It has been such a lovely weekend so far. It seems especially luxurious after having to go to work last Saturday for the big site launch (a roaring success, hooray, and worth a bottle of Veuve Clicquot at the company meeting Friday), and getting Martin Luther King Day off tomorrow will be the icing on […]

Totally stealing from Flasshe here, but I was lllllazy through the holidays and need to get back into the habit of working out.
Biked today? YesTime: 44 minutesDistance: 11 milesMusic: Summervillain’s 2007 mix, part B, first 12 songs. Even though several are fairly slow, they’re so beautiful that I get chills, which can be just as […]

Got promoted — wasn’t expecting that.
Fairly intense and stressful day, but ridiculously productive. Facilitated two remote usability tests, slid under the wire of a content freeze in advance of Saturday’s site relaunch, and made it to the Sketchy Deli and back with 10 minutes to spare before my next meeting.
S’villain emailed me an offer to […]

Completely awesome, but only in theory, i.e, I wouldn’t want to run into them in real life:

Giant squid (good old architeuthis)
Kraken
Pirates
Ninjas
Sharks
Alligators, crocodiles, caymans
Jellyfish
Bats

Awesome in a purely stylized way:

All of the above, plus:
Birds
Vines, leaves
Fire escapes
Vampires

Awesome in an approachable way:

Dogs
Cats
Toddlers
Guitars
Cupcakes
Robots
Monkeys
Apes
Typewriters

Walking along Elm Street, while police sirens approached, a mailman was unloading a dark green box: “Sounds like all hell is breaking loose.”
Pause, then as the Transit Police car passed us: “Hey, I PAID my taxes!”
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At the ATM in the Porter Square Cambridge Bank branch vestibule, a woman answered her cell phone: “Hi, […]