People like being right.

I think my strategy is going to be that it looks good to me from a high level and in comparison to similar roles, and that I'd like to chat about some specifics.

and why would our server host be mad at us?

For having vulnerable code, probably, and also I image we exceeded our monthly bandwidth by a lot when they did what Tom said.

ok Tom, Thanks. Is there stuff we can do to better safe guard?

At this point, I'm not sure how they got in.

Well, we put in a bid on a house. It's a foreclosure that's marked way below market for the condition and area so it's kind of an auction. We have a strong bid, but it may or may not be enough.

If we get it and sell our current house in a reasonable amount of time, then we'll own the new house outright sometime in summer to fall of next year.

Consuela, you can definitely go back to bed.

I just came from a funeral that was surprisingly hard for me. I mean, I was close to her family when I was a kid, but haven't seen her in years and years. Here's the great thing about community, though -- I was talking to a guy who I haven't seen in years and was never close to as a kid, because he's 3-4 years older, and he totally said the exact thing I was thinking about how this is the beginning of this phase in our lives.

I told his boss to thank him again for me. He made everything happen. And used words like respect and dignity, with the craxxy POV that patients warranted both.

Amazing.

Having discovered that Tabatha Takes Over is on YouTube, that's basically what I've spent the last two days doing. I mean, other stuff too, but I keep thinking I should really watch something else. And yet, I'm not.

Thanks for all the Charlie sympathy,all. I know it will get better given time, but it's nice to hear all the stories of pets for whom it has already gotten better. Last night hit me harder than it would have normally, since I am already worried about having to "abandon" him to overnight boarding while I am in San Diego (going for a conference), which I think is going to set us back some.

Thanks for the ~ma for K-Bug. We hope to know more on Friday.

Dropping CJ off at the high school was surreal. The police were getting set-up for the training and there was crime scene tape all over the place. It just gave me the willies. The school they are using is less than 6 miles from Columbine High.

Lee, you are doing a good thing. TNG (who is not so N anymore, as Matt pointed out last weekend) was afraid of the entire world when I got her. She would squat and pee if you looked at her sideways, much less raised your voice.

Now she scares away the burglars with her angry barking (at other dogs), and she's fine with strangers and will even go happily to the dog park to run around and play.

Having a consistent, supportive environment where he knows what is expected of him will help Charlie enormously. And I wouldn't worry too much about boarding him: it's only a little while, and he'll get over it quickly. They're certainly used to skittish dogs.