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"What I'm Doing Now" archive

Good music...finally. (21:04) - It's been a long time since I've gotten excited about a band. Thinking back, the last bands I was truly enthralled with were Queens of the Stone Age and Turbonegro. I think that was about four or five years ago,... | 0 Comments

Our Second Japanese Garden (21:07) - When we lived in Tampa I spent a number of years designing, building, and maintaining (sort of) a Japanese garden in our backyard. Because the climate in Florida is so hot it was difficult to find the kind of plants... | 1 Comments
Work and More Work (19:27) - Work's been kicking my but for the last couple months. We're in the phase of the year when funding processes kick-off for the year. The enterprise architecture team (the team I'm on) is responsible for reviewing the business' "vision and... | 0 Comments

West Tiger Mountain Snow (16:09) - Toni went with a friend and the kids to a local "kid's musuem" last Sunday so I decided to go for a hike on Tiger Mountain. I could see from our house that there was a good bit of snow... | 0 Comments
Finally Legal (15:53) - It's official, the LC is now legally registered and licensed in the state of Washington. Now if I could just figure out how to keep the mildew from going on the interior because of it's so wet out here during... | 1 Comments

Work and Play (17:25) - Work at Microsoft is still going really well. I've been working my butt off the past few weeks, trying to get a headstart on a new project (in addition to the one I'm on which I'm already working). This new... | 0 Comments

Blowing Twice the Legal Limit (21:53) - So I took my truck (1983 Land Cruiser) in to get it's emission's checked a couple weeks ago as required by King County law. It wasn't a pretty site. It "blew" more than twice the legal limit on "CO" and... | 0 Comments

HD Crash (23:32) - I recently connected my desktop system up for the first time since I left Tampa back in April. Some not-so-nice, grinding noises emanated from it over and over again, as it tried to boot up. So, I opened up the... | 0 Comments

Stepping Off the Wagon (00:05) - Ten years ago, in the summer of 1995, August 21, I took my last drink. I still recall what my choice was for my last binge: two quarts of Old English 800 Malt liquor. This should provide a general sense... | 4 Comments

Leaving Florida (01:42) - We just returned from our going away party, hosted by our very good friends, Sonu and Karthik. We had a great time seeing everyone one last time before we start our new lives in Seattle. Tomorrow morning at 8am I... | 0 Comments

FJ-60 Tune-up (22:13) - This weekend I did a few things to tune-up my Land Cruiser to get it into peak running condtion: Installed six new Bosch Platinum 2 spark plugs. Installed a new distributor cap and rotor. Changed the fuel filter. Re-installed a... | 0 Comments

Finishing the FJ-60's Rewiring (21:40) - I finished the rewiring and electrical system maintenance on my FJ-60 today. My truck's been sitting in our backyard since before Christmas, patiently waiting. The job would have been completed almost a month ago if I hadn't blown an internal... | 0 Comments

Mt. Rainier (22:05) - A couple friends (Jim Studnicki and Mike Bender - originals from the TRADE'ex and ARIBA days) and I have been talking about climbing Mt. Rainier this September. Jim has been into mountaineering for a few years now and loves it.... | 0 Comments
Exodus Initiated (21:44) - After hours of work on my resume, I finally finished a version that I'm happy with. I just sent it to a recruiter today, APEX Systems, Inc.. They came by the office yesterday to talk with us. They have an... | 0 Comments

Wiring From Hell (20:19) - My parents came down from the panhandle to visit us a few days and see the kids. Of course, they brought a bunch of food with them, which filled our refridgerator and stomachs beyond capacity. This was the first time... | 1 Comments

Resolved to do what? (21:55) - It's 2005, a new year. I've thought a bit about my resolutions for this year. I have a few self-improvement goals: I'd like to talk less negatively about people; I'd also like to have a less negative attitude in general... | 5 Comments

Willis Family Ancestry (01:32) - I just started building the ancestry section of House Willis. Currently, this part of the site can also be found by navigating to it through the "genes" link at the top of any page. I'm thinking about making a huge... | 0 Comments

Major Life Change Part I (20:14) - Our son, Porter, finally came home from the hospital this past Sunday. He now weighs 6lbs 4oz. Other than a mild lack of sleep, everything is going great! Today, his little sister, Fallon, was transported from St. Joseph's to Tampa... | 1 Comments

A New Addiction (22:47) - Well, it didn't take long. A year ago I managed to wean myself off EverCrack. Now it looks like World of Warcraft has taken it's place. I swear I must have spent a good twenty hours playing over the past... | 3 Comments

A Nice Escape from Reality (23:55) - Began playing World of Warcraft last night (launch night). The game play is very similar to EverQuest, but a little more simplified in some areas. What I've seen of the world so far is beautiful. Of course, there have been... | 0 Comments

Indecision - Son of Procrastination and Distraction (21:42) - Just been surfing around to various weblogs this evening; looking for something that'll inspire my own weblog design. Can't seem to stay focused on that goal for too long though. Lot's of interesting blogs and new places to explore. If... | 0 Comments

No Sweat (23:55) - My new system is almost completely built with the latest installation of a cool as shit CPU Cooler from Zalman. Specifically, it's a Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu - all copper, big, and heavy. Installation was all peachy, so now it's time to... | 0 Comments

Building the new beast (00:01) - ...said goodbye to my old system the other day. Built it (I mean her) myself three years ago. It was kinda sad to shut her down that last time. ;-) This entry, however, is being made with my new system,... | 0 Comments