My 80gb iPod video just died.
It'd been a bit quirky starting last week.
And now it's gone.
I'll swing by Best Buy tonight to see if my PRP is still active and will cover it.

Why at the beginning of a shift?

A temporary gallery of pictures I took in DC this past weekend with my new camera:
http://flickr.com/photos/cowdefender/tags/washingtondc2008/

I've finally gotten my big story proofread sufficiently (at least for web posting, when my second book is nearing completion it'll get a thorough proofread again).

The story is called Nora.
It can be read in html or pdf.
I'm very enthusiastic.  I think it is very good (I'm biased).  But I know it is very long and it'll only be read from front to back with some measure of commitment.  If you read for 5 or 10 minutes maybe the commitment won't be a hard thing to do.

Ein Mann lässt sich in der Öffentlichkeit von einer Frau verprügeln, die nur halb so groß und halb so schwer ist. A man can be in the public slog of a woman who is only half as big and half as heavy. Er zieht danach keinen Krummdolch aus dem Mantel sondern freut sich wie ein Schnitzel, dass er es zumindest durchgestanden hat. He then pulls no Krumm dagger from the mantle but is looking forward like a cutlet that he at least durchgestanden. Diese Haltung würde man sich auf den Straßen von Berlin-Neukölln häufiger wünschen. This position would be on the streets of Berlin-Neukölln frequent desire.

Germans are awesome.

A workday without a cell phone.
How will I survive?

StevenLong.Esq (my new law blog) has gone live.
Halloween was pretty crazy (for instance).

I just got home from seeing Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers for what may very well have been the 15th time.

life is pretty great
very busy
8 hours of work day
5+ hours of play

i'll give more details when i get a chance