Whew. Once again, many days of not posting… What have I been up to lately? Let’s see…

I’m working on a new firewall and bandwidth management setup for my Home LAN (new blog topic to arrive soon, from the Department of Home LAN Security – ouch). Em thinks I’m disturbed because I told her our house will soon have two separate DMZs. Phooey.

In the movie word, I saw X2 with Sebastian at Metreon, which was strictly mediocre. As expected. Really just an appetizer for the glorious seven-course visual feast that will (I hope) be The Matrix Reloaded, which we’re seeing on May 20th as part of the second-ever Man Night outing. Oh, YEAH.

Friday night Em and I saw Better Luck Tomorrow, which was really very good. As expected.

Saturday saw some errands on Valencia (stumbled upon Clarion Alley – see next post), and Throwing Muses at Slim’s – Live Music, which was great. As expected. Although it paled in comparison to seeing Kristin at the Exile Follies show a few months back. I just prefer acoustic sets, you know?

Yesterday was Mother’s Day – I called Mom. Oh, and Em and I went for a great bike ride through Golden Gate Park with Alison and Mike. Sat on the beach for a bit, and sat by a cute duck-and-turtle pond in the park… A good ratio of sitting to riding.

Tonight I leave for Seattle, to do some on-site work for a client up there. Coming back Friday night. I get to stay in the very-cool Ace Hotel, which is apparently in a neat neighborhood, so it might even be (a little) fun. In any case, it easily beats St. Peters, Missouri.