The Hitchens Consortium Many Thoughts. One Brain. Zero Sense.

Sister Jane has made a frighteningly awesome birthday card. Keep reading if you want to see :) Thanks Jane, I love your disco self. Here's to 29!

Since so many people have asked, I figured I'd put the story of how I went about proposing to Tianna on Monday. I'm proud to say that she was completely surprised, and we were both really happy.

Since news travels fast, I'll try to get this out there before anyone feels like they've been left out.

I'm marrying Tianna, and I couldn't be happier.

W00t!

Well, my time at UBS is ending soon. UBS, taking into account the current economic situation in the world, has decided to bow out of the commodities business. The Houston IT offices are largely (like, 99%) devoted to that, and they've decided to close them. This means that I will soon have no job.

Hurricane Ike hit Galveston, Houston and several surrounding areas last night and this morning. Myself and Tianna are both fine, as are all the cats (frankly, I don't think they realized anything happened at all). We're just looking around and checking out the damage, and so far it seems pretty extensive.

Welcome to Christopher Shawn McKee! He was born last night and weighs 7 pounds and 8.5 ounces. Mom and baby are both well. I'm heading over to Texas Women's later to check on everyone :)

I had an interesting experience this weekend working on Tianna's Jeep. From broken switches to fuses to an alternator that craved a slow, painful death, I leaned a ton.