a visit from my heart’s chimney sweeper
Last night I went to bed very down. Although Marty and I got our code (mostly) straightened out and the Phils won again to gain a share of the NL East lead, my heart is suffering from too many very quick phone calls with my kids. It’s another adjustment, with their Mom starting a new job, everyone’s clock is tilted a little bit while we all get used to it. No one’s fault, just a change. The kids are tired and ready for bed when they call, they don’t want to hear about my day or tell me about theirs. But this morning, as I sat down at my cube, my cell rang and it was Viv. That just dusted all that depression-y soot off my heart (cough cough). Much better, thanks my little chimney sweeper.
So, back to the Marty project. One common complaint I’ve seen amongst PHP developers has been the growing number of hosts turning allow_url_fopen Off in php.ini (with good reason too). What this means is you can’t do an include of a file and pass a querystring through to that page. But, there is an answer my children – cURL. I should be able to refactor the code we’ve put together during my lunch break today. I have a lot of work on my plate for this weekend, especially with the coming visit to the kiddos next Friday. I need to finish the IVCi AD Import tool tonight. I also have two remaining items for the Curtain rods OSC site.
Weather permitting, my Dad is going to come over tomorrow and we’re going to sand the back deck (and front porch if we get to it). The deck sorely needs it. I really excited for next summer, when the kids will see their new backyard – the new playfort canopy, a nicer deck to have lunch and cookouts on, and hopefully (if I save my pennies) a canoe hanging off the fence for us to go paddling around the lakes.
Back to the Phightins… this town is crazed right now. It’s incredible. The only thing that makes me a bit sad is, I wish I was letting my son stay up late with me the past few nights to watch these games, just like my Dad did back in 1980. I will say this, if the Phils make it to the World Series (a stretch, I know), I will get us tickets and take him to a game, just like my Dad did in 1983.
Aside from working on the deck this weekend and writing a lot of code, I will get a big run in and a bike ride of some sort in. I’ve been wanting to put the bike on the rack and take a ride on Kelly Drive, but this weekend is a bit busy to squeeze that in, perhaps the first weekend back from seeing the kids.
Oh, I’d be remiss in not mentioning my victorious haiku entry over at Who Really Cares Anyway? And here is my prose (written about Diver Dan) in it’s entirety…(turns out I was the only submission, but also, I would point out, the best submission)
Diver Dan loves ham
I’d really like to see that
Mermaid on my loins
It’s beautiful, I know.
- The title of this one made me chuckle – it sounds as if I showed up at someone’s house and fell asleep on their couch.
- Tornado Potato – my carb deprived ass wants one
- The Crooked House
- Orphaned Hedgehogs Adopt Brush as Mother
- My SW Collection
September 28th, 2007 at 8:12 am
I need a nap or something. I read “if I save my pennies” as ‘if I save my penis’. I was all WTF does that mean until I reread it.
Hooray for Viv making you feel so much better! Kids seem to be great at knowing just when you need it!
September 28th, 2007 at 8:37 am
tori – i will defend my penis to the ends of the earth and if he is penis-napped, i will lead a castle onslaught to bring him home
September 28th, 2007 at 10:04 am
My buddy Mike came up with the following haiku for his grandmother on her last birthday (His entire family was visiting her in a nursing home.)
Your memory’s shot
we came here for your birthday
you won’t remember
I love it.
September 28th, 2007 at 10:05 am
My buddy Mike at work came up with the following haiku for his grandmother on her last birthday (His entire family was visiting her in a nursing home):
Your memory’s shot
we came here for your birthday
you won’t remember
I love it.
September 28th, 2007 at 10:13 am
Your back yard sounds like it will be a slice of heaven.
September 28th, 2007 at 11:04 am
Lorrie – I hope to be installing a slice of heaven next summer
September 28th, 2007 at 11:31 am
Yeah Phillies – glad to hear your daughter cheered you up this morning – kids are the best at doing that! Have a great weekend and GO PHILS!!!
September 28th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Hey – I’m sorry you’re down. This is such a roller coaster of good and bad. My head would go back and forth so fast that I’d have to hang out with the bees for a while to just get “normal” again.
Good luck with your deck. When you guys are done, you wanna come over to my house and do our back deck? Denver’s not so very far.
September 28th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Mike D – that game was crazy last night. have a good one yourself amigo
Open Grove Claudia – I’d wait to read the day after blog first before inviting me to do any deckery.
September 28th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
I love that hedgehog story.
Hang in there, Van – you’re keeping busy, which seems good.
September 28th, 2007 at 6:46 pm
Chris – busy is good, stops the soot from accumulatin’
September 28th, 2007 at 9:35 pm
Yes, it was a tough evening for me giving over my two for the weekend. Especially because the little dude is so angry. The girl was so young when we split that she knows no different. But the boy is having to bear too much. It’s awful.
Time is supposed to heal, but how long? (Oh crap! I’ve gone and depressed us all over again.)
Wait! I can redeem myself!
Yay! Phillies!
September 29th, 2007 at 2:02 am
Can Jr and I sneak into your backyard next year and play?
September 29th, 2007 at 4:48 am
I hate when phone conversations fall flat or disappoint, especially when you’ve been waiting for that call all day.
Sigh.
E has been out of the country and not even able to call…
September 29th, 2007 at 6:38 am
Hello, I am visiting form Corky’s place. I enjoyed your comment there so I came for a visit. Congratulations on the Haiku award. Now , I am off to read your various links.
September 29th, 2007 at 6:40 am
FuriousB bites
it much while riding his bike
Go, Furious, Go!
September 30th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
Sorry, Franki, the contest is over.
Van, your DVD went out Friday afternoon. In addition to the Diver Dan episodes there ia also a selection MOLLY MOO COW cartoons and a few Max Fleischer Color Classics as well.
Thanks for the blog plug. Guess I’ll have to think about actually posting an new entry now…
September 30th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
Well if you have time after all that yard work… We have a yard that is naked and in sore need of some love.
September 30th, 2007 at 9:48 pm
Wow. That sounded incredibly dirty.
October 1st, 2007 at 10:19 am
liv – it’s so hard answering their questions too. but being there for them is important, THAT is something that is killing me right now. i know my little boy and girl need their daddy’s chest to cry into from time to time. but i physically can’t be there for them. i’ve got no idea how to get through all this.
corky – of course, kids are always welcome
V-Grrrl – yeah, I know we’ll figure it out eventually, but i feel less and less important in my own child’s lives and it’s killing me badly
mjd – welcome! corky is good people, so by the associative corky principle, you must be too
Franki – i like that you left it open ended as to what I bite while riding my bike…i think
Craig D – sweet, I plan on watching it with my kids this coming weekend
Tink – yeah my yard work included a belt sander, and you should never, ever be nude or give love to anything with a belt sander nearby.
October 2nd, 2007 at 6:34 am
Haiku on the fly is best left to the professionals it seems.
October 28th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Think about it… Sometimes I can’t help but make a move with my mighty show A joke for you! Why do hurricanes travel so fast? If they traveled slowly, we would have to call them slow-i-canes