On the sunny side of V ( Read more... )

Yet once again I have failed in my quest ... to wrap my greedy fingers around one of those bloody DC Direct V masks - curses!! Foiled again!! Well, another chance looms ahead on the horizon - this Sunday evening to be exact. Third time is the charm or three strikes and I'll be out. No matter what the results one cliche or the other will be ( Read more... )

There's a gentleman on the radio arguing (a man representing the electrical utilities, mind you) for "real-time pricing" - in other words, charge more for electricity when you need it most - say, for air conditioning at mid-day during a heat wave (when your health/life might depend upon it) - then lower the cost at 2 am and thereby encourage people ( Read more... )

I finally located a site that would allow me to download "C for Cookie." With my terribly slow connection (which will hopefully be a thing of the past within the next week or so), I could never watch the bloody thing except in 3 second intervals with gobs of dark matter in between ( Read more... )

I read this the other day in the Guardian Unlimited newspaper. Before I lose it under one pile or another, I'll quote it here. It's from an article entitled: The T-shirt Seller of Beirut and was written by a UK reporter ( Read more... )

Yes, I am certifiable, but even so ... I couldn't resist bidding on that brilliant mask. With 10 minutes to go and $450.00 riding on VBay, I foolishly served a patron (instead of telling him to bugger off - mind you, I was at my place of employment at the time) and some prat/git/all of the above outbid me. Sigh. It was a massive relief and an ( Read more... )

Just got this account today and I have no idea what I'm doing, but operating under the firm belief that viewing V's visage can never be a vile thing ... I'm experimenting with inserting images. Now if only I could insert a background image ... Mmmmmm ...


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