It’s Stanley Cup playoff time, and I love it. I am a New Jersey Devils fan because of Martin Brodeur, well, actually because of what a sports writer wrote about Brodeur. It was during the Patrick Roy era, and I was being introduced to hockey. A friend of mine, who played goalie, was helping me pick a team to cheer for in that year’s playoffs, and we came across an article that began “If Roy had a cousin, an identical cousin…” and was about Brodeur. I wish I knew who wrote it, because I owe that person a thank you.
Excel
06
May
I love Excel. If I have an option between doing something in Word and doing it in Excel, I’ll do it in Excel, even if Word is technically easier. I enjoy manipulating data, using it to tell a story. (I am a geek.)
I spent most of this morning playing in Excel, and I learned some new things. First, the lookup function is only capable of searching the first 15,000 lines of data. When you’re searching 30,000 lines, that’s an issue. Also searching 15,000 lines of data (at a time) to fill in 10,000 blanks makes your computer run slow.
AVATAR
02
May
So glad we did not pay to see Avatar in the theater. I know the movie is pretty and that there were supposedly ground breaking special effects, but really how did this movie get nominated for best picture? The plot came from a random modern pulp generator and the script… I’m not certain I have (good) words for the script. But then, the script did not seem to have (good) words either.
And now I am extra annoyed that James Cameron would not let them use Avatar in the title of “The Last Airbender” movie – which I want to see.
Roller Derby
01
May
This is our third season being season ticket holders for the Rat City Rollergirls. I love roller derby. There are women of all shapes, sizes, and ages out there on the track giving their all. No one gets paid; they do it for love. If you want girl power, look no further than your local WFTDA league.
Last season Rat City moved to Key arena. There’s not a bad seat in the house. Being in the heart of Seattle has helped set attendance records the previous two bouts this season. I’d love it if we could hit 6,000 spectators tonight.
the format
30
Apr
I ramble. Occasionally, I ramble so much that I scrap everything I write. My goal with this blog is to update it every day. In order to do so, I need to manage my expectations for myself. Given these two “facts” about myself, I decided on a 100 word format for the blog.
100 words is short enough that I can reasonably expect myself to write every day. But it is also concise enough that I will have to get to my point. I will need to be careful not to exceed my limit.
And that’s it, in 100 Words.
Me
30
Apr
I am in my mid-30s, married for 7 years, 2 dogs, living in the greater Seattle area.
I have a BA in History from UNR, and an MBA from PLU.
I am the primary earner in my household. I currently work as a departmental analyst at a major managed healthcare organization.
I am a writer. I have 2 post graduate certificates in writing fiction. I have had one short story published online, and have edited and published a book of 100 word micro-fiction stories inspired by my brother’s photographs.
I am a gamer. I play WOW and Dungeons & Dragons.