I need to book a flight in the near future, and apparently Continental does not go where I want them to go, at least not without either paying an arm and a leg, or making one leg of the journey by bus ( Read more... )

Pulling out of the really crappy parking lot across from Barnaby's today, I hit the rear right bumper of a parked car, and left a scrape on it. Of course I immediately pulled forward a bit and stopped the car, then got out to look at the damage, and saw the owner of said car coming across the street. She had seen me backing out, and knowing how ( Read more... )

You know what sucks? The combination of work stress and allergies. They are making me feel crappy and crabby ( Read more... )

Malinor Thrush (Mal) - my Warlock in Mason's about to end D&D campaign - can now use a Quickened, Maximized, Empowered Eldritch Blast. If I was insane and blew 5 of the 10 charges I have left in my Warlock's Sceptre on a single blast, I would do 72 + (12d6 / 2) points of damage. As a Free Action. That is all.

Today is apparently Elvis' birthday. I'm not that big an Elvis fan, so I would not have known this, except that we happened to choose Chuy's for lunch today, and Chuy's is all about The King, baby ( Read more... )

At least that's the way it was spelled on the marquee last night. But quibbling over a spare "e" aside, yes, we went to see Sweeney Todd last night ( Read more... )

We have a dear friend who, amongst all her other talents, makes beautiful tiny little crocheted things. We have long had some of her work (little crocheted doilies) out in our house ( Read more... )

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I have issues with the term "white trash". I find it offensive and racist. To me, having to qualify a particular piece of trash as being white implies that normal trash is not white, which in turn sort of implies that not white = trash. I am aware of the logical fallacy, so please don't bother to point that out. I am also aware that perhaps I ( Read more... )

I got home last night after gaming to find a woman in my house. She's asleep in my bed even as we speak. But it's OK, because my wife doesn't get home until tonight.