Everything in my medical training has taught me that trying to min-max your vital signs and lab values is absurd and insane if you don't have any medical problems, but people are going to do it anyway, so I guess I might as well get used to it.

So I've been completely neglecting this blog, to the point where I didn't even realize my web host had suspended it (I'm not entirely sure why. I thought I was still paying for hosting, but I guess I was wrong.)

Coding—even in Ruby—is not exactly plug-and-play, but it's a whole hell of a lot easier than it used to be, I guess.

burnt out, trampled, bruised and scratched up
tattered and shredded into bits
was it dark purpose, cruel design
as the daylight waned
and darkness usurped the land
that I was made against my will
to face the dying and the dead
made to be Charon rowing the rickety boat
across that lifeless river

I think I have a thing for Icelandic women. I stumbled upon the single "Sunny Road" by Emiliana Torrini I think somewhere on the iTunes Music Store. The album it's on is "Fisherman's Woman" which juxtaposes her sweet gentle voice with pretty acoustic guitar accompaniment. I don't know why, but it makes me think of the California coast, and light rain.

I am currently in Amarillo, TX. I actually chose this hotel I'm at precisely because they have in-room Internet access. How geeky is that.