Alyssa suggested, since between myself and my friends I chat with online, that I put up a blog to showcase some of the strange (and occasionally mildly off-color) findings on the web.

Hence (pardon my language) random shit i found on the internet, the new premier source for random online goodness.

For those who like getting their syndicated goodness random shit also has its own RSS/Atom feed.

Enjoy!

Home sick today (poor me). I did manage to finish up just about everything I wanted to finish off during the day and after dinner. That and I watched Star Trek and kept the apartment looking ok. Alyssa and I will be sending around the announcement soon that Alyssaandkeith.com is ready for prime time!

Hey all -

Although I wanted to have this all finished up quite a bit ago, I have been distracted by more than a lot of little things.

• Work
  Everyone knows that work is going well, but busy for me, so if I am not working late, I may just be collapsing on the couch when I get home.
• New Business
  A lot of people know about this one... but might as well make sure everyone knows... I am working very hard, nights and weekends, setting myself up for starting a freelance web-development firm. Not bad stuff at all - it allows me to practice my skills and work on my design and development portfolio outside by day job. And I get paid for it. Woohoo! In the meantime, I am working on a few "portfolio projects" for friends to show potential clients what I've got.
• Travel
  Yes, indeed. Alyssa and I have been running around the past month, every other weekend. All important stuff (new baby in the family, father-in-law's surgery) but still, tiring. I did get horribly addict to sodoku on one such trip. So sad.

Well, in any regard, the site is basically up to snuff. Sure, there are a few little details Alyssa and I need to fill in (my academic projects - I am not working on any, but I should compile my old papers until then; for Alyssa - here copious geneology work), but all in all, we are pretty well set for content. I do want to do that overhaul with the code to make the whole thing XHTML (strict) and CSS.

Well, everyone, please drop us a line and tell us what you think of our site.

Hard to believe, but March (or Maarrch, as Bostonians say it) is nearly over. I'm always excited this time of year when Spring is coming. There is no lost love between me and Winter after Christmastime. I'm already formulating plans in my head for walks in the city, planting our porch herb garden, picnics in the Commons, Restaurant Week, trips to the Cape or Maine seashore...and most of all graduation in May and an empty Boston after the students go home. Boston in Summer is absolute heaven, but we couldn't really sit back and enjoy it last year with all the wedding preparation hubub.

The next few weeks will be the busiest and most hectic of the year. Room Selection is here, folks. March Madness has nothing on the mayhem that ensures with BU students, all of them, picking their housing assignments for next year. Needless to say, don't hold your breath expecting to see or hear from me until after April 7th.

Some big, big top-secret projects are underway in the Gibbs household. We are making an attempt at entreprenurialism to see what we can do on our own to start our own little business inside our home. More details will come as things are finalized...with weblinks for you to behold. ;-)

I hope whether this blog entry finds you, that you are doing well.

Work is still in progress on the new alyssaandkeith.com! Our busy work commitments and some weekend travel have not left us with much time except for working, eating, and sleeping--but we hope to carve out additional time soon to complete the site. For those of you who have randomly decided to check back, you should continue to do so, as some other revisions are in the works!

My father is home from the hospital as of late Tuesday. For now, he has no knee and is on intensive antibiotic therapy. The surgeons are confident though that they will be able to replace his knee for the third time, however, it will take at least another two surgeries. This is a lot to ask from someone who has already had 15 surgeries, so I ask that you keep Dad in your thoughts through the coming weeks.

Otherwise, things are good in Boston. Today was a balmy 65 degrees, which is fabulous for early March. I feel as though spring is just around the corner and am completely psyched! Hopefully it will be warmer than last spring, and Keith and I will be able to plan some travel once my work calms down in mid-April.

If you haven't IMed or e-mailed us lately---please drop us a line! All the best!