"...We have a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark out, and we're wearing sunglasses." - The Blues Brothers, 1980

The Blues Brothers is one of the SO's favorite movies. As we were coming back from Las Vegas and discussing current news (which included some upcoming hits from the 2016 Presidential campaign, or "Blacklash 2016, the ( Read more... )

So I've spent the past two months working on an awesome project, which had nothing to do with writing (unfortunately) but was still fun.

I'll give you a bit of a tease on and off this week. Here are a couple of pictures.


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So I'm doing this a day earlier or two years too late, whichever you prefer. I need a little kick-start myself, so here goes. Today's writing prompt, inspired by my recent Rainforest Village Writers Retreat experience, is as follows.

Da Prompt: Write Cinderella minus the evil stepmother or Little Red Riding Hood minus the wolf. Pick one of the two ( Read more... )

There is in Indiana a small pizza restaurant called Memories Pizza who is refusing to cater same-sex weddings. Why they would think anyone would want pizza at their nuptual celebrations escapes me, but if you are from Walkerton and GBLTQ, you won't be getting your wedding pizza from there. The pizzeria owners have beligerantly shouted their ( Read more... )

Over the weekend, Eldest Cat has eaten less and less. This morning, he took only three bites of food, hid from me by crawling to the back of the kennel behind his bed, and basically insisted on being a little curled up ball of kitty all day. I figured his renal failure was catching up to him, which the SO confirmed on our way home. Eldest Cat had ( Read more... )

It's official. Eldest cat isn't getting any better. His appetite is still not up to par, he's losing motor control of his limbs, can't climb into the litter box any more, and is in so much discomfort he wants to hide in his kennel when he's not eating or drinking ( Read more... )

Got home today, started doing dishes. The SO was microwaving some leftover egg rolls and this happened ( Read more... )

I only got to go to ICFA for one day (Saturday) but from what I saw, it was pretty decent. I definitely want to attend future events ( Read more... )

Eldest cat has his ultrasound today. He's been blind most his life, became deaf the past few years, and then got a heart murmur. The vet declared "no more surgeries" because he might not survive them ( Read more... )

When I come into work, I double-check all my SQL databases and jobs, fix any failures, then catch up on emails and respond to my customers. After all this, I take a few minutes to catch up on my SQLServerCentral notifications and newsletters, and any other interesting professional newsletters I have coming to my inbox. I always learn something new ( Read more... )