Since I have been linked to by an author who I admire, and who is giving me one of her books 'cuz I won her LJ raffle, I figure I should return the favor by doing two things:
1) updating for once since my last post was over a year ago
2) Pimp said author

Ladies & Gentlemen, Meet Seanan.
seanan_mcguire

Her Fun-Blog is here:
cadhla

Seanan is an amazing writer. I started ( Read more... )

Copy this sentence into your livejournal if you're in a heterosexual marriage, and you don't want it "protected" by the bigots who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow.

Well, I'm gonna be married soon... and I still agree.
( But wait, there's more! )

Heading to Dallas today.
I'm really hoping these trainings aren't jinxed.

Wish me a safe, uneventful trip.

I've worked in downtown Detroit for 8 years now.

I find that when everyone else is coming down for an event, I just want to flee back to my suburbs.

The Red Bull AIr Race could be watched from the other side of my office, but I didn't want to deal with the crowds over the weekend. I did get video of their practice runs, though.

I can hear the Wings ( Read more... )

Happy Birfday,

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"It looks like you are going to meet your match today! 
Someone pops onto the scene who has as much charm, as much intelligence, and as much wit as you do. 
At first you might feel like your territory is being taken over, but if you give this person a shot you will stop seeing them as competition and start seeing them as one heck of a cool person. 
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So I'm headed to Dallas for a week in June; any suggestions for things to do in the evenings while I'm there? 

So, I had my surgery a week ago Monday.
It went fairly well; I have no memory of leaving the pre-op and woke groggy in recovery.
My Bro & the Fiancee both took care of me when I got home, survived what I am sure could only be described as half-rational explanations of "Make sure that is the antibiotic I can take", and got me resting fairly ( Read more... )

My co-worker has an issue with my description of why I'm taking meds.
The doctor prescribed pre-surgery antibiotics.

She asked what they were for.
Me: "He just prescribed them prophalactically"
She snickered, and I looked at her like, what.
She: "'Prophalactically' isn't a word, prophalactics are condoms."
Me: "Um, yes, condoms are a kind of prophalactic ( Read more... )

I know many of you haven't heard from me in a while; Work has been insane, and I'm barely keeping up ( Read more... )