Personal Update

Those of you who follow along on the tech blog know that I was anticipating a long, stressful couple of days this week because of our annual meeting at work. I was looking forward to that being over and done with Weds. night and relaxing. However, that did not turn out to be the case,…

Marriage

My wife spent Saturday and Sunday visiting with her folks while I was on call all weekend and had to stay in town. I know there are some people out there who see that we actually do travel off to do things without each other as a bad sign, but to us it’s just normal…

Migraines and Depression

According to this Psychology Today article people who regularly get migraines are more likely to suffer from major depression than people who don’t. I suffered from major depression for a long time and have had migraines for as long as I can remember. But I don’t think the migraines caused the depression, the child abuse…

Geeking out

If you read my other blog at all, you pretty much know I’ve been working on a ton of tech things lately. I know this is directly in response to the stress that’s going on at work. Our annual meeting is next week, and we’re having a bigger meeting than we’ve ever done before. Somewhere…

Out of control

Want to know how little control we have over the circumstances of our lives? Yesterday I was sick, at home, with an internet connection that wasn’t working and, later in the day, a telephone that didn’t work. And there wasn’t a damn thing I could do about any of it, so there was no real…

Stamp out Hunger

Don’t forget, tomorrow is Stamp-out Hunger day here in the US. If you leave out non-perishable food items, the local letter carrier in more than 10,000 cities and towns will collect them for your local food banks. Read the link for more info.