OMT is writing today from the bottom of a big empty. We’ve got over half a dozen drafts of pieces in various states of completion, but we’re getting nowhere with them. Most of them are of reasonably interesting topics, but after one or two good paragraphs, they descend rapidly into shit.
Even [...]
Archive for May, 2008
The Problem is not With Your Computer
Posted in Uncategorized on May 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A Sad Day to be in Boston
Posted in Uncategorized on May 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am a part of all that I have met.
Tho much is taken, much abides.
That which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Strong in will to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
– Alfred Lord Tennyson
Here at OMT, we’re reeling this morning from yesterday’s news about Ted Kennedy’s inoperable brain tumor, [...]
On the Road Again …
Posted in Uncategorized on May 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
OMT will be in Boston this week, on a business junket, hosted by one of our major vendors … Three days of being wined and dined, and, unlike the conference they held last year at this time in Sacramento, in which OMT was lucky enough (if “lucky” is the right word) to have seen California’s [...]
The Naked and the Dead
Posted in Uncategorized on May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, our front yard is naked, and the tree and five shrubs are dead.
Yesterday, Carl’s Tree Service came and took out the tree and shrubs, chewed them up into mulch (except for one log from the tree, which is now drying out in our fireplace in preparation for burning next winter), ground up the roots, [...]
Jesus Battles Zircon of Lambda 3
Posted in Uncategorized on May 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From the Vatican, we have learned that the Pope’s chief astronomer, Father Gabriel Funes, has said that life on Mars, indeed, all forms of alien life, cannot be ruled out. Intelligent beings, created by God, according to Father Funes, could exist on other planets in this and other galaxies throughout space.
The article in the [...]
Who Ya Gonna Call ? Streak Busters
Posted in Uncategorized on May 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday was the first day that we didn’t post anything since March 30. So our streak is finally broken, and not a moment too soon. We were getting a little tired, and we’re sure you were too, of “benchmark” posts that were of little value other than to keep the streak alive. [...]
You Can Look It Up
Posted in Uncategorized on May 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I hope that it’s only amnesia.
Believe me, I’m sick but not insane.
Yes, I hope that it’s only amnesia.
My friends, they don’t look at me the same.
– Jon Pousette-Dart
There’s nothing to say today, except that we’re not going to break a streak of daily posts that stretches back to March 30th … So, we’re just going [...]
Back on Schedule
Posted in Uncategorized on May 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The cancellation of our landscaping event yesterday due to bad weather (see below, “We Take That Back …”) was a terrible disappointment for us, but today we’re feeling much better about the whole thing. We just got off the phone with our tree people, and we are scheduled to have the work done this [...]
We Take That Back …
Posted in Uncategorized on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ignore our previous post. Our landscaping project was called on account of rain.
It rained all night, and it was coming down in buckets at 7:00AM when Chris from Carl’s Tree Service called and said that we were going to have to reschedule.
We prefer it this way, actually. This is definitely the kind of [...]
Anti-Arbor Day
Posted in Uncategorized on May 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well, the day of reckoning has finally arrived for the overgrown black cherry tree in our front yard. Today, rain be damned, they are coming to take out the tree and its root system, along with 5 overgrown shrubs (3 yews, an azalia, and a rhododendron almost as tall as the house).
We’d have loved [...]
