Got the call from work right after finishing about an hour's worth of shoveling. Unless we want to make snow angels in the parkinglot, it's a work-from-home day. Probably for the best as I could have made it out of Boston with a few headaches, but driving up into the traditional 'snow belt' where my main office is situated would have meant ( Read more... )

If you were worried about a black hole consuming the earth thanks to LHC, you can breathe a sigh of relief for... the next monthCome on, that's awesome. How many times in life can someone say 'well I know what's wrong, and how to fix it, but we have to wait a month for it to warm up from 0 Kelvin ( Read more... )

by California timezone standards I'm almost late :-P what can I say, it was one of those days :-)

skuldchan, I know you only just, but I confess I read your twitters about onepiece and chinese dramas and lab hijinks with avid interest. Why is your life so dang interesting :-D hope you've had a good bday and I look forward to trying to actually catch ( Read more... )

Here's a link my coworker gave me this morning after I gave him a funny look for one of his off the cuff quotes. Murphy's Laws of Combat Somehow I figured it be the kind of thing a few people on my friend's list would be amused by ( Read more... )

took Aramis in yesterday for his 'wtf is wrong with this cat' appointment. Vet listened and scratched her head and then did everything short of pick the lovebug up, turn him over and shake him, as she checked for obvious lumps or pain-reactions... nothing. The big orange bastard only grumbled once, and as soon as she stopped he immediately set out ( Read more... )

Now that the car is all taken care of and running a treat?

My cat is busted. No seriously. The fat orange one? The one twigcollins and I refer to as 'love tub' and 'gigantor'? He's decided outright that he doesn't want to eat anymore. Just not interested! After monitoring him for a few days, I've gone and made an appointment for him at the vet to see what ( Read more... )

What better excitement for a morning when you're already running late due to clearing snow off your car... then to realize on the highway... that you're out of windshield wiper fluid ( Read more... )

On this day, in the cold blustery north lands where yeti still roam wild and free, twigcollins manifested herself in a golden ball of light. 'Behold, the sun!' the native people cried... "We haven't seen it in months! It's still there afterall! And oh, yes, there's that girl too. Gee, this seems like a good time for cake." And then they ate cake ( Read more... )

Life for the past few weeks ( Read more... )

Forget any savings on my recent decadent travel! I have a hunch this is the year that I spend more money fixing my car than the rest combined. Last week I learn my carburetor has a crack and has to come out in order to pass my inspection *ka-ching ( Read more... )