Finally back from 3 1/2 weeks in Australia (fantastic trip).  I have been totally away from internet access, so I have myself a ton of catch up to do.  Oh who am I kidding?  I'll never catch up with that much missed.  Oh well.

Perhaps I'll even get my act together and post pics eventually.  Stranger things have happened.

So how you doing?

I came home yesterday to find my cat, god_kitty, sitting on the kitchen counter, where he knows damn well he does not belong.  I was upset, but immediately felt responsible, seeing as I had been cutting up ham leftovers earlier in the day, and hadn't totally cleaned it up.  However, the little bastard wasn't eating the ham bits.  Oh no.  He was happily ( Read more... )

I had a dream last night that I broke a finger while cracking my knuckles.  And every time I tried to reposition it I broke it again, so that by the end I had this rubbery looking digit with about 7 knuckle like joints.  It was kind of creepy, but it didn't seem to hurt much.  I wonder what that's all about?

I have recently decided I need to cut caffeine out of my life.  It just gives me too much grief when I try to sleep.  But getting weaned off it isn't easy.  Actually, I should really say I'm switching to decaffeinated coffee, which I know still has caffeine in it, but I'm forcing myself to adjust to that reduced amount.  As a result, I am the ( Read more... )

I find this fascinating.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/03/100302-chile-earthquake-earth-axis-shortened-day/

The earthquake in Chile has shortened the length of the day and shifted its figure axis by 3 inches. 

My morning yogurt exploded all over me.  I think it's in my hair.  Now I look like I'm doing Bukake in the office.  Nice.

sharya gave me grief that I have apparently neglected to mention our new replacement kitty, and certainly had not posted pictures.  Alas.  She hasn't actually replaced anyone yet, since our oldest seems hell bent on outliving us all.  So she's actually our gatto-in-training ( Read more... )

We'll I'm off tomorrow for my annual weekend getaway for my wife's yearly seminar.  Last year was Palm Springs, this year is Tucson.  It's been close to 30 years since I've been down there.  Should be interesting.  On Friday I'm doing one of the 'spouse' activities - a southwestern cooking class.  Not that I haven't cooked southwestern before, but ( Read more... )

I really hate it when the banana peel is just unripe enough so that you can't peel it properly, and instead have to split it down the entire side.  Cause then you have to take it completely out to eat it, and it's so much more messy.  My father, as well as all my British cousins, do this all the time.  I just don't get it.  Here's a fruit that ( Read more... )

The final tally is in - 62 books read in 2009.  More than I would have guessed, but sadly still far fewer than my wife.  I bet she has 25%-50% more than I do.

So far, I'm book #2 for 2010.  Book #1 was started and finished yesterday.  We're off and running...