UPDATE 3: FOUND… What it’s like when someone goes missing (thank you for helping)

Here's the quick version: friend Curtiss Cox was last seen Monday, August 4 at 6:00am in Mansfield, Texas. He was driving a blue PT Cruiser, license plate beginning LS*-***. We need help fining him, because this is way, way out of character. Update 3: Curtiss has been found safe! This is the point where the story quickly becomes…

Fireworks

We're not super duper into holidays, generally speaking.  They're fun, but we're busy, and a good many of them (I'm looking at you, Mother's/Father's Day and Valentine's Day) are largely an excuse to sell people bunches of extra STUFF. You know the drill. But I love fireworks on the fourth of July, jack-o-lanterns and costumes…

Iron Man Kisses, and W00tstock San Diego

Walking backward (and other directions) through time... Just put the boys to bed. Each wants me to lie down with him for a while, and they stall and delay and ask for one more this or that. Ben is getting especially adept at this, while Eric is growing out of it.  The boy are good…

Portrait of boys spitting sprinkler water on each other

That's what's going on outside my back window, anyway. I'm mentally starting to call this house Casa Magnetica - remember that wonky sideways house at Six Flags over TX? - because of the way the floors unexpectedly slope up or down. Still love the place, though. Summer is both good, and hard on the little…

CUT OFF FROM TEH WORLD: No Email Today

I'm lost, I'm alone, I'm a singularity in space. I'm without email. We host our own, and this morning we took the servers offline and brought them to the new house. Until the cable company shows up and bestows internet upon us, I am without email, MidnightDBA.com, and my MidnightDBA blog. Woe is me! Please leave…

Under Pressure….

The move is done! Mostly. Something like 85%.  The movers showed up at 8:30am yesterday, and I finally kicked them out at midnight, two trips and two half-put-together beds later. Eric and Kiddo are thrilled about the new place. The dogs love it. Ben loves it, but at bedtime he wants to "go home!"  He…

Moving…

I'm moving RIGHT NOW.  Note: Eric couldn' find a school shoe, so he stays home. Benny's at school. Julie gets them both at noon. Kiddo was pissed off because Eric got to stay home. We're moving Starving Students Movers, and they seem great. I'm worn out. Took a coffee run and got a venti iced…