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As it turns out, the tooth in question (upper left first bicuspid, if you must know) got that way because of pressure from a wisdom tooth. Wisdom tooth pressure was squishing the whole upper left side, but the broken one had a small weak spot that eventually just caved, and now it’s infected. Yow. Have [...]

So. Thanksgiving weekend was mostly consumed by a road trip to Oklahoma City. Here’s the ten-minute recap, which undoubtedly leaves out something important. Thursday was deliberately low-key. We had been planning to attend dinner with Fred’s family, but backed out when we learned that there would be members of his extended family there. Instead, we [...]

All in all, today was a good day. Yes, I’m tired, but it’s a good sort of exhaustion — the kind you can only get by running back and forth completing things and fixing things and installing things et al. I did receive two bits of bad news today, though: Because the new job’s health [...]

Well, it’s official: I’ve accepted an IT job in a research department at $UNIVERSITY, and tendered my resignation for my current position. The new job itself is somewhat similar to my current one: it’s a small IT department covering many independent subunits, and I’ll be geek-of-all-trades for a while longer. Plus, it’s a 25% increase [...]

Today’s job interview went smashingly well. The interviewer mentioned several areas of expertise that they were looking for, and — well, I had notable experience in all of those areas. (“Why yes, I *am* familiar with MediaWiki syntax!”) It certainly didn’t hurt that I am used to dealing with fiercely independent fiefdoms or that I [...]