Yeah, right. Like Hell that will ever happen ( Read more... )

This is a copy of something I posted to  ( Read more... )

This one I can't blame on cheap-o enchiladas and canned chili. This one I blame on Bethesda Softworks, for making Fallout: new Vegas so damn fun.

So, I was one of a group of survivors in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. What kind of apocalypse? No clue- my subconscious didn't seem to feel that detail was important.  All I know is there were two couples ( Read more... )

Had an odd but interesting dream last night. No clue why- nothing I can think of in my waking life has any remotely similar themes that I can recall. What the Hell they putting in bananas these days (and if you can identify the source of that quote, I love you forever)?

Anyway, to the best of my recollection it went something like this:

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For the 5 people who actually read my LJ.

So, now I am moved to Houston and settled in (that is, 95% of everything unpacked or in storage). I still have a few boxes that I need to take back to Victoria and put in storage at my mom's- mostly extra kitchen stuff that my new-old roommate doesn't need. My condo is just two blocks from Reliant Stadium ( Read more... )

I N C O M E

Work (at minimum wage)                                        $7.25/hr

x40 hours/week (unlikely)                                       $290

x4 weeks per month                                                $1,160

-income taxes (15% bracket=13.71% actual)         $1,001 per month

E X P E N S E S ( Read more... )

Earlier today a friend of mine who is playing the Real World MMO on a harder difficulty than I am posted a link to a blog by author John Scalzi on her Facebook page, entitled, "Straight White Male: the Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is"  (http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/05/15/straight-white-male-the-lowest-difficulty-setting-there-is/).  It was ( Read more... )

So I got this meme from karcy, who got it from underlankers. Here's how it works:

Karcy gave me seven questions, below, to answer (just as underlankers gave her seven questions). If you post a response, I will give you seven questions to answer. The object of this game? Get to know each other better. And Karcy gave me some gooood questions!

1. What's the story behind ( Read more... )

I stumbled across this question on an online Q&A forum. Here's my answer:

To answer this question, we have to examine American history, going all the way back to the Great Depression...

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Even if you're skeptical about climate change, the explanations given in this video about how North America became such a mess of highways and cookie-cutter subdivisions and strip malls is very solid- as are the explanations of how this negatively affects quality of life.

And, lucky me, I get to reverse all of that.

http://vimeo.com/28464164

and

http ( Read more... )