blogomucil?  Because I am *far* from regular about my posting.  Regardless, let's see if I can update on most ... http://www.engelfish.net/2008/07/01/171/ For the first time that I can remember, my birthday wasn't on the Memorial Day holiday. I don't know exactly why, but I missed having a three day weekend to celebrate my 40th birthday. We turned it all into a festival of sorts anyway, with at least ... http://www.engelfish.net/2008/06/02/170/