We just returned last night from our intense but fun 5 day minivacation in Orlando, FL, whereamberwoodrose's mother has lived for 15-20 years...they had some family business to discuss, so she got us some cheap hotel and dinner deals and with a Hi-Ho-VISA we were off. We had a blast but it was pretty exhausting, with tons of driving and touring the inescapable ( Read more... )

ANNOUNCING:My new improved art gallery & techsite at www.aeonsbeyond.com!


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A victim of collision on the open sea
Nobody ever said that life was free
Sink, swim, go down with the ship
But use your freedom of choice

I’ll say it again in the land of the free
Use your freedom of choice
Your freedom of choice

In ancient rome there was a poem
About a dog who found two bones
He picked at one
He licked the other
He went in circles
He dropped ( Read more... )

We cancelled the ArisiaCon plan. Between todays absurd weather, other social commitments tonight (our friends birthday) and tomorrow (another friends memorial service) and the general expense (I need to save up for next weeks bookbuying) its not worth it. So now the plan is to try the Boskone in a few weeks instead. Ive avoided many of the cons for ( Read more... )

Well so much for that job. These weirdos asked me to do their accounting cause their last accountant quit, except Im not an accountant...and they certainly werent paying me accountant's wages...and it was never discussed or optional just a command...so I said no I'd rather not,you hired me to this and that what I agreed to, and they fired me. ( Read more... )

The next 27 days are going to be painful.

I'm now getting up for another college bookstore job unpacking 1000s of 10 pound textbooks for the semester rush at 7 am every day in the worst month of the year to do it 5 days a week 6 hour days. amberwoodrose gets home here at 1:30 am, and getting to sleep in this nocturnal house before 3 am only happens when we're ( Read more... )

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Twas a fairly placid Christmas weekend here on the Secret Mountain. Very foggy and rainy. Soooooo glad it wasn't snow. I got several artbooks, a fleece jacket from Mom and lots of sock chocolate, mmmm, more sugar. Cooked spinach omelets for breakfast and had a chicken dinner. Uncomplicated and relaxing.

Sent amberwoodrose and progeny off on the Amtrak to east ( Read more... )

FINALLY...after nearly six weeks since the Trickster God frog marched all over this PC, maybe 10 or 12 trips to CompUSA for tech help, and a fresh Windows XP reinstall this past Tuesday night, wiping out a good deal of data but badly needed....the AeonMachine is back up to speed ( Read more... )

Its Sunday I should post something in here I guess ( Read more... )