today the title for the astronomy picture of the day is "The Magnificent Tail of Comet McNaught" which strikes me as something that would make a good short story title.

Emily Anne Woods was born at 9:06 pm central. Healthy baby girl :D 8lbs 10oz, and 21 inches.

My entire life growing up, I lived in the same house. For almost 18 years the largest move I made was from one bedroom in the house to a slightly larger bedroom in the house. I think that was between 1st and 2nd grade. After that shindig, my next big move was when I went off to the University of Illinois ( Read more... )

and, once my stuff gets unpacked, I'm making one.

1 week: Closing on the house
2 weeks: Painting weekend
3 weeks: internet transfer
6 weeks: out of the current place
8.5 weeks: Peanut ETA

Deep fried chicken wings in a chunky peanut satay sauce is, shall we say, damn fine.

Filched from Defenbaugh:

7 reasons the 21st century is making you miserable

Having never laid eyes or hands on an iPhone, I was able to correctly diagnose and correct a failed "used to be something else but is now a gmail account" mail setup, over the phone ( Read more... )

Zero Tolerance, Zero Common Sense ( Read more... )

http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1877187,00.html?cnn=yes