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Fred’s folks came over to our place for Yule this year. I made the roast (tofurkey!) and cranberry sauce, while they brought some squash, some potato pancakes, and the dessert. The food turned out great, though I had a bit of a problem with the nifty cranberry-sauce recipe I got from Whole Foods. Turns out [...]

We’re gradually assembling ourselves for our upcoming trip to the Inauguration in DC. It looks like we’ll be road-tripping with a few other people from the LGBA contingent, and will be staying out in Fairfax with much of the rest of the band. Fred’s working on bringing all the color guard members up to speed, [...]

Science doesn’t take a holiday (or at least it doesn’t in my new catchphrase) but many scientists do. As a result, my boss and I are doing significant projects while most people are out of their labs. Last Friday we re-wired most of a network closet. It was tedious, but since very very very few [...]

The new house is coming along. We’ve — or, rather, Fred and his folks have — pulled up most of the carpet on the main floor. Sadly, it looks like the original hardwood underneath is in too rough a shape to just sand and refinish, so we’ll probably be installing a floating floor on top [...]

Um, we’re going to be in Washington for the upcoming Presidential inauguration. Seems Fred’s been invited to be a co-captain of the LGBA color guard as that group marches in the Inauguration Parade… Unfortunately, my dry writing style cannot adequately convey the OMGWTFBBQ-ness of it all, but: OMG! WTF! INAUGURATION PARADE!