Sometimes, when it's cold and snowy and windy and life is just sort of meh, you need just a little bit of a pick-me-up. And a reminder that summer will indeed return.

I present this...

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I recommend turning it up REAL LOUD.

This is only a test.

Obviously lj decided to bork the userpics along with the commenting system...so I must try out a few that are not behaving.

Will delete this later.  Maybe

The first personal computer I ever saw was an Apple II hooked up to a 25" TV in my honors statistics class back when said Apple was brand new AND very expensive ( Read more... )

My SO is in the beginning stages of looking for new employment, and has been getting some rather interesting recruiting letters - which he generally forwards to me for vetting.  Generally it gets no further than me saying "no way am I going to that website"...until tonight.

Tonight's email was ridden with such horrible English that I gave up after ( Read more... )

Dear You-Know-Who-You-Are,

Just as a reminder - I.AM.NOT.A.MIND.READER.

As long as we're clear on that now, m'kay?

Sincerely,
Your Frustrated Admin

(to anyone still visiting -Hi!  I know, long time.  Will try to update better, honest)

(Yes, I am still here... :) )

It's been almost unbearably hot for at least a week...the kind of heat and humidity mix that makes everyone miserable and that is only good for one thing - that being producing thunderstorms.

I noticed the first few flicks of lightning while heading home from work.  Got rained on just enough to wet the road and clear my ( Read more... )

If Operation: Are We There Yet had actually happened, we would have been on our way home this morning, and my truck would have been on it's way to becoming Someone Else's Problem ( Read more... )

Hey LJ staff and owners, whoever you may be -

If you really wish for the advertising to stay on this here blog, then stop it with the unstoppable video ads.

Sincerely,
me

(if anyone knows of a better place where someone who actually cares may read my complaint, please let me know)

After a morning filled with discussions of how 10:30 Is Not The New 9:00 and You Are Not Our (redacted) Service [anymore], I was ready for a nice quiet afternoon of data entry, filing and general straightening out of my cubicle ( Read more... )

We ducked down a somewhat abandoned hallway for a moment, to both find a restroom and to avoid the extremely overcrowded mall for a few moments. The already ever-present Christmas music was playing over the PA system (which we hadn't even heard in said overcrowded mall), and the humor of the current selection was not lost on me (1) :
Oh the ( Read more... )