http://elj.blogsome.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 07 Dec 2008 07:31:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, I’m moving this blog to the following URL: http://ericalj.wordpress.com/ Blogsome has been good, but I find a ton more features and themes through wordpress… http://blog.elj.us/ is set up to go to the appropriate place though. http://elj.blogsome.com/2008/12/07/77/ During the holiday season, I can’t help but think about the many people who have paid the ultimate price during this previous year.  How many families are without their loved ones because of the selfless acts of these people. So far, for the year 2008, the numbers actually look better than ... http://elj.blogsome.com/2008/12/07/76/ Last night, I went to a bar in Fairfax for "open mic night".  A friend’s band was going to play during this and I’d been wanting catch a live show of theirs for a while now. While they only had approximately 25 minutes to play, they were pretty good!   Definitely ... http://elj.blogsome.com/2008/12/05/75/ I came across a project an old friend has been working on that I find just so incredibly ingenius.  It’s such a simple yet good idea:  Need a place to meet? For suggestions, check out THIS It’s…a very simple site, which I like incredibly.  Put in one address, put in a second ... http://elj.blogsome.com/2008/11/25/meet-in-between/ Work has been anything but boring lately.  It’s definitely been challenging which makes work only slightly more bearable.  A couple of months ago, I was put in charge of the architectural planning of a huge project at work that impacts our entire platform.  At the time, 20% of my time ... http://elj.blogsome.com/2008/11/24/73/ Damn those inconvenient truths: An inconvenient truth: Fire & police funerals snarl traffic. This woman really needs to just get a life.  I’m so incredibly sorry she was inconvenienced when going to an appointment, but uhh, I think the family and the community was inconvenienced even more by the permanent loss ... http://elj.blogsome.com/2008/11/23/72/ For some reason, I kept seeing the paper "bag o apples" at the store..and I kept thinking it might be neat to get one of the bags and try my hand at applesauce. So, I did. I bought a bag of Cortland apples, peeled, cored and diced them up and threw them ... http://elj.blogsome.com/2008/11/09/71/ HAHAHAHAHA This is AWESOME: Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are   OMG. I ♥ The Onion! http://elj.blogsome.com/2008/11/07/70/ LoCo Fire released a video related to a fire in Leesburg a couple of months back: http://www.loudoun.gov/Default.aspx?tabid=2384 ….Wow. There really aren’t words.   http://elj.blogsome.com/2008/10/31/whoa/ Recently, I managed to find the sister of a close friend from years back on facebook.  As much as I hate social networking sites, it’s been so great to be reacquainted with friends from years back.  Friends who mostly just couldn’t keep up with my moves   Much of ... http://elj.blogsome.com/2008/09/24/66/