Dear Lois ( Read more... )

Apparently, Leonard Nimoy is tired of all things Spock/Trek and announced that he isn't even doing conventions anymore. If I'd known it was going to be his last, I'd have tried to make it to the con. As it is, I can only thank him for what he helped bring into the world, and wish him well.

I have attended and Witnessed the wedding of Jeremy and Kerry.
It was a beautiful day, and a cute, short, silly civil-ceremony (the big Big BIG wedding is still ~1 year away)
May their joys be many and great,
May their griefs be few but productive, and
May they always enjoy the support of family and friends.

So, driving north, I'm just leaving a town in northern WI (Rhinelander? Eagle River?) and I'm accelerating up to 55... and two deer run out of a hedge on the right side of the road, right in front of me. I hit the brake hard and swerved (slightly) into the oncoming lane (no traffic, thank heavens). I don't know how long it took to stop, but it ( Read more... )

Wisconsin.

{the entirety of this rant self-censored for profanity}

I like the fact that Twitter helps coordinate popular uprisings to defeat tyrants ( Read more... )

The St Paul Chamber Orchestra offered over 90%-off on season-long passes for only 1 day (the new trend in advertising, apparently). So, as my gift to myself, I have all the Thursday & Friday evening music I could want. :-)

On the other hand, I'm still not sure what to get my dad... So it goes.

Nor yesterday, nor tomorrow, judging by the weather forecast. I think this might be the wettest storm to hit southern MN since GlubGlub. I love thunderstorms, don't get me wrong, but I had forgotton how much I enjoy bicycling. It is sooo nice to be able to do it again ( Read more... )

So, I was chatting with a friend last night, and it got late, and I didn't get to finish my rant; why do so many mystery writers resort to Main-Character-Stupidity to make the mystery more perplexing? Back when Agatha Christie had Poirot declare himself an imbecile, I didn't mind because I was young and foolish. Nowadays, whether I'm reading ( Read more... )

Work is dull, but it could always be worse...
...I could be at Wimbledon. ("Deuce!")