I'm trying to view a website that is in France. I knew it was in France, but it was still a surprise to get a long message in French instead of the expected site. I've never studied the French language, though I've known people who did. (I did study Spanish, also a Romance language.) My primary acquaintance with the language is trying to understand ( Read more... )

This year I started practicing early for Christmas. I didn't play much last year, and the year before that I don't think I played any Christmas music at all, which was very, very bad. I have played the piano for years but not much since 2004, so it takes some work to get back up to speed at Christmas time. This fall I got out my Christmas music on ( Read more... )

The kobolds are excited about something new! I received three messages this morning from Kobold Quarterly inviting me to join Twitter to follow their updates. I thought it would be good to find out what Twitter is all about so I joined, but I don't expect it to be a lot of use to me. I don't plan to send or receive updates on my phone, and without ( Read more... )

I am no doubt going to be the one sour spot among the folks on my Friends list, because I am not totally thrilled with the way events went tonight. It wasn't the election itself that made me unhappy as much as it was the media coverage.
( Watching the results... )

Thanks to Stan! (stannex ) you can have the opportunity to get a start on Christmas while still enjoying something appropriate for Halloween. He has posted his first Stan!imation on YouTube, a video advertising his upcoming holiday book, The Littlest Shoggoth.

One of the commenters on his blog shared another holiday crossover item, the astounding song, It ( Read more... )

The seasons are changing here; the leaves have finally started to turn. We’ve pretty much had Fall weather, though, since the day after Labor Day, which means we are having an unusually long, enjoyable Autumn. It’s hard to believe that really we could switch over to winter at any time - this being Nebraska and all. I’d like to see Autumn just ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday, billzilla ! I could possibly find some other way to tell you, but this seems easiest. :-) It was nice to see you in August.

We've had something going around in our family. It's been ragweed season here, and that affects all of us to one degree or another, but then people started having a sore throat and a cough. The others are all getting better by now, so it's my turn. I had a sore throat Sunday, a runny nose and a cough yesterday, and today more of the same. This ( Read more... )

The politics quiz, because all the cool people are doing it:

You are a
Social Moderate
(41% permissive)

and an...
Economic Moderate
(43% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Centrist

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( I have a good friend I have known since seventh grade. )