I guess the first piece of big news for those of you who have tried to tune in and see “what’s goin’ on” (blech, I hate 4 Non Blondes) is that Jinny and I no longer frequent the local Denny’s so often.

Why, do you ask?
1) I downloaded all six seasons of CSI.
2) I started to try to get to sleep earlier.
3) I realized that the Denny’s coffee was not doing anything for my GERD.
4) I realized that late night milkshakes was not doing anything good for my weight, either.
5) We both realized that the reason we first went to Denny’s, (to talk amongst ourselves) was no longer possible because everyone knew us, and everytime you went there, WHAM! (why didn’t anyone realize George Michael was gay?) someone would sit down and try to chat it up.
6) Some of the waiters and waitresses and managers there had become somewhat annoying (No, not you, Garrett!) and there was no way to get away from them.

So we stopped going for a time. Most of that time corresponded to my absence on this blog.

So since our 6 month Denny’s boycott, quite a few things have changed.

1) Garrett now typically works 3 to 10, which means we can go to Denny’s earlier and still see him.
2) Most of the annoying waitstaff have left for other places.
3) Few people recognize us when we do come in, so we can actually talk amongst ourselves without being burdened by the “pop-in.”

So, we have gone to Denny’s a couple of times in the past few weeks. And, really it hasn’t been that bad… but I guarantee that the days of it being a daily ritual are over.

I received an email today, touting a “quantum leap in technology.” Folks, this lady had no idea what the hell that really means. Let’s look, shall we?

Quantum – from physics. The smallest amount of a physical quantity that can exist independently, especially a discrete quantity of electromagnetic radiation.

When electrons go from one energy shell to the next, they make a “Quantum Leap.” That is to say, they absorb enough energy to move up a level. Do you know how small that leap really is? Really friggin tiny. Want exact numbers? Go somewhere else. I’ve got a blog to run.

Anyway, when someone says, “Quantum Leap” what are really saying is that it is the next incremental step. There are no, and can be no, intermediary steps. This does not make your product revolutionary. It makes it “New and Improved,” which, by the way, is an oxymoron anyway.

Now, if by “Quantum Leap” they are talking about Scott Bakula, I make no claims whatsoever.

Stolen without a thought from BDogg McGee:

A is for age: 32
B is for beer of choice: I’ll stick with BDogg’s Dos XX with two limes
C is for career right now: Global IT Services Manager (Dude, we’ve gone GLOBAL!)
D is for dogs name: Moxie
E is for essential item you use everyday: Laptop
F is for favorite TV show at the moment: NCIS
G is for favorite game: Chinese Checkers
H is for Home town: Houston, really.
I is for instruments you play: Jaw harp and Kazoo
J is for favorite juice: Lemonade (no pulp, please!)
K is for who’s butt you want to kick: Take a number, or read my blog sometime
L is for last place you ate: On the floor, picnic style
M is for marriage: Yes 7 years and counting
N is for your full name: Sean Louis de Bougainville-McCormick
O is for overnight hospital stays: only right after birth, and to be with my mother before her demise
P is for people you were with today: Lemon Jinny and co-workers
Q is for quote: “Your face here” or “If You Lived Here You’d Be Home By Now”
R is for Biggest Regret: Still working on it
S is for status: US
T is for time you wake up: 7:00 am
U is for unique quality: I could tie a cherry stem in a knot with my tongue. Really, I could. Then I got laid, and it went away :(
V is for vegetable you love: I have grown to love Green Beans. It is scary.
W is for worst habit: Smoking Cigarettes
X is for x-rays you’ve had: hard to count, do teeth X-rays count?
Y is for yummy food you ate today: Egg McMuffin
Z is for Zodiac sign: Aquarium

It’s been ages since I wrote anything here. Sorry folks.

I think I must be mellowing with age, but I just kind of dried up of things to say.

Since then, of course, there have been a few things that got my goat, but I didn’t feel like they warranted writing it down.

So, just to be fair to the “Teaming Thousands” out there, I’ll try to backdate some posts and fill in major gaps.

First step ~ time for a new masthead.