Well, if Pam can post an update, I suppose I can to. Here's the run down on my life since I last updated my Livejournal ( Read more... )

While the title of this update seems irrelevant to you, not everything is about you! I put it there so that the next time I'm trying to remember when I last changed my oil, I'll be able to check this and get an exact date ( Read more... )

So there's this musical act called My Brightest Diamond. It's the project of a very talented singer/ songwriter/ multi-instrumentalist named Shara Worden. It's also really good as you can hear from www.mybrightestdiamond.com and of course myspace as well. I saw them perform for the first time when they opened for the Decemberists a couple of years ( Read more... )

Jill got me a solar-powered windmill for Christmas. It looks just like the ones you see out in the windswept prairie that generate electricity. Only this one is using a small solar cell to actually generate electricity to run a small motor that turns the blades. It stands about a foot tall. It's amusing to watch something mechanical operating ( Read more... )

For those of you who have an interest in me making it back to St. Louis, I have updates. For those of you who have no stake in me making it to St. Louis, you can blissfully ignore this and hope that I have more interesting things to say in the future ( Read more... )

I've managed to repair my Volvo. It appears that when I was trying to put back in some paneling under my dashboard, I knocked the wire off that brings electricity to my fuel pump. Having restored the wire to its proper place, the car again roared back to life. Plans appear to be back on ( Read more... )

My travel plans have been up in the air for several days now. Right now, my car won't start. I think I know why and I think I can repair it (electrical problem). We'll find out tomorrow. Also, we got a shit-ton of snow. The original plan was that I would drive down to Joliet with Jill and see her mother and brother tomorrow (Saturday). Then, on ( Read more... )

Okay, Jill and I have sorted out what we are doing for the holidays. Jill, sadly, has to work so she cannot come home with me for the holidays. Here is our schedule ( Read more... )

I have 25 papers to grade. This means I am looking for procrastination outlets. Last May, while in Toronto, I found a book of Willaim S. Burroughs interviews called "Burroughs Live." I've been reading it while seated in the bathroom and I recently finished it. I thought I would share a few gems with you all ( Read more... )

This morning Illinois's much hated governor was arrested. From what I gathered from press reports, he was in bed when he got the knock on his door. He was then allowed to dress himself (one wants to look one's best in one's mug shot for rampant corruption). It is looking like Illinois is going to have a special election instead of letting the ( Read more... )