I was there, working in the kitchen (no surprise). I had a good time and got to see a number of friends during the after cleanup.

I now have in my possession a wooden bowl, salad size, with the initials JIMR carved on the bottom. Apparently the bowl had a good time too, but now wishes to find its way home.

I hope you are having a really good day, my friend.

Since I have not met a potential romantic partner in the SCA in mumble years, I recently went back online using yet another online dating service ( Read more... )

Oh what fun! Again ( Read more... )

Several years ago I had a baking disaster in my mom's kitchen in Georgia, following a recipe (for biscuits, if you must know) that worked perfectly in California. I had a nasty puddle of wet flour instead of biscuit dough and threw the mess out. There I was, using ordinary all purpose flour in each case, but I got different results. My ( Read more... )

I went to a housewarming party yesterday for a couple I am friends with, and what with the interesting conversations and such, left there at 10:30. My had been to spend 3 hours at this party and then go onto JT's in Sunnyvale. Considering the time and how much of a drive it would be to get to JT's, I decided against it ( Read more... )

I just got off the phone with a woman who was seeking donations for women who have had breast cancer and are in financial difficulties. I informed her that I am a survivor and I should be on the receiving end of this.

She hung up on me without any verbal response.

I guess that charity won't be calling me again.

Today I got in touch with several recruiters who contacted me recently to make sure that they weren't waiting for me to respond to anything. Done ( Read more... )

This has been a week I hope will not repeat itself ( Read more... )

My hands are better, but not back to normal. Maybe over the next week I can think about taking care of the swelling in my left wrist.