The two main gifts I received this year are an ultra-sexy spice grinder (oohhhhh yeah, cloves), and (and this is key) *a set of baking pans with lids and a carrying case designed to keep hot things hot and cold things cold ( Read more... )

I've been given more responsibility at work, and it seems that I might be good at management.

Curses! This is not really what I wanted to do.

So, my dad's trying to move, so he's getting rid of some of his stuff at bargain basement prices. I'm putting it on craigslist, but crossposting it here if anyone wants the stuff ( Read more... )

Recettear (http://www.carpefulgur.com/recettear/) is a game produced by an independent Japanese gaming company (EasyGameStation) that combines a shop simulation with a jrpg. The general thrust of the game is that your father borrowed a lot of money then disappeared while ( Read more... )

The pain keeps me awake so that I sleep off and on throughout the day. I have lost all consistant track of time and date. I break out into cold sweats, and my pain pills can't be used for 4 hours a day (last 4 hours, but can only take 5 every 24 hours). I am a bleary, painful mess. Curse my arrogance that made me believe that I would be up and ( Read more... )

Until the vicodin kicks in, I assume.

4 wisdom teeth removed today. 2 of which were at a right angle to the rest of my teeth. Was in there about 4 hours.

Don't expect to hear much from me for a few days.

I'm not in it anymore. Might come back later. But sick of the constant frustrations from this accursed club and its incompetent bureaucrats.

Follow up - trying to argue me out of it will only get me more stubborn. If I change my mind, it will be because I want to do it and not because someone else thinks I should.

I want to go here and pick up a case just for the lagniappe (and to slip bottles into the fridges of others, secretly).

So, I was using a trial of O&O disk defrag earlier while playing around on my computer, and everything abruptly freezes, so I reset the computer ( Read more... )

Just saw Wicked down in New Orleans. Quite absurdly good. Go see it if you can, wherever you are.