Ever since we moved into this house, we have shared the property. Truth to tell, the unofficial residents were here before us... barn swallows. The nest is on patio, on the underside of the upstairs deck. By lying on the deck and peeking through the slats, we could look down on the eggs and, later, the chicks. It was amazing to see how quickly they ( Read more... )

As mentioned previously, my Texas friends have all (or so it appears) migrated to Facebook. So far, I don't find it better than LJ, nor is it really a replacement. It seems designed for quick little snippets, the sort of thing you'd mention if you and your friends still all went to school together, and saw each other 15 times a day. It's not the ( Read more... )

Hey gang, I could use your advice.

Last time I posted, I was on my way to a root canal. That went… as well as can be expected. The day took a severe downhill turn after that.

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< sing-song >
A mouse click, some plastic
My membership to NASFiC
I wasn't sure if I could go
But now I know I'll be there,
I'll be there.
Is anyone else going to show
To make an FoL lair?
Okay, so I've got my membership to NASFiC (in case that wasn't clear), and now I'm wondering if there's going to be enough FoL presence for a Liaden Lounge, or ( Read more... )

And already the guilt-trip starts. The poor little thing is sitting there labeled "unnamed." I knew there was a reason I didn't have kids.

Thanks to everybody who helped the poor little egg not die.

Edited to add:
Now they're both hatched (Saturday)! I've named them both, but the second name isn't showing up yet, even though I've refreshed the

I just discovered a new-to-me webcomic. It's math humor, so jenna_thorn will probably want to give it a miss, on the whole. But every now and then, it's just geeky and not mathy - like this one, which nearly made me snarf: Star Trek funny… with plushies!In other news, I finally made it back to my dragon page today. You folks are so sweet to help out! *blows ( Read more... )

Why, oh why? Maybe because I went to bed early, only to wake up at 2:00 and now am wide awake. I have been out to this site before, and even clicked on other people's eggs, and yet didn't succumb. Today for some reason I couldn't seem to help myself: I clicked on an abandoned egg... then later on another. Okay, the second one I accidentally adopted ( Read more... )

I like to start my Christmas shopping early. I don't always ship things out on time, but I usually have them in-hand in plenty of time to enjoy the holiday season, rather than getting frazzled and cranky, trying to do it all in a few weeks ( Read more... )

No matter how many times I think, "That would be a good LiveJournal entry," it just doesn't ever seem to get from the brain to the 'Net. Maybe when they add a feature for mental updates...

Adding a snippet from a chat I had with my sister while writing this post, when she mentioned a new blog site she's on that I'd never heard of:
me: Never heard ( Read more... )

Talked to otaku_tetsuko last night, arranging a meet for this evening. It was short notice, but I needed to make sure that plans to get together with my brother would allow it, rather than getting her hopes up and maybe having to cancel. Really looking forward to it ( Read more... )