It seems like I have once more place to update on a regular basis... I started on Geocities back about 11 years ago, then moved to Xanga in 2001, then added several other sites (including my "main" site at dropcase.com in 2003). Along the way from there, I've added too-many-to-count sites that want me to update them. This has been the only place I've consistently come back to so I can update it... Even if it's a while in-between, I'm a Xangan for life.

I've mostly narrowed it down to here, dropcase.com, Twitter, and maybe a couple of things here and there. If I can keep the site list small, maybe I can keep up with posting to all of it.

Now, if I could find a way to post a little something to all of them from one easy-to-use interface, I'd be a more regular poster (no fiber jokes please). Heh. Maybe that'll be my next big thing: writing the universal post-o-matic application. Of course, knowing myself for as long as I have... I'm gonna say that nobody should wait for that.

Thanks to the Xangods for giving me a solid place to put some virtual roots.

Yes, I'm such a procrastinator that I waited until the 4th to wish all of Xanga a Happy New Year. So much for resolutions.

2007 was a good year for me, and I hope the same was true for you. We had a great party for the end of 2007 and beginning of 2008... and actually "finishing" it this weekend. For some reason we still have a lot of alcohol left over, even though our recycling bins were full of wine bottles and beer cans. Anyone do anything exciting over the holidays?

Oh wait, that's just me.

We're doing a phone system upgrade this weekend, and I get to come in and make sure that some of the administrative stuff is take care of before Monday morning.

The only upside is that the commute will be a lot shorter than normal... probably about 55 minutes instead of 90. I'll stop myself before I rant.

What's the word I'm looking for?

Things I've been working on lately include del.icio.us, [dropcase], a site for a friend, and the latest (but long-planned) site that started on this very blog.

More on that (and other things) soon. Sorry to be so vague, but I gotta get outta here and drive home.

Any tricks on staying awake while driving at night?

There's a company thing for me tonight, and I won't be getting home 'til after 11:30. Even though things are slow, it's been a really long day already. Still at least 6 hours until I can sleep.

It would be nice to have tomorrow off, but no such luck.

I was discussing the power choices with some people at lunch the other day, and one guy said they play the same thing, but in a slightly different way. This is a little more open-ended:

What three super-powers would you choose?

You'd get to have all three, but it's tough to pick what you'd want, right? Time to get creative - like people have mentioned, there are some powers that lend themselves to covering another power (like super-strength giving you super-speed).

By popular demand (both of you who asked), here's the pumpkin dip I was talking about. The name is made up, but the result is delicious:
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Super Easy Pumpkin Dip
1 can pumpkin
1 8oz block of cream cheese
1 cup confectioner's sugar
cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg to taste

Blend all ingredients, then (as my wife put it): whip it, whip it good.
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Very tasty with ginger snaps, and watch out for eating a whole box of them with it.

seasons, Yes, they're great for carving, but how about some recipes for them? Ok, if anyone has links or pictures of carved pumpkins, I'll take those too...

Since I got some great ideas on the apples, I wondered about some of the other "fall" items. This time I don't know that anyone will give varieties to eat, but then again, we can't be sure.

My wife has a recipe for this great pumpkin dip, and it's very tasty with ginger snaps. If anyone's interested, I can probably post it.

One of the reasons I really like autumn is apple picking, and especially the tasty things that are made with those apples. There's apple crisp, and apple fritters, apple pie, caramel apples (ad nauseum). I won't get all Bubba Gump about it, but apples are so tasty.

EXCEPT for delicious apples. I think it's a poor name for them, 'cause they really aren't that tasty. Ok, I'm slightly biased against them now because I'm allergic (only to them, oddly enough), but I wasn't when I was younger...

Any suggestions for apple goodness?

Elasticity or Solidity?

This one needs some explanation - think Mr Fantastic vs. Thing (almost).

Elasticity would be the ability to stretch yourself out into almost any shape you wanted. Solidity would be the ability to change your density from what you are now to something more dense. You would stay the same size, but could be as solid (and yet still move) as stone or metal.

How's that? Feel free to leave reasons with it as well...

Previous choices:
First: Heat vision or X-Ray vision?
Second: Super speed or super strength?
Third: Telepathy or telekinesis?
Fourth: Flight or teleportation?