sometimes mel takes me to places from her youth. last night it was campo verde, in old arlington. it was... let me start over. we kept imagining gordon ramsey walking into this place and passing out. it has to be seen to be believed so i wont waste time describing it.

i think i summed up the food perfectly. i said it tasted like a very ambitious ( Read more... )

in response to gpg and curtis' rearing dramas, a lil missive that should make it apparent that you're not the only ones.

alex has been moody lately. i wouldnt say downright surly, but moody. she did not take the garbage out again this morning, a task we've discussed over and over again. when i try to talk to her about responsibility, she swims in a ( Read more... )

for months, we've had a ritual ( Read more... )

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i ran into the office last night while mel went to dinner with her dad. spent 45 minutes trying to get my trial version of word working, and 45 minutes going through my book outline and first two chapters ( Read more... )

( i've figured out the republicans )

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fallout 3. i was hoping it would be the only game i needed for awhile. its looking like that is the case ( Read more... )

i cant think of anything to post about, so here are some random thoughts:

* if you dont want to be spoiled, dont ever read anything about the thing you dont want to be spoiled on. i checked the dead space boards to check a minor thing, and someone had a spoiler in their header, with the word SPOILERS at the end. it didnt ruin anything, but gave a ( Read more... )

quick update: my work is slowly purging people. not as dire as Art's sitch, and good luck to you, sir, but still a lil stressful.

did a bumload of yardwork sunday, including the gutters, and got the nursery started. there's a bit to go.

ive been playing dead space here and there. its really well done. and i got my first emperor win on civ last night.

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