Egad! I've been out of the house three nights out of the past four, piggybacking off my sister's social network mostly, but also connecting up with some old friends I haven't seen in a long time who are still around. It feels good to get out and socialize, though running with people in their early 20s has left me more than a little winded on occasion. I find it challenging to stay out until 5am and get back up on my horse three and a half hours later, the old college ways. But I love challenges, so...

I also met the two minds behind Grass Commons; we're collaborating on Alonovo.com (which is going to be cool) and found out that we're improbably located in the same town. So I had lunch with Lewis and Ethan and we whooped it up about the revolution for a bit, then they helped me grok Ruby and Rails and invited me to stay for dinner at the CoOp where Lewis and his girlfriend Darcy (who I know from high school, natch) live.

I'm coming out of my cocoon to find Eugene isn't so bad. It's a beautiful time of year, and the city teems with young pretty people, many of them leading surprisingly fascinating lives. I'll be here for two more weeks to finish up some work before I pack up and head back east. Could be a fun couple of weeks.

Well, it would appear I have gainful employment through these fine people, with room to grow no less.

Practically that probably means a little less blogging than this past week's binge as I start to fill my daytime hours with work beyond catch-up. Or maybe the additional time pressure will spur new feats of creative whimsy. It's been known to happen before.

In any event, bully for me. Looks like there are going to be some interesting projects.

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Wow, about me is remarkably dated. I should set aside some time to go through and update some of the old static pages here. Eventually I'll make good on the threat of moving this whole enterprise off WordPress (wonderful publishing plaform though it be) and onto Drupal. "Eating your own dogfood" they call it.