Entries from February 2008 ↓

• Looking forward to Leap Day. Nothing quite as cool as 2/29. #
• Ok its 30 but it snowed again. Blech. #
• At a surprise baby shower lunch. For me. And the wife is with me at work. It was a total surprise. How awesome is that?? #

• back at home. thinking about dinner, work, dogs. Snacking on crackers. Tweeting. Wishing Hillary would just call it a day. #
• Up since about 3:30a. Could really use a stout cup o the black. Which in my case is more of a sweet dark caramel color. #

• Watching Balls of Fury, drinking beer and eating wings with my co-workers. Nothing but quality. #
• On a later train than usual, I have three unrelated (I think) people sitting across from me, all fast asleep, oblivious to the passing night #
• You’re on a dessert island. You have an open bag of chips and an open bag of cheerios sans box. You have one bag clip. Which 1 stays fresh? #
• @popejephei clever answer! That will leave you with BOTH stale chips and STALE cereal. (Sea air gets everywhere! See?) #
• @popejephei are you suggesting that your cleverness is inversely proportional to local snowfall? Have you thought about moving to AZ? #
• @jernst good point. what if we switched it to frosted mini wheats? or even cereal X? does that change the equation for you? #

• i got nuthin. #
• sometimes I kick the cord on my macbook just to be sure the magnetic power connector disengages before the whole thing falls on the floor. #
• Off to go find the building just south of 1 s wacker. And, hopefully, managing to not drop my camera again. Ack!! #
• Spending way too much time on a circuitous route through chicago in hopes of getting last minute building + snow pictures. #

State of Illinois Building + L @ Night, originally uploaded by ReidCarlberg.

Had some time to kill tonight after the Balls of Fury fest so detoured over to Lasalle. Hit Lake Street as the L was pulling into Clark & Lake.

• Dude – if you’re gonna buy an FJ you gots to buy the running boards. #
• just finished lunch. client call in 15. really should power nap between now and then. #
• Rule of the day: When you say "[something] on [something] action" you have to preface it with "hot" even if [something] = "web services". #

Last snow of the season. I hope., originally uploaded by ReidCarlberg.

Part of the forthcoming 53 Views Along My Commute. With apologies to Ando Hiroshige.

caramel brownies, originally uploaded by ReidCarlberg.

Well — not just caramel. It’s caramel, chocolate chips, and toffee bits held together in a chocolate cake mix. Mmmmm.