Random Friday blogging

Inspired in part by Phil Haack's random Friday blogging, I feel compelled to do the same.

First off, enjoy the hilarity that Comcast is actually posting comments on my blog. If they took customer service as seriously as they do social media, maybe I wouldn't have had to make those posts in the first place.

Facebook's RSS to notes importer seems perpetually broken, so the people who enjoy reading my blog via FB aren't seeing anything I write. Yes, they could use RSS, but for some reason, RSS remains something that a lot of people don't understand or aren't aware of. That's a bummer. The stats, combined with Feedburner, indicate that a few hundred people typically read my blog every day, which is surprising. While I don't write for an audience (yet keep the audience in mind, if that makes sense), I think it's my FB "friends" who I would most want to read it.

This week turned out to be a real bust for weather. I'm surprised at how much I rely on sun to really find my energy.

Simon had his 15-month check-up yesterday. The doctor agreed we need to de-bink-ify him because of the potential choking hazard. We also need to engage in some serious sleep training. He's been getting up at various points at night, and crying until we pick him up. At times that also results in feeding. At this point we have to let him cry it out, or if we do engage him, leave him in the crib with a few rubs. I guess I kind of saw this coming, as he's definitely made some backward steps. I can pinpoint the start though... it was when he was sick. If the kid is miserable and has no concept of whether or not he's going to live another day with a fever, of course you have to go to him. I think he keyed into that though, and continued to seek comfort from us when he was well.

I went out last night to a movie with a friend last night, then got some food whilst watching the NBA finals game. I really needed that. I need to do it more often. I see why Diana values her moms' nights out. Of course, I'd love to get out with Diana more as well, but going out with friends serves a different purpose. You talk about completely different things and share stories with different perspectives. Of course, I also got to see a movie, which is something I did weekly while self-employed prior to moving.

Speaking of self-employed, I had another one of those ideas recently for a Web app, to build something in a weekend. I haven't done it yet. I've prototyped it a little, but haven't yet built it out. This is still an important experiment for me, and I haven't yet followed through on it.

I'm feeling physically crappy lately. I go back and forth on eating less some days, and I at least get out walking now and then around campus, but I'm not making the concentrated effort to just be generally healthier. It's the source of some serious self-loathing lately.

We need to do some traveling. Not just the typical coaster shit either. I want to spend a few days in Hawaii or something. Or two nights in Vegas with Diana.

Work has been an interesting ride lately. I've been in the new role for less than two months now, so I'm still feeling things out. I am starting to feel a little bit of a groove now, and running some feature work. I look forward to a time when I feel comfortable with what I'm doing. It's getting there.

And that's Friday's random blog entry.