I can never remember why I think I made the change to a ‘blog format on July 5 and not July 3 (when it really happened). Probably all the other distractions happening around the holiday weekend, namely the beginning of the new fiscal year in our house (aka the Maggi Republic) in which Somara and I review how things went, what is currently urgent, where would we like to go in the next year and current quarter, so on. We tend to do this while having a steak dinner at Texas Roadhouse (embarrassingly its HQ is in Indiana!). We used to be fans of Outback but had a falling out with their Round Rock location one fateful evening; believe me, Fuddrucker’s was a poor surrogate for a ribeye meal.
Meanwhile, I want to thank you for hanging in there. In five years there have been some big changes on the (virtual) road to 1800-plus posts: two servers, two software solutions, about a half-dozen outages (no idea when the current intermittent access with AT&T will be solved), five vacations (Vegas 3, Orlando 1, DC 1), three weddings (Lowrys, Martinzes, Wilsons), many babies (lost track), a new car, a promotion and a few losses (Wicca, Kenny’s Coffee Co., the truck and two uncles). The migration from the old server drags on so I don’t have an accurate count on comments beyond the 234 (and two original FAQ questions) I approved or brought over. I do thank you though for contributing to the conversation, include the legitimate strangers and one celebrity trackback!
As you may have noticed, I found the back-end piece which controls the header on this theme (I prefer to call it a banner). Above is an old, funny picture of the other cat we’re housesitting for another week, Tiki. He got a little too caught up in a toy but always have the ability to sit tight for a photo, he missed his calling to be a model/actor in cat food commercials I reckon.
What’s next besides enjoying the time off from work? Beyond wasting a good chunk of tomorrow morning with AT&T’s DSL support (an exercise in futility), chores, updating the stream, trying to convert some crap to play D&D/Pathfinder Thursday (upcoming story there) and counting down the days, hours and minutes to Vegas 6! Somewhere I hope to squeeze in a little more migration from the old server, I’m up to the middle of October 2007, only a year to go!