The Beast Sleeps Again

I got nothin'.

The Beast Awakens

Well, the (former) Section-9.ca crew got together for coffee last night. The four of us hadn't gotten together in recent memory. Funny how time seems to pass us all by. TheRich pointed out that we had to get together at least this one last time before I become a father and my free time becomes anything but free.

During our conversations, blogging was brought up. I haven't been blogging near as much as I have in the past and TheRich suggested maybe I had made an unannounced departure from blogging. This isn't really the case, but I very rarely do I feel any desire to post anything anymore. I think when I do post, it's more because I know it will be uploaded as a note to Facebook.

So, blogging isn't completely over for me, but if I was a part-time blogger before, I guess I'm a part-part-time blogger now. Later days.

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Facebookin'

Listening to: "Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns 'n Roses from the album Appetite for Destruction

You may have noticed that I'm posting here way more often than normal for me. Part of that is because all these posts are also being syndicated on my Facebook profile. Actually, maybe the only was most of you have seen these posts is through Facebook.

Yes, this means I am still Facebook's bitch. It's not quite as exciting as it was in the beginning, but every so often I connect with someone I forgot about or who I never thought I'd hear from again. It's getting invaded a bit too much by the "MySpace Crowd". What I mean by this is that there are all these apps coming out that are taking away from the reason I got into Facebook in the first place. I don't need to worry about what causes other people are believing in, what their horoscope is- nor do I need to be "SuperPoked". Despite all this though, I'm still loving it and checking it pretty much daily. Rock on, Facebook. Rock on. Later days.

Still Livin'

Listening to: "Coax Me" by Sloan from the album Twice Removed

Call it the Summer slump... preoccupation... or just having better things to do, I haven't written in here for damn-near a month.

Things are still good. Terri is less than 3 months away from her due date and everything's progressing smoothly. I'm really looking forward to being a dad, more and more in fact as I talk to parents- especially new parents. There is still the apprehension that is normal, but I'm willing to give up whatever I have to in order to succeed, and I believe that's the first step.

Work is going awesome. I'm loving it more each day I'm there and really hoping that I get hired on permanent after my contract expires next year. I'm taking on more responsibility and learning more about the business, HR and unionized environments. Good stuff all around!

Time to finish my coffee, jump in the shower and head out for a busy, exciting weekend. Our nieces have their dance recital today, then we're going to my parents' for a BBQ, then going to Terri's sister's for dinner tomorrow. How long til the next weekend? Later days.

Heh heh

I just realized that I might have a chance to really get a leg up on Grindy in the post-frequency department, since he's off to Paris for a week... two days down already and I think he's posting while he's over there. This does not bode well.

Another Long Weekend Almost in the Books

Peaches and I were remarking to each other as we crawled into bed at 9:30 on Saturday night how much things have changed in a few short years. Long weekends were a chance to head out anywhere and be with friends, drink, and generally be stupid.

This Saturday of the long weekend found us looking after our nephew and crawling into bed, as I said, at 9:30, after working my butt of around the house Friday night and Saturday. And neither of us would change a thing.

Yesterday we didn't do a whole lot. We went out for a belated-Mothers-Day/early-Birthday dinner for my mom and sister respectively, and today is not shaping up to be much more productive. It's currently 1:42 and I have yet to shower (although I'll be jumping in when I'm finished this post).

You'll notice I don't post much anymore and part of that is due to my infatuation with Facebook, as well as the fact that it's spring and a lot needs done around the house. I love having a house. It's a lot of work, but at the end of the day you're improving your own living situation and can take pride in it. Later days.

My Life As A Circus Clown

I've been in the same funk TheRich has been in for a bit now. I have nothing to post and no real time to if I did.

Work is going really well. It's 99% confirmed that I'll be there until the end of April 2008.

Life is awesome, as we found out that Peaches is expecting.

I guess it's not that I have nothing to post about, but more of the time and initiative to do so. Might change, might not. Probably write again in another 3 weeks or so. Later days.

A Wrinkle in Thyme

Wow, it's been a few days since I've posted. Not a strange occurrence normally, but considering my somewhat stable posting rhythm over the past few weeks, I guess it could be a little surprisingly. It's like I must have gotten a job or something... and I did! I'm on a three week contract right now helping out at a company and really really hoping I get a permanent position doing much the same duties. I love the job, the people, the hours, location- it's just great. It will be mine.

So it's Friday, I just got home from said job after the first week (well four days) and I'm looking forward to my weekend to hopefully recover from a cold that's been plaguing me since last Sunday. Right now though, my mind is on one thing- supper! Later days.

Sylvester and Twitter

Alright, the post name was going to be "I'm All A-Twitter" until I realized that's what Scott Kurtz titled his post on the same subject. I just signed up for Twitter, a new online service that acts as a global status messaging system. The same way you'd put your status on MSN or AIM when you go in away mode, you can do the same here.

If you go to my page right now it states that I am blogging about signing up for Twitter. Its kind of cool, I've already sent invites to LosRicos, Grindy and Daejin and we'll see if they sign up. For that matter, we'll see how long I actually use it for. But it's one more free web gizmo, and I feel like I'm down with the kids once again. Later days.

Testing Email Blogging

Hello, I'm testing a feature that I found while going through the Blogger settings feature. From what I understand, I can email this to Blogger and it will post it to my blog. If this is correct and it works, it is an amazing tool that I see myself using A LOT! Later days.

Settle Down, Martha!

Welcome to "Settle Down, Martha" a blog I've created to post my ramblings on a day-to-day basis. There are those who say that blogging is set to die in or around 2K7 or 2K8. I agreed with them when I first heard this prediction about six months ago. Between my own lack of motivation to blog, the death of many blogs I held dear, such as Unlovely and... well, really just Unlovely, but others were dying as well, such as SuperSteve and BFJ (Bowling for Jesus).

Through it all, three main constants remained... www.section-9.ca (in various forms), Suburban Peril and of course, Joey Michaels. This sample is taken only from my daily surfing habits, not the Interweb® in general.

This remained constant until a couple of weeks ago when Section-9's run on the web came to a close. It was a decision that TheRich and I didn't take lightly, but after examining all the pros and cons, the time was right. Go out on top, right?


So I thought about using my LiveJournal for my posting needs, but it just seems too limiting. After seeing the new blog of LosRicos and No Talent Hacks I realized Blogger is where it's at!

But I know, you're asking yourself, where the hell did he come up with the name "Settle Down, Martha"??? Last night, Peaches and I (for the uninitiated, Peaches is my wife) went to return some Christmas gifts that were a bit loose on me (sweet!) and shopping for a new digital camera (the Canon PowerShot A630 is the leader of the pack right now- hopefully getting it tonight or tomorrow!!!). While driving, I pulled out this voice of an old man and began jokingly berating her driving, casting her as my old man's elderly wife. Peaches would undoubtedly turn around with a huge grin on her face looking to slap me and I was compelled to shout "Settle down, Martha! Keep your eyes on the road!" Because of this bit of fun, this site was born. I hope you enjoy, and I hope I post more here than I did on LJ. Later days. (Oh yeah, did I mention I finish each post with 'later days'? I didn't? Well I do.) Later days.