Overheard in the halls just now:

"Too much navel gazing; not enough navels."

As a result, "omphaloskeptical" is my new favourite word.

What ever did we do before the Internet?

“Lippert is an incompetent, an idiot, a failure, a zero.” -- Adolf Hitler

Same to you, jerk.

Every year we have Spring Into Action spring cleaning day at Question House, where we pick a good weekend and put all the crap we don't want anymore on the lawn with a "free stuff" sign.  It is amazing what goes and how fast it goes when it is free!

Most of it was junk but there were a few nice pieces of furniture in there which I'd been meaning to ( Read more... )

Due to an odd sequence of unanticipated yet fortunate events, in order to not starve to death, and more generally, symbolically save the entire Jewish race Leah and I worked the door at a rave from midnight until 2 am this morning. (Which was, for me, considerably more fun than the rave would have been; it was pretty freakin' loud in there. And I ( Read more... )

Today was Phinney Garage Sale day, and also Spring Into Action Day at Question House.  The highlight of the day:

Leah has six childrens books, a gift for Kevin and Erika.  There are two ten-year-old girls working the sale.

Leah: How much for these books?
Girl #1: A dollar each.
Girl #2: [stage whisper] That's too much! She'll never go for that.  Tell ( Read more... )

People keep coming up to me at parties and congratulating me on my promotion. Which is odd, since I haven't been promoted. But I think I understand what is going on ( Read more... )

My copy of the new book by J.R.R. Tolkien -- begun in 1918, edited into publishable shape 89 years later! -- has arrived. Initial reviews are reasonably positive. I'll post my review here as soon as I have finished the book.

Somehow I must make it through my work day without shutting my door and curling up on my office couch to read the whole thing ( Read more... )

There were four Miatas in a row at the 148th Av exit this morning, three top-down, one brand new (*).

I love spring.

(*) Thank goodness, the new styling on the wheel wells looks less dorky in real life than it does in pictures.

My hot streak continues. Three games of Scrabble last night, six bingos. ENSIGNS (SENSING didn't fit anywhere), RECITED, FASTERS, LIONESS (LESIONS didn't fit anywhere, I didn't see INSOLES), RESIGNS (SIGNERS and SINGERS didn't fit, I didn't see INGRESS) and MAGNETO (I missed MEGATON and MONTAGE).

I also had NOMADIC/MONADIC and PATTERN on my rack ( Read more... )

I am a terrible shot with a nine.

That is all.