Category Archives: Life

Sometimes, I feel the need to talk about me (imagine that).

Now-Reading Tweaks

I use Rob Miller's excellent Now-Reading plugin to track all the books I've read and am reading here at CoffeeBear. After my recent site upgrade I decided to tweak the single book template for my library. I noticed that the latest version of Now-Reading allows you to note who read a given book on multiuser [...]

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

The Good
Some time back my wife went into the doctor's for a check-up and found out her cholesterol was completely out of wack. Since then she's been on a restricted diet to fix it and since she's the better cook, I've been on the same diet. We've been doing this for roughly 2 [...]

3761 ways to go Bonkers

Have the dentist tell you they want to do about $2000 worth of work inside your mouth, after they've already done roughly $900 worth.
Hearing that your new dental insurance will only cover the first $1000 worth of work the dentist wants to do.
Take your car to the mechanic to have the brakes checked and the [...]

Gary Gygax

Gary Gygax was called home to the Blessed Fields of Elysium yesterday. He will be missed.

Valentines Day 2008

Throbbing sinuses
Drills screeching away
Constant vibration
Flying bits of tooth dust
Burnt scent wafting upwards
As mentioned previously, I broke a tooth. So I got to spend a good chunk of Valentines day in the dentist's office getting a temporary crown installed, but for extra fun I woke up with a massive sinus headache. I refused to [...]

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