I fell asleep around 9:30 Friday night. I’m not sure why I was so tired. It might have been from shoveling a foot of snow in our driveway so soon after recovering from sickness.

I got up bright and early Saturday morning. I shoveled another inch or so of snow and discovered that the snow plow had destroyed the door on our mail box. I put the door back on out of pure interest to see what the mailman would do when it came off in his hand.

I renewed the registration on our Vibe. I got a new driver’s license. It’s pink. Ohio BMV, let it be noted: I do not like having a pink driver’s license. Ok, I’m over it. Last time I got my picture taken for a driver’s license, I smiled. Ever since, I’ve thought it looked kind of goofy. So this time, I decided not to smile for the picture. The result is that it looks like a druggie’s mugshot. In pink. Oh well, it’s only until 2014.

Molly and I went to North Ridgeville to apply for passports. I smiled for the passport picture. Afterward, we had lunch at Fiesta Jalapenos Mexican Grill. The salsa was really good, the rice was amazing, but the beans weren’t worth eating. I got a chicken burrito and chicken enchilada. The chicken peices were huge, which would normally ruin the meal for me, but they were so soft and juicy that it was actually good. It really hit the spot.

When we got home, I checked the mail. The mailman had just shoved the mailbox door inside the mailbox with the mail. Speaking of mail, my Daisy Owl poster arrived today! It came with a small personalized doodle of Mr. Owl, which is a pretty cool extra.

I was in fine shape last Friday. Then I woke up Saturday morning with a pretty bad cold. I did manage to run a few errands in the morning, but I was useless for the rest of the weekend. In the past, Molly has complained that I don’t let her take care of me when I am sick. I always do things myself and don’t want to trouble her when I am capable even though I don’t feel well. This time around, there was a marked change in my policy.

I don’t know why, but I was convinced that I would be better when I woke up Monday morning. Unfortunately, this cold had other plans and I was powerless against them. I was still sick and had to stay home from work.

Over a period of three days, I think I watched about 10 movies. That’s not normal for me.

I continued to be pretty sick until yesterday. Now I’m just dealing with persistant sniffing.

Two things that I missed the most while sick: contact with Molly and Rock Band. I plan on enjoying both tonight.

I’ve written about my random urges before. It seems that Randall Munroe has had similar thoughts. He’s expressed them in today’s xkcd:

There is an unchanging, silent life within every man that none knows but himself.

from “Home Sickness”

Link: http://perishablepress.com/press/2008/11/24/perfect-rounded-corners-with-css/

I’ve updated my blog to the latest stable release of b2evolution. Rather than try to carry over my old customized skin, I decided to try something new. After customizing the December skin, I still wasn’t satisfied with how each white post looked in the dark theme.

I asked some of my co-workers for suggestions and one idea was to round the borders for each post. I thought it sounded like a good idea, so I went about figuring out how to do it without images or javascript.

After some searching I found this post. The css doesn’t work with IE, but it works great in Firefox and Chrome so I’m happy with it. Especially since it’s such an insignificant aspect of the blog. IE users won’t be missing much, but others will see a design that’s a little more pleasant.

Here’s the css I used:

-webkit-border-radius: 10px;
-khtml-border-radius: 10px;
-moz-border-radius: 10px;
border-radius: 10px;