At Marcon, I made a couple of purchases in the dealers' room. One vendor, who shall remain nameless for now, handed me part of my order and promised to ship the rest. I foolishly paid cash for the entire amount. On advice of the salesman, I gave the company a couple of weeks to ship to me before bugging them. A week has passed since I bugged ( Read more... )

The tax season ends ( Read more... )

I started and ended work earlier than my norm today. I chanced to be home when random salesman stopped by, trying to get me to purchase a kirby vacuum cleaner. He did not like the term "salesman"; he described himself as a guy who vacuums carpets. I needed my carpet vacuumed, I had time, he was offering to do work for me, so why not ( Read more... )

I've spent the past few days trying to get over some illness. My head turned back on, I must be winning! Yesterday I was capable of sleeping. By the end of the day, I could actually think of food. That did not mean I was at all hungry, but at least some foods sounded like they would taste good, some other day ( Read more... )

An entire entry about soap.
rms_butterfly was given a cake of soap as a present, which she brought over one night. This is the handmade variety, not the mass-produced Zest. The soap has quite the amusing name: Demon in the Dark. It's a blackish-green colour, very pretty. While the soap was still in the wrapper, its scent was teasing us. A momentary ( Read more... )

It's been a long season, and for once I get to relax and be a person, not just an employee. On the way home, I listened to music that I enjoyed enough that I wished I could take it with me when I wandered some park's trails. There were only two problems with that: no easy way to transport the music, and the parks I prefer tend to frown on ( Read more... )

I repeat my first significant LJ entry: Do not buy a JettaYesterday evening the check engine light came on. My optimistic assessment is either the gas cap, some sensor somewhere, or an emissions value or other thingy. It did and does not seem to affect the running of the car. I hope this is correct, since I must travel. (This is not a time of ( Read more... )

It's been a good weekend. I have done nothing work-related, and I needed the break. Friday at work there was good news: the manager affectionately (or not-so-affectionately) known as Bilbo is relocating to KC. It will still be several months, but yay! I'll be sure to wish him luck.
fuzzyvanman and I went to the computer fest in Dayton on Saturday. It ( Read more... )

So there I was this morning, coding feverishly before tomorrow's deadline. "feverishly" is meant quite literally: I was runing 2 to 3 degrees above my normal temp. The good part is, I got to work from home instead of in cubeland. And I can work in PJs and no one in the company will know or care. Anyway, working away feverishly and the light ( Read more... )

I have started this entry four times now. I really don't know what to say. I could talk about inconsequentials, and let the world read them, but who cares about those? They are by definition not important. They are also extremely safe ( Read more... )