No - I haven't forgotten about my little blog here .. but I have been mostly at a loss as to what to write here anymore .. and I'm not even sure anyone actually reads this anymore.  Seems that Facebook's 120 characters or less updates are more popular than rambling on about one's life in a blog format these days.

The biggest change I've had in the ( Read more... )

I've been asked to play in the pit orchestra for the Shorewood Players production of Annie in June. I talked to the music director last night, and it looks like I'll be playing both clarinet and soprano sax for the show. I'm very excited to be in the pit - I sang the part of Annie as a child - and now I get to play all the fun, jazzy music that ( Read more... )

Wil Wheaton wrote in his blog ... has anyone done a fitness guide for gamers? Something that makes exercise and healthy eating into a game, with levels and achievements and stuff? I'd love to read and use something like that. We'd call it the d20 diet or something clever.

That's kind of brilliant.  I might have to kick this idea around for a while ( Read more... )

This weekend I defended my title of "Queen of Tetrising a Moving Truck" by successfully completing the Epic level quest "oh hell no, we're not taking two trips - we're gonna make it fit in one".  Nobody packs a truck tighter, and more efficiently than me.  :)

I joke - but it ended up being a really fun day. There weren't many hands on deck, but the ( Read more... )

Last night after work I did something I haven't done in a looong time .. I gave my checkbook a workout and did some serious retail therapy. I initially hit the mall looking for a new pair of summer sandals .. and ended up coming home with 6 new tops - a mix of casual and work stuff, a distressed denim pencil skirt, and a new pair of dressy pants I ( Read more... )

Put the motorcycle back together after having it sit in pieces this winter.  Battery installed, wires hooked back up .. still need to change the oil and put new gas in it - but it's running!  First ride around the block of the season a success!

'Tis the time of year when my asthma goes out of control.  It's been about 10 days now .. and it's only been the last couple that I've actually been able to breath with any sense of normality. The choking, coughing asthma is obnoxious - and just plain hurts. I'd rather wheeze for a month than cough for a week, I think.  But, thanks to the miracle ( Read more... )

Had to share this because it almost made me spit my coffee on my keyboard this morning.

Here's a prime example of "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" offered by an English professor from the University of Colorado for a class assignment. The professor told his class one day: "Today we will experiment with a new form called the tandem story. ( Read more... )

HBO has officially picked up the Game of Thrones series based on George R.R. Martin's novels! 

SQUEEEEE!

I've been spending a lot of time at home lately. And since the Dragon Age expansion isn't due out for a couple more weeks .. I've dug out my stash of yarn and have been sorting through the multitude of projects I have in various states of completion.

I've got 2 patterns, and yarn, for fingerless gloves that I really want to make - but I have yet to ( Read more... )