Published, quasi
A few things, real quick...

I had a photo essay accepted to a railroad photography submission. I'm pretty happy with it:
http://www.lightsourcephoto.com/rr_page.html

Also, I've [finally?!] started using Flickr, and you can see some recent stuff here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jalexlang

I got a new apartment, I move in two weeks. It's in Sharpsburg and it's perfect for me in nearly every way. I've told a few friends recently, "The bigger something is, the less you need to worry about it", and I tell you what - it's been true.

Security deposit - check.
Apartment - check.
Apartment in the right school district, with a view of the railroad, enough space, new appliances, and a whole garage for me to max out my hobbies... check.
Furniture - check, so it seems (thanks for the responses, folks!)

Logistically things are panning out -extremely- well.

This week I am attending Microsoft SQL Server 2000 training. The instructor is pretty lively which is a good thing because most of the material so far is boring. He does a really good job of throwing in interesting relevant bits (e.g. performance tuning) during the commentary so it's still best to pay attention...