I was a huge Trekkie as a kid. My family watched TNG together all the time, and I remember being inspired and amazed nearly every single week. By ten, I could name every single episode and tell you what happened in it, shared a set of action figures with my brother that quite often were featured in videotaped "episodes" that I really do have to ( Read more... )

Whilst catwaxing this afternoon, I set up a Twitter account at karenthology. We'll, uh, see how this goes. If it goes at all.

I'm not a fan of the this band, but they've put out this one song that I am just loving. What happens when you channel Steeleye Span, the Decemberists and every single Technicolor Western B-movie ever made? You get "The Switch and the Spur" by The Raconteurs. Make sure to stick around past 3:00, as that's my favorite part of the song.

I first heard ( Read more... )

No garden talk today, I promise! even though I clipped the sago palms and they look gorgeous ...!

The Owls convened an off-Saturday writing group meeting at our favorite coffeehouse this afternoon. Productivity ensued.
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I have a wonderful neighbor with an amazing green thumb. She recently helped me save my sago palm and is donating some bromeliads she doesn't want to the cause of helping our front yard not look so much like a disaster area. Anyway, I was wondering what a bromeliad was when she pointed to something already in my "flowerbed." Something that hadn't ( Read more... )

I'm finally "caught up" with Third Order. If you submitted before July 1, you should have received a response of some kind. If you did not, please query at thirdordereditor at gmail dot com.

Next task: creating a more manageable inbox filing system.

Also: I'm going to WEVA. Well, half of it, at least. Bliss!

I'm helping a friend transfer her web presence from one company/webmaster to another, and just have one teensy question that I hope someone out there can help with. This is the one thing by which I am stumped.

Her webmaster registered the domain name, hername.com, under his name so he could be the administrator. He paid the bills to his own ( Read more... )

In honor of the Doctor Who season finale today, I've changed my icon. Ten says his mannerisms are built upon Five, but whenever I watch David Tennant, I see Tom Baker.

My 28th birthday is next week. My husband "gave" me my birthday present yesterday, though: a trip to Sam Ash to purchase this sweet piece of electric violin heaven:


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The new Coldplay single is so, so, so epic.

I was driving back from the supermarket last night, and their new single came on as I was pulling away, and I had to stop by the side of the road to listen as the ice cream in the trunk melted in the afternoon heat. It is that good.

No real videos yet beyond their Apple commercial, and the "live" ( Read more... )

This is not really my con report. It has con thoughts in it, though.

In a previous blog, I had the tradition of posting random photos I'd take with my cell phone chronicling the various and sundry things I did over the course of a week or a month. There's a thunderstorm threatening at the horizon and I've errands to run, so I'll use that form for ( Read more... )