Tao Of Foo

Every now and then one must stop and smell the proverbial roses. I realized last week that I really need to start taking more vacation. I have maxed out my accumulated vacation and it’s just being wasted. That’s my free time being wasted! Time to remedy that. My direct reports are kicking ass and I need to be able to turn over the reigns occasionally.

So on that note I took the day off yesterday for no reason other than to relax. That’s right, to relax. I went with Amy and Ben to the weekly Storytime at the Boerne Public Library. We have lived in Boerne for over 2 years now and this is the first time I have been to the library. For the rest of the day I played with Ben while Amy worked in the yard. I was able to tend to a few projects around the house and cook a nice dinner, but other that that I got to relax and play with Ben. Ah, what a great day.

Amy took a few great pictures of Ben and I sporting our plaid shirts. Ahhh, plaid.

Yes, I know it’s late. Ben and Amy are sleeping soundly and I’m up babysitting the websites during some database server maintenance. Ah the fun of database driven websites. Like this one.

I recently added a GeoURL link to the sidenav. I was originally a bit curious to see who else blogs out in my neck of the woods. And by “neck of the woods” I mean Boerne, Texas. Turns out it’s mostly a handful of kids on DeviantART. Oh well, I was hoping there would be a few fellow mid/late 20-ish blogging types out here.

My buddy Jason has setup a pretty cool RSS feed for single word domains as they expire. He’s rsyncing files from the registrar daily, parsing them and making them available via RSS. Just one more cool use of RSS.

Well, the database is back up and the web content is all restored to normal operating conditions. Time for bed.

If somebody had told me back in college that Patrick would eventualy marry my cousin Karen, I would not have believed them. Well, it has happened and the wedding was both beautiful and fun. The rain kept us indoors but it certainly was worth it. The ceremony and reception were held at Castle Avalon which was absolutely beautiful. Ben had an awesome time dancing and was an absolute angel.

Our friends Mandy and Jim had their baby shower this weekend. It was great seeing them and it was especially great seeing Mandy’s grandmother Alice. Jenny and I grew up next door to her and I have very fond memories of her birds. I haven’t seen her in years, but it’s good to know she’s doing well. She seemed to get such a kick out of seeing Ben. I can’t wait to see the look on her face when her new great-grand(son/daughter) arrives.

Matt and Kristin got married last weekend. As usual, plenty of pictures were taken. Amy also got a few really good pictures of Ben that evening all dressed up.