Happy New Year

Happy New Year to everyone. The year 2009 promises to be interesting, if nothing else.

Back home

I got back home around 5 PM yesterday: good time for the trip distance. I took over 100 pictures but haven’t had any time to do anything with them.

Today we hit the road for Kelly’s parents’ home for the next few days. In a spare moment I hope to post them (and burn a few promised CDs).

On the road again

In a few I’ll be joining my parents and brother for a road trip to South Carolina to my uncle’s funeral. Look for a post tonight (if I’m not too beat).

Offer accepted

I accepted the job offer today for the six-month contract with the Large Network Storage Company. Provided the paperwork gets done I’ll be heading off to work January 5th.

While it isn’t my dream job, necessarily, it does offer interesting challenges and opportunities for growth. And in this bleak job market, I’m happy to have found something (and so soon).

Greenway ride

My friend Scott invited me out today for a ride on the Raleigh greenways. We rode from my house up to Optimist Park and back, covering over 19 miles in two and a half hours. Not all of that was riding, though, as we took a break at the Optimist end and stopped to talk to some people along the way.

It felt so good to be riding again! I’ve neglected my bike since I lost my downtown job and this was the first serious ride since. I’ve been wearing a stupid grin all day.

Imagine me getting into shape enough to ride in a charity ride like the MS 150 or Tour De Cure: two events I’ve only volunteered with but never ridden. I should be able to do one or the other in 2009, right?

Uncle Arthur’s obituary

Uncle Arthur’s obituary ran in today’s The State in Columbia:

Arthur Manning Flowers Jr.
ANDREWS – Arthur Manning Flowers, Jr. died Monday, December 29, 2008, at Still Hopes Episcopal Retirement Community in West Columbia.

Mr. Flowers was born June 26, 1930, in Andrews, son of the late Arthur Manning Flowers and Mattie Lee Long Flowers. He graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1951, and served in the United States Air Force during the Korean conflict. After completing his service to his country, Mr. Flowers returned to Columbia and graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1958. Mr. Flowers practiced law in Georgetown for 38 years as a partner in the Moore, Flowers and Doar law firm (which merged in later years with the McNair Law Firm).
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WordPress not resizing photos

Ever since I upgraded my site to WordPress 2.7, the image uploader isn’t automatically resizing my uploaded images. All the uploader offers me is “Full Size.”

Anyone seen this?

Update: Fixed it. Looks like I didn’t have all the necessary GD plumbing in place.