So after cranking hard for a couple weeks, we had our design review Thursday and yesterday. I talked for about seven hours over the two days. It was grueling, but I survived and finally have a weekend to enjoy. I'm trying to make the most of it, because next week we have to deal with the follow up to the review.

One of the things I've been putting off while working on it was a haircut. It was starting to get pretty unruly, so today instead of going to my normal place, I decided to try the local cosmology school, which offers haircuts for $7, paid in advance, with a waiver that you won't sue them if a student cuts your ear off or something. I think they're really worried about people being upset over a really bad haircut, but my style is simple enough that I figured it couldn't be too bad. Besides, it grows fast enough that I could get it fixed in two weeks anyway. Apparently today was the first day of class for a number of the ladies there, and I was the first subject for my particular stylist. As it worked out, the instructor ended up doing pretty much the whole thing, so I was essentially a model to demonstrate how the different parts were done. The end result is what you see here, which I think turned out great for $7. I really shouldn't take my own picture though -- it puts the camera so close that my nose looks huge. I mean, okay, I have a large nose -- it's a family feature -- but it looks even bigger when the camera is this close.

Beautiful sunset here today -- that's the second pic from my backyard.

I'm caught up on my Kaboodle inbox and notifications. Now I've got some really interesting mail to catch up on (AP ;-), and a ton of requests.