My string of not-very-good weekends is certainly continuing; Grandpa Horn died this morning ( Read more... )

Shelby Boardman died over the weekend ( Read more... )

I had a nice weekend planned, full of catching up on various housekeeping things. Cat box cleaning, dish washing, maybe even a little wood staining ( Read more... )

At the urging of Anne (and I always do whatever Anne says; just ask her about the lettuce), I went shopping for ball gowns at the Herberger's sale last night. I'm kinda waiting for buyer's remorse to set in now, although how one can be properly remorseful over such cheap clothes I'm not sure ( Read more... )

When did it become not-OK to touch things in a bathroom? I mean, I realize that you should always wash your hands and I also realize that one could indeed pick up some nasty things from rubbing your hands over bathroom surfaces and then... licking your fingers or something, but obsessively carrying paper towels around so you don't have to touch ( Read more... )

Well, I now have a fully functional J bend in my sink again, thanks to a pep talk from allochthon convincing me that if I want to fool around with a plumbing project, a non-pressurized, non-raw-sewage type pipe would be a good place to start.

Sadly, although I was attracted by rowan_redbeard's suggestion that I enjoy getting high off the PVC cement, it's a completely ( Read more... )

Rest in peace, Scotty. I had a glass of green scotch in your honor last night ( Read more... )

I've decided that the words I hate most in all world are, "Oh, there you are ( Read more... )

I think the additional ability I'd most like to have is telekinesis. I wouldn't want to let on that I have the ability, though, 'cause that would just spoil the fun. I'm making a list of the various things that I will do once I figure out how to move things without touching them ( Read more... )

I'm attempting to grow out my hair again. A small part of my motivation is the number of very nice hair pacification devices I still own that I never get to use when my hair is only 1 inch long. A larger part of my motivation is that, on my 35th birthday, I was reading one of those horrid fashion articles in my local paper that mentioned in ( Read more... )