Mom’s in the hospital with a broken hip, and I’m worried about her. It’s 7:00pm on the dot, and her surgery should be starting any minute now.  Hopefully I’ll get a chance to visit her before I leave town.

We’ve been talking about moving to Seattle after Amy finishes school. If only we were there already! Babeland (a Seattle sex shop) says to bring your “voter registration card, ballot stub or your word of honor” tomorrow and they’ll give you a free sex toy. Oh well, at least I can still get a free coffee at Starbucks — maybe.

I don’t want anyone getting the impression I’m jumping ship, but I think these articles from Bruce Webster are important for IT managers & leads to understand: How to Retain IT Talent with Goal Alignment and How to Retain and Improve Your IT Staff Simultaneously.

I’ve been meaning to write a blurb about Warp 11, a Star Trek band. They do a variety of rock styles, with lyrics that sound like a cross between Gene Roddenberry and Lords of Acid.  You know, songs like “Boldly Go Down on Me” and “She Make it So“.  If you’re a Trek geek, go buy one of their albums now.  I came across The Vulcan Freedom Fighters thanks to a Reddit posting last night, and they’re pretty good too.

I listed some interesting Commodore items on eBay last night: a Turbo-232 high speed serial interface and a commemorative t-shirt from World of Commodore 1988.

Tomorrow’s the big election. After two years of campaigning, it’s almost over. This will be the first presidential election where I’m not voting Libertarian. I can’t lend my support to Bob Barr after all he did in his legislative career, and this is one election where I don’t think it’s in my best interests to “vote my conscience”. I don’t want another eight years of the current regime, I certainly don’t want Sarah Palin in national office, and I think this country really needs a charismatic, positive person in the White House who can actually string together a complete sentence.