I am a: Quirky sysadmin. Geek. Gamer. Comic fangirl. My little space, my home on the interwebs. I blog about personal stuffs, work, various coding projects, and anything else I feel like.

It dawned on me today that I’ve been back almost a week and hadn’t posted anything about my trip. I went down to Orlando again this year for work. Five of us headed down to attend IBM’s Connect 2016 conference (formerly known as Lotusphere). It was FUN! This year’s was held at a new venue, […]

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great […]

I love my little iPhone. I always have. When it came time to let go of my old Helio Ocean, an iPhone 3 was placed in my hands. I fully expected to hate it, but instead fell in love. Over the years I’ve earned a lot of good-natured ribbing among my friends because of my […]

Someone from UAB recently contacted me about my old position there. I politely listened to the list of enticements meant to tempt me to come in and interview. I would be working with a few of the same folks as before, but in a “bigger and better environment.” There would be better benefits, more pay, […]

I had been meaning to post this for about a week or so. Do you remember a local magazine by the name of Weird Alabama? It ran until about 10 years ago, when it was shut down by Barnes and Noble because apparently they owned the trademark on the “Weird.” I’m happy to say that […]

No matter where you go, when this day comes around, the question always remains the same: Where were you on September 11th, 2001? I remember that morning very clearly. I was at work. It was a slow morning, so I had hopped onto IRC and was happily chatting in several of my favorite channels. Someone […]