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Ryan's personal details, political rants, time-wasters, tin-foil hat conspiracy theories, vacation photos, dumb programming ideas, weird thoughts, and half-baked attempts at humor.

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  • It's About Time on Feb 11, 2007

    So I'm into the second month of the new year and my new year's resolution has finally come to me. I need to start prioritizing better, eliminating non-essential e-mail and other activities, and generally managing the little free time I have much

  • Bye American on Jan 2, 2007

    2006 checked out with the departure of two great Americans: James Brown and President Gerald R. Ford. (They say famous people always die in threes. Would that make Saddam the third?) I will certainly miss the Godfather of Soul the most, but I was mov...

  • Dolby Surround on Dec 16, 2006

    What a great privilege it was last night to not only see Thomas Dolby play live (I never thought I'd have the chance), but to shake hands and thank him personally for his music. Wish I hadn't been quite so hammered on Patrón when the opportunity aro...

  • The Elephant NOT in the Room on Nov 13, 2006

    Just when I thought my despair and frustration would never lift, looks like political miracles still happen. Hard to believe the confluence of scandals and luck we've had. Almost makes me grin and wonder if the Dems have a Rovian strategist working b

  • Everyone's a Critic on Oct 1, 2006

    I had read about this in parenting magazines, but last night, for the first time, I experienced unwanted parenting advice from a complete stranger.Maxwell was practicing for being a terrible two and started a whining --then crying-- temper tantrum wh...

  • Chimp Update on Sep 13, 2006

    The Chimp-O-matic is alive and well.  My best estimate is that the Little Divider is being loaded over 1.5 million times on an average week.  I was kind of shocked a few weeks back to see that The Chimp-O-matic is was even #3 on Google's gadget ran...

  • All Politics is Ugly on Aug 30, 2006

    With primaries coming up next week the volume of negative political ads is getting pretty stupid.  One candidate exposes the dirty laundry of every lawsuit ever filed against his opponent, claiming it as evidence of financial irresponsibility.  Mea...