everything, everything, all at once

Last night, I turned in my thesis for my master's degree.

This morning, I was told that an article I wrote is getting published on theserverside.com, a well-known enterprise Java news site.

Tomorrow, we depart for our vacation in England and Egypt.

allyson's birthday

Last weekend was very exciting -- I was able to bring Allyson with me to the Mercury for the first time. Before we went, though, we spent a couple of hours at the Chapel Bar on Pine, and while the company was good the service was terrible. The bar was closing to the public early because it had rented out for a private party by some of the PAX people (I gather they were EVE Online / World Of Darkness MMORPG people), and I think we were happy to be out of there.

We had a wonderful time at the Merc, though. Thank you very much to all who came and hung out with us and wished Allyson a happy birthday; I know she had a good time and so did I.