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We have a winner!
Back in LA now after another week-long stint dogsitting in the southlands. Work was alright, and the dogs seemed happy. Then things took a turn for the fantastic. The lone contestant from the recent mini-spree asked if I was still going to be down there for the weekend and if so would I want any company. I, of course, being only a partial idiot, ( Read more... ) -
I don't brag...
I will, however, share tantalizing out-of-context tidbits: my writing may well get me laid.
That is all.
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(Un)Intended consequences
I am a partner in a small business. We have fewer than 20 employees, and we've provided health insurance for everyone for years. Hell, we've even offered health insurance for our employee's pets. After years of shopping around for good deals on health insurance to keep our costs manageable, we've just been informed that our premiums are going up 24 ( Read more... ) -
Mini-spree?
There wasn't a plan in place to begin another round of the Dating Game. It appears I've ended up with a mini-spree, anyway ( Read more... ) -
Figures...
I left Mlle L. with a high degree of freedom when it came to getting the common areas in order. I asked just one thing: don't make it look too feminine. Someday I'll get back into dating and it would help me if the place wasn't too chickified. Then I left town for two weeks, entrusting said common areas to one of the most feminine women I know.
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Domesticity
Between an online order and an in-store run I've managed to gather the remaining curtains I need for my bedroom and office. When the Target box came in I actually said something like, "Oh cool!" and meant it. Similarly somewhat excited responses accompanied finding that the local Target had the ones I needed to make the window treatment in my ( Read more... ) -
Away down south
In the southern reaches for the next couple weeks. Despite having recently moved and not having fully unpacked, I'm fulfilling a prior commitment to dog-sit for a friend for the next couple weeks. This friend is also a business partner and lives five minutes away from The Office. So, I'll be working on board the mothership for the time being ( Read more... ) -
The Batcave is dead. Long live the Batcave.
The move went incredibly well. Having developed a sincere dislike of moving many years ago, the thought of having to schlep over two bedrooms worth of stuff along with the Batcave and SCA gear was modestly revolting. Hiring movers made the entire endeavor exponentially more bearable ( Read more... ) -
Ending an Era, continued...
Movers are scheduled to arrive tomorrow morning. The new place has been set up with utilities, broadband access and wi-fi. Mlle. L. has already made a few trips over with her belongings. I'm hoping to have as many of mine as possible on the truck for a single trip, though I know there will be subsequent returns for things I didn't think to pack. A ( Read more... ) -
SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD
Thanks to the clever marketing of Universal, select members of Thursday's SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD panel got to see a surprise screening. Buttons were passed out ahead of the panel, some of which read "1-Up" with a face on them. During the panel (which included darn near the entire cast) Edgar Wright announced that he was leaving the stage to ( Read more... )