This is my second Christmas living by myself. I’m fortunate enough to have friends who have invited me to Christmas festivities both last year and this one so I didn’t need to spend the holiday alone. In spite of not being a Christian, the secular angle of this holiday was important when I was younger. […]
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Thanksgiving, gyms, pinball, move planning
December 17th, 2009 by pleia2
I arrived at the Philadelphia airport late Saturday morning following the Ubuntu Developers Summit. The flight out of Dallas at 6-something AM after the UDS wrap-up the night before was a challenge, but I made it. I ended up sleeping the entire flight in a feat of airplane sleeping success that still amazes me, I […]
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My father
December 7th, 2009 by pleia2
My father passed away 5 years ago today. I miss you Daddy, you’re still an inspiration.
Moving to San Francisco
December 1st, 2009 by pleia2
The title says it all! Well, not all. I’m moving in February to live in San Francisco (first time living IN a city for me!) with my boyfriend MJ. A lot went into this decision to move and it hasn’t been an easy choice. For the past 8 years I’ve called the Philadelphia area my […]
Blogs on a Plane
November 16th, 2009 by pleia2
This American Airlines flight offers wifi, so I paid $12.95 to get it. Wince, I know, but the novelty! And really not so bad to keep me entertained during the flight. IRC on a plane, w00t! It’s actually pretty decent, my ssh sessions have been quite zippy. It’ll be nice when wifi on flights becomes […]
Hershey Park in the Dark and Scary Movie Week
October 29th, 2009 by pleia2
On Sunday Stephen and I headed out to Hershey Park for Hershey Park in the Dark. It was fun, but I learned a very important lesson that day: I shouldn’t go on roller coasters if I have a sinus headache, for the first time in my life I got physically ill after a roller coaster […]
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Ubuntu California, Birthday, RiffTrax Live
October 10th, 2009 by pleia2
And now those things from the past few weeks that I didn’t manage to cover in my last post… Meeting the San Francisco Ubuntu California folks! What a treat. Grant Bowman arranged to meet up at Thirsty Bear Brewing Company which was about half a block from where I was staying. I was able to […]
Flowers in hair? Check. Off to San Francisco!
September 25th, 2009 by pleia2
I’ve finished packing and I’m leaving my apartment in a couple minutes for my long birthday weekend trip out to San Francisco. I’m actually flying back on the night of my birthday on Tuesday the 29th, but the long weekend itself should be a lot of fun! So excited! While I’m out there we’re planning […]
ABE.pm and PHL.pm at Victory and the rest of my weekend
September 14th, 2009 by pleia2
On Saturday I headed down to Victory Brewing’s brewpub to meet up with the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Perl Mongers (ABE.pm) and the Philadelphia Perl Mongers (phl.pm) for a joint meetup to check out the Victory tour and hang out. I boringly just had a Hop Devil, and only one at that since I had to drive home, […]
Remembering Matthew Rosewarne
September 11th, 2009 by pleia2
Last night I received an email from his father telling me that Matthew Rosewarne had passed away. It was my responsibility to pass along the notice of his passing to the rest of PLUG, so with much difficulty, I did. His obituary is online here, reposting: MATTHEW ROSEWARNE, August 23, 2009 of Philadelphia PA. Tragically […]