Proposal: all AWS service names get a 30 second review from me before they ship. “Route53?” “Love it.” “Snowball Edge?” “Urban Dictionary both of those words.” “Systems Manager Session Mana—wow that sounds terrible now that I hear it spoken aloud.” I’m here to help.

Cool new backup service from Amazon Web Services including Amazon RDS support.

I'm going to The Mountain Goats at Neumos in Seattle, WA - Sep 5 bandsintown.com/e/100724635?ar…

I'm going to Vampire Weekend at WaMu Theater in Seattle, WA - Sep 27 bandsintown.com/e/100764421?ar…

Being a cat person seems like a lot of work! slate.com/human-interest…

I'm going to The Mountain Goats at The Showbox in Seattle, WA - Sep 4 bandsintown.com/e/100724634?ar…

I might go to Neil Young at Paramount Theatre in Seattle, WA - May 20 bandsintown.com/e/1013630102?a…

I'm going to Spiritualized® at The Moore Theater in Seattle, WA - Apr 3 bandsintown.com/e/100573639?ar…

I'm going to The National at King County’s Marymoor Park in Redmond, WA - Aug 29 bandsintown.com/e/100905523?ar…

Stephen Colbert is the best. youtu.be/T_qkVPZ8DJI

Best band of #Bumbershoot goes to Reignwolf!

Happy new year! #nmh

Why does everyone assume that when Pete talks about having a “fresh outlook”, he is referring to his age? Why do they ignore the fact that he is not employed in Washington DC? fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/new-…

Battles @ Marymoor Park bandsintown.com/e/1019984177. WTF ⁦Ian Williams⁩ - how did you get ⁦Primus⁩ to open for you? Looking forward to my first ⁦battles⁩ show with a lawn chair.

I caught a snippet from an old WRCT 88.3 FM playlist in the US debut of the terrific Dinosaur Jr documentary tonight at SIFF siff.net/siff-cinema/in…. Can't wait to see them when they come play next February.

Two nights, two rockumentaries. After the Dinosaur Jr. biopic last night, I went back to the Egyptian for the Todd Haynes tribute to the Velvet Underground seattletimes.com/entertainment/…. Tomorrow is the opening of Climate Pledge Arena with Foo Fighters. #emptynesting

A sure sign of the impending apocalypse - a full-out rock album from John Darnielle. #theMountainGoats #bleedout

I totally love #geocaching but I really can't stand earthcaches. It takes me a few minutes to log every other cache type. I spend hours trying to answer vague geological questions and never know if I'm right. I'm not a geologist!

I got a nice holiday card today from Dana Hilliard, the mayor of Somersworth, NH. He seems like a terrific guy but since I have never visited New Hampshire, I’m really wondering how I got on the mailing list.

Jello Biafra winter wear? @ Icon Grill instagram.com/p/BR8mbz_A2QZ/