I'm not one to toot my own horn so to speak. I don't go around claiming to know it all. I usually try to stay out of the spotlight.

I'm a behind the scenes, under the radar kind of guy. I know what I'm capable of and I do, on rare occasions, challenge myself to do more than that. This is one of those occasions.

In recent months I've been working with a really smart group of people on a project called NOWCastSA (http://www.nowcastsa.com/). In the beginning I was more of an indirect observer but I've recently become a co-conspirator or technical mentor if you will.

A few weeks ago one of my co-workers finally got around to catching up on my twitter and blog nonsense. He made sure to point out several flaws which I've yet to address including this one which I am now addressing.

What is AIH? AIH is Adventures In Homeschooling.

As a follow up to Crisis Level Epsilon...

I went to court today with my wife to attempt to get some of the charges dismissed as a result of my own mistakes.  The judge listened intently as I explained how the last couple of months had gone between the gallstones and the kidney stones and everything else.  I made sure to emphasize that this was my responsibility, period.

Just a quick follow-up to my previous post.  It would appear that my plea went unheard.  This could be for any number of reasons but it appears that one of my primary social communication tools had a melt-down (aka, The Great Twitter NoReply) at around the same time.

I managed to secure funding, albeit in a less than desirable way.  I had to pay my fines in the form of a bond so that I could get a new court date.  My wife didn't have to pay and got a personal recognizance bond and a new court day as well.

Justice is neither blind nor equal.

As I began cleaning up the stack of papers and other assorted junk that has accumulated over the last few months as a result of my mounting health problems I came across a ticket that I had received two days prior to my emergency gallbladder removal.  FML.

In my attempt to be a nice citizen and try to make arrangements to get it taken care of I was told "$1538.00 or go to jail."  FML.

As I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown I was told "$1538.00 by Thursday or go to jail."

So here's why I'm posting this...

There's a very specific reason for this site...

A few random thoughts from today...

Kids with ADHD May Learn Better by Fidgeting ... http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1887486,00.html?iid=perma...

That might explain a few things.

For the record, I'm somewhere in the autism spectrum closer to the Asperger side of things. I've been mis-diagnosed with a number of things including traces of ADHD at one point.

I've also learned how to "Fake It" for the most part. I still hate crowds and when I'm not running at full throttle I'd rather avoid people in general.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/27/education.school.year/index.html

Duncan said American students are "at a competitive disadvantage" because the United States has shorter school years than other countries such as India and China.

The competitive disadvantage is that our public schools are a failure. Longer school years will not change this. Changing what we teach and how we teach it is the only way to solve this problem.

Worst. Possible. Luck.

Or, more things I could live without.

If you've read the previous couple of posts you know that I recently had an insignificant organ removed after it decided to grow and become a pest.

Earlier this week (either Monday or Tuesday) while sitting at my desk at work I began experiencing a very sharp and annoying pain in my lower left back. My immediate thought was "Great, now what?" and that was shortly followed up by "@#^! this hurts!"