http://chicus.com/chicus - in convenient electronic form.en-ushttp://chicus.com/rss.xml I've been getting in touch with my Irish heritage a bit more as of late. A few weeks ago I tried my hand at set dancing and last night I went to see The Wolf Tones. Set dancing, as I explain it, is traditional Irish square dancing. Now you may b.... http://chicus.com/article.php?art_id=478 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:38:17 -0500 I went in for my yearly-ish physical yesterday. It was pretty uneventful, which obviously isn't a bad thing. I had two questions going into it, one of which was "how tall am I?". It's an odd question but since I kind of feel like I have been getti.... http://chicus.com/article.php?art_id=477 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:40:39 -0500 Now I'm not going to sit here and pretend it was a great show. It wasn't a good performance and judging by the general reaction most of you probably liked it much less than I. 30 seconds into Pinball Wizard it was pretty obvious they couldn't hit t.... http://chicus.com/article.php?art_id=476 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:30:22 -0500 This was initially one post in two parts but the first went so long I broke it up. Since I don't post that often right now I don't want you to miss the first post of the day on Haiti. Also, donate. I've had some misgivings lately about "awarenes.... http://chicus.com/article.php?art_id=475 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:03:03 -0500 I'll say straight away the Haiti earthquake struck me more than expected and may have flavored this post more than even I would anticipate. First off, an explanation of why I think it hit me. In the spring of 1998 or 1999 (it bleeds together by n.... http://chicus.com/article.php?art_id=474 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:18:40 -0500 Jen left for London on Friday evening, leaving me in Boston but kind of feeling like I am on vacation as well. That could read as if I am looking for a break, which is not what I mean at all. It's just that a large part of my routine in Boston will.... http://chicus.com/article.php?art_id=473 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:52:15 -0500 This is my first post...no, not in two months, though I guess that is true. This is my first post from my Mac. Huzzah. I made the switch after much contemplation on Black Friday. Apple had a deal and my hope was to parlay their special with my .... http://chicus.com/article.php?art_id=472 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:57:52 -0500 I was able to take part in a video shoot this morning. A co-worker was shooting a 7 minute film for a film production class and when she needed to cast the role of a bad date she thought of me...how kind. The plot was that Veronica's father makes h.... http://chicus.com/article.php?art_id=471 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:47:27 -0400 I'm going to try something new here. Instead of recapping an entire trip (to IA, for a wedding), which can be taxing to me and (I think) the reader, I am going to write about one aspect of it. It's a shame in some ways as there were a lot of great .... http://chicus.com/article.php?art_id=470 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:31:45 -0400 Jen took me out for a fancy dinner in advance of my 32nd. Neither of us would be in Boston that evening so we went to Upstairs On The Square on Wednesday. I have a love-hate relationship with fancier restaurants. To me, fancier is when the avera.... http://chicus.com/article.php?art_id=469 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:45:12 -0400 Early in the summer Kelleigh and Mike planned an excursion to a home near a lake owned by Kelleigh's uncle. Despite the coming of Tropical Storm/Depression Danny, Kelleigh and Mike, John and Brinda, and Jen and I headed up for Alton for the weekend..... http://chicus.com/article.php?art_id=468 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:33:15 -0400 With one last check on Hurricane Bill I headed to South Station for a bus to my first clam bake. Bill had been the talk of town for a few days with most reports being quite overblown. "It's going to hit Boston with 85 MPH winds on Sunday...it's alr.... http://chicus.com/article.php?art_id=467 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:42:31 -0400 I went to a clam bake this weekend. It was pretty awesome. As a result the story is long and interesting (at least I think so). But the only thing better than long and interesting is shorter and equally interesting. That's my goal and I hope to h.... http://chicus.com/article.php?art_id=466 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:02:20 -0400 I made an agreement with myself Saturday night that I would wake up Sunday AM and go for a bike ride. In previous years I thoroughly enjoyed bike riding but like most of my standard ways of getting exercise, it had been exceedingly lacking this summ.... http://chicus.com/article.php?art_id=465 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:49:23 -0400 I emerged from my cube this afternoon to the kitchenette and found a puddle of coffee eight inches long by four inches wide sitting between the sink and coffee maker. I then looked down to realize there was a trail of coffee drips on the floor from .... http://chicus.com/article.php?art_id=464 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:00:43 -0400