This is why I buy Apple computers.

I have news to share with my lovely girlfriend.

I could simply e-mail her or speak with her in person tonight when I see her. But it is just as easy to put a post here on my blog.

I needed a post here anyways.

Here’s the big news…

I learned the following from reading MightyGirl: The do-it-yourself magazine magazine ReadyMade now has a ReadyMade blog. (Maggie of MightyGirl is a DIY contributor.)

If you were my girlfriend right now, you’d be mildly interested in the news and somewhat amused at the cuteness of her boyfriend. But you most likely aren’t my girlfriend, so I’m not really sure what you might be thinking right now.

I hope you are thinking good thoughts and feeling well. Really. I do hope that.

Apparently everyone else had the same idea as I did… Hallmark.com isn’t working so well right now. It appears to have a lot of extra traffic this Valentine’s Day.

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.

– Attributed to Reinhold Niebuhr

God help me not to go crazy today. I’m entirely too busy.

– Attributed to Jeff Walters

The 24 Rules of the ‘24′ Universe from Robservatory

I particularly like #13 (my company recently moved me into a cubicle. I have 2-1/2 walls, so it is not an actual cube.) and #18 (I’m posting this from my Mac.)

It’s curious when your iPod cues up a soundtrack for your life.

This Week The Trend
by Relient K

And this week the trend
was to not wake up till 3pm
I picked the few conscious hours that I chose to spend
and slept away the rest of them

and this week the trend
was to crash and burn and then return again
to practice the life that I pretend
provides enough to get me through the weekend

so I say
get me a solution
and watch me run with it
and then you gave
you gave me a solution
what have I done with it
cause I was absolutely sure I had it all figured out
way back then
and now it’s this minute, this hour, this day

And this week the trend
was to backstab every single one of my friends
and leave a voicemail message trying to make amends
all the while hoping things work out in the end

and this week the trend
was to borrow all the strength that you could lend
to keep my head above the water and not descend
back to where I said I’d never go again

So I say
give me a solution
and watch me run with it
and then you gave
you gave me a solution
what have I done with it
cause I was absolutely sure I had it all figured out
way back then
but after this day it’s this week all over again

And I just want to get mugged at knifepoint
to get cut enough to wake me up
cause I know that I don’t want to die
sitting around watching my life go by
and what we take from this is what we’ll get and we haven’t
quite figured it out just yet
because all of us are all too stuck
strapped to a chair watching our lives blow up
stuck watching our lives blow up