Free/Busy Information Added

I added a link to our public free/busy information calendar to the sidebar.  This link does not expose event information, however if you are planning events with us it should be useful to see the times when Meaghan and I are available.  This page uses the Google Calendar service to retrieve the event data.  Check it out when you get a chance and let me know what you think.

I’m still deciding upon a final calendaring and organization solution.  I’ve been using my TMobile MDA to organize my calendar for the last couple of years.  It integrates with the Exchange server at SoftSource (my employer), which means all of my work meetings are automatically synchronized.  However, I’m finding that I’d prefer a little more control over my own calendar without reliance upon the “email server at work”.  If I were to change employers then retrieving all of that information could be difficult.  Furthermore, I’ve never really felt comfortable putting my personal appointments on my work calendar.  I’m giving the Google calendar application a good test as it seems the most promising so far.  Easy to update and very easy to sychronize with using the iCal format.  I’ll give it another six months to see how well it meets our needs.

Not Strongbad for Halloween

It bugs me how your costume doesn’t have a not came from a $20 bag level of effort.  Yes, I did the unspeakable and went as bag ‘o costume man this year; officially an inmate/jailbird.  I was hoping to go as StrongBad but a lack of time occured towards the end and I was unable to finish making my costume.  Absolutely no procrastination on my part contributed to the lack of my ability to finish on time.

My costume and I attended a Halloween party in Eugene this year, hosted in part by Meaghan, to meet some of her friends.  Unfortunately, my camera went poopy a few weeks ago and so I was unable to take any pictures of the party myself.  However, some newly discovered friends took a couple of good ones and have agreed to send them to me so that I may post them here.  Meaghan dressed as a hella sexy pirate and, accompanied by her friend dressed as a succubus, we made quite the trio wandering the streets of Eugene.  In costume (partially) before the party we must have looked quite funny at the liquor store picking up our party supplies.

The party was a lot of fun and Meaghan managed to be one of the first people to truly give me a taste of my own medicine.  Puking not only on me, a bedspread, bedroom floor, and then in the taxi on the way home, she set a hell of a record and solidified herself as a true Stu-style kindred spirit when it comes to partying.  Perhaps we have a new random queen in the making?  Having partied to this level many times in the past myself, I really didn’t think anything of it beyond “so this is what it feels like to be on the other side…meh- I’m glad she’s having fun!” :)  All in all, costumes were worn, alcohol was consumed, much dancing occured, several legs were humped, and everyone left intact.  Sweet!  On New Years it is time for me to introduce Meaghan to my friends up here- I can’t wait!

I would have liked to see Trav’s Joust costume and languish in the traditional Meyer Bros Chaos (TM) but I’ll have to wait for the opporunity to witness Adam breaking something at the New Years party!  This should be fun!