PAgent's Progress

And we went to the Portland Highland Games today. I'm too tired to write anything, but I'll put up some of my favorite pics of the day: Awesome female Border Collie named "Coco" (That's the Boy throwing that rock) (That's the Girl's eye)...

Scary Hatchet fish, courtesy of Dark Roasted Blend Blogged with the Flock Browser.

If this movie ends up looking as good as the trailer does, I'll take back all the horrible things I said about it. Unbelievable. Watch it here. Blogged with the Flock Browser Tags: watchmen, trailer...

I've been playing Mass Effect lately. I miss going online and getting slaughtered in Call of Duty 4, and I'm taking a break as I near the very end of Okami, but I had a powerful urge for some RPG goodness, and Lord knows Mass Effect comes highly recommended. It's every bit as good as the hype would lead you to believe. It plays a lot like the previous BioWare hit, Knights of the Old Republic,...

"This" being the sore throat from hell. I'm now on day six of this evil malady, and I'm damn sick of being sick. It is little reassurance that this pernicious bug has already migrated through the office, and that my symptoms are perfectly consistent with what others have been suffering. I want my voice back, and I want to be able to swallow without an involuntary grimace. Enough is enough! It has...

I went home early on Friday because my sore throat had gotten so bad that I couldn't think straight. It still hurts like hell. I've been sleeping as much as I can, but wearing the CPAP dries out my throat and makes it hurt worse. It hurts to swallow, it hurts to cough, it even hurts to talk. It's an absolutely beautiful weekend, and I'm too sick to enjoy it. Bah....

The Wife and I realized last night that today was our 16th wedding anniversary. Upon hearing this, our daughter was surprised to find that we did not have any plans to celebrate it. Well for one thing, we're going to go see her perform tonight, so that wasn't feasible. But mostly, we just kind of forgot about it. I know, I know, "couples should devote energy to keep the romance and magic alive in...