One thing I really dislike about our government, is the way that everything that is built from battleships, bridges, highways, airports and currency is named after politicians. They used to name navy ships after cities and virtues. In the 60s this seems to have changed over to presidents, and congressmen ( Read more... )

Well, my computer is still out for a new motherboard, they haven't even chosen to receive the package because that would start their 10 business day turnaround requirement. So, I'm posting from my phone. Definitely not the way I like to compose and edit and post.

A couple of weeks ago, I was dealing with the aftermath of a burst pipe in the kitchen ( Read more... )

Drat, WD-40 has bought Lava soap. This means that suddenly I can't find my beloved soap at Safeway, or many of the other usual stores until they re-figure out their customer lists again ( Read more... )

March Crown memories ( Read more... )

I got to spend my evening last night with a wonderful master armorer last night, it was a lot of fun, and I think I'll spend more time there this year, and learning more about armor while I replace some very old pieces on my kit. Yes, I'm fighting again, and I have the bruises to prove it, thought I really can't fight in the cold weather anymore, ( Read more... )

Well, that Superbowl was disappointing in the last minute. Close games between closely matched teams usually come down to a few disputed calls, so it wasn't really a surprise how it ended in the last minute or so ( Read more... )

I have a few things on my mind ( Read more... )

Still recovering from the death of my motherboard. I didn't lose much data through my backups and all, but having to learn Windows 8 in the middle of it doesn't help ( Read more... )

12th Night is done! Back to my more usual workload ( Read more... )

How come I think about what to write, those thoughts vanish when I actually sit down to the keyboard? The contrariness of the universe mocks me yet again ( Read more... )