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Silverlight/Microsoft Rant (with actual useful info)
[WARNING: ranty language and steam blown off ahead]
About a week or so ago, Netflix on my Mac stopped working. I clicked on a movie in my queue and got an error code and a 1800 number to call if I couldn't resolve the problem (which was apparently to install Silverlight, which to the best of my knowledge was already installed, since I'd been using ( Read more... ) -
One Ring to Fool Them All
Picked Mom up in Concord yesterday so she could spend the holiday weekend with us. Roger, her husband, drives her down and I meet them at the Pizzeria Uno off of 93 for lunch. We're sitting in the booth and Mom has a very mysterious pink folder. Roger is excited about a ring he found with an inscription on it (some of you know where this is going ( Read more... ) -
Routines
Get up. Check Midnight for signs of life. Drink coffee. Think about eating. Take M to bus stop. If necessary, take S to train stop. Return home. Think about eating. Occasionally eat something. Check Midnight for signs of life. Check meds spreadsheet. Get meds ready. Dose dog. Sometimes it's 3 pills, sometimes it's 4. Get IV ready. Heat water in ( Read more... ) -
Smoothie Sanity
Since I joined the gym in December, I've lost about 15 pounds. More important to me is that the routine of going to a gym 3x a week, and really paying close attention to what I eat feels like it is going to stick this time. It is a truly a lifestyle change.
I am a work in progress, though, and I don't claim to know all the answers. So when I ( Read more... ) -
Spring Cleaning
It's 67F, the sun is shining, my windows are open and I'm in my pjs cleaning house. Oh well, it will be worth it in the end when my house is decluttered and clean and I have a summer ahead of me, right?
Last week's project was the coat closets. We got rid of some real clunkers, including old down vests that were in style for that one week in the ( Read more... ) -
Get it right, Mom
Actual conversation in our house just now--
Me: Sundar, do you want a cookie?
S: Yes!
Me: [gives him 2] And you know the best thing about these cookies? Mallika made them.
S: Aw, thanks sweetie!
Mallika: [fake baby voice] I made them all by myself! [pause, then normal voice] Well, Mommy helped.
Me: Just a bit, you did 95% of it.
Mallika: Ninety-EIGHT ( Read more... ) -
Remembering the Wish
Cleaning up a little today, and found a pile of ARG swag that I hadn't yet made a home for. It made me think of the stone I got from Dave S. for Chasing the Wish, and how I hadn't seen it in a very long time. I knew where I thought it was, I just hadn't bothered to go looking for it. Today I made the time and I found it, exactly where I thought ( Read more... ) -
Oh hai ther
Wassup LJ? Haven't seen you in, well uh since before ARGFest I guess. There's a bunch of stuff I could write about, but at the risk of boring you all I'll summarize here:- Went to Portland for ARGFest
- Came home and recuperated
- [insert some activity here]
- Saw Depeche Mode - those guys rocked it
- Saw Coldplay - very entertaining, a quite different ( Read more... )
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Brain Dump
So I've been in a major funk lately, first the scare with Midnight, followed by the assumed loss of one of my cats. My black girl, Molly, so sweet and gentle, went outside over 2 weeks ago and she hasn't been seen since. I've looked around the neighborhood a bit for her, and talked to my neighbors, but she is a very timid soul and would not ( Read more... )
