http://michael.theshaffers.org Personal thoughts of a total stranger. Tue, 20 May 2008 06:14:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, here I am, back in the saddle again. It’s been a while, but now I’m feeling more like blogging again. Since I stopped blogging, so much has changed in my life. More on that later. For now, I’ll just say I’m back. (Via Journler.) P.S. I also update the blog to the ... http://michael.theshaffers.org/2008/05/19/back-in-the-saddle-again/ I decided to start posting the names on spam I received. I'm shaking my head at some of these. So, I have received email from the following people: Retrospectively O. Meat Shiners I. Resource Garment B. Symphonies I think this is going to be a regular feature. http://michael.theshaffers.org/2006/07/19/spammy-names/ The other day I had one of my most embarrassing moments at work. I was in a meeting. It had been called by a man we'll call John Doe. He's from Africa, and is an engineer. When, at the end of the meeting, we began writing up action items, I kept ... http://michael.theshaffers.org/2006/05/25/embarrassing-moment-at-work/ This is something that bugged me the last time Morgan changed schools. You get a sheaf of forms from the new school, in which you need to enter all kinds of information. Name, who does the child live with, address (so far so good), phone numbers, emergency contacts, alternate people ... http://michael.theshaffers.org/2006/05/12/bureaucracy-exposed/ Amazing! Today the most awesome thing happened. My son slept in until I woke him up. In fact, he didn't even get up until after I went into his room to wake him. Normally, now that he's on his new medication he will get up early. I mean really unbelievably early. I'm ... http://michael.theshaffers.org/2006/05/10/amazing/ Am I starting to have "faith" because I'm intellectually lazy? Do I want to shuffle off responsibility for things on to some remote god that I can blame for things? It sure might take the pressure off me if there was a god. Things happen. They have nothing to do ... http://michael.theshaffers.org/2006/04/28/is-faith-a-sign-of-intellectual-laziness/ Here's something about me that has never changed. I like to watch traffic. At work I look out of my window and I can see one of our major highways. One of my favorite things is to look out of that window and watch the cars going by in the ... http://michael.theshaffers.org/2006/03/21/something-about-me/ Morgan is trying a new medication. We started him on a free sample presciption on Monday March 6, when he was on Spring Break. We wanted to start him out when we could watch him ourselves and assess the right dose. We started him on one 5 mg pill for ... http://michael.theshaffers.org/2006/03/21/new-medication-for-morgan/ Today, I read an article on LewRockwell.com about attempts to open an all women's health club to men. I think Wendy McElroy puts it well for men. Are you more interested in revenge against women who forced their way into all men's clubs, or are you more interested in justice. If ... http://michael.theshaffers.org/2006/01/07/abolish-anti-discrimination-laws/ Ash posted on No Place Like Home about my little oopsie this week. The short story is that I went in to work on Monday when I had the day off. I didn't realize it until I pulled into the deserted parking lot. I was not looking forward to going ... http://michael.theshaffers.org/2006/01/06/why-did-i-go-to-work-on-monday/