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Tazzer

Ryan with my mom and step-dad's dog 'Taz' (November 2003)

Tigger - he Stavanja family cat (1984-2004).

Tigger often kept me company during my frequent late-night work sessions. Here he's observing from a favorite perch on the corner of my desk (April 2004)

Evidently I make a make a comfortable cat pillow while writing code (April 2004)

Tigger and my father were very close. Here Tigger rides shotgun while my Dad finishes his birthday cake. (October 1992)

My little buddy with her brand new Tigger (September 1984)

As I mentioned in my previous update, between an accumulation of both work and personal issues, I had gotten pretty stressed out by mid-June and was planning to take some time off.  Unfortunately, with no one to help out, I couldn't really completely walk away from work for any extended time.  The best I'd be able to do would ...

Between work and home, the challenges have been significant the past few months. Heaven and LinkFirst, regarding Heaven's situation -- it's over.  I took her back to live with her mother this past Wednesday, and most of her belongings here are gone.  It became clear to me that my help was in fact, not helping.  After ...

Sorry for the long delay in updates again this month. As usual, things are crazy these days. Unfortunately, the degree of craziness is even higher than usual. Heaven's situation became a bit more complicated these past few weeks. Due to a variety of circumstances, she's being forced into changing to a high school in the district in which ...