... a constant party ( Read more... )

Anybody still reading this, or shall I turn out the lights as I leave?

I've only recently come to the realization that a lot of stuff I do is based entirely on the way I've been living the last twenty years or so.
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Put those hard-won SIMS skills to work and design a house layout that (hopefully) won't have me sleeping under the bushes or crying because I can't get to the bathroom without climbing over the dresser.

I got an account on Roomplanner, copied down the plans for the house, then measured all the furniture just for your amusement! You KNOW you want ( Read more... )

I spent most of my Monday evening trying to find a rebuild kit for the power steering box in my car - It's apparently pretty sloppy, and the alignment place won't even TRY to get my front alignment into shape until the wobble's gone. The seals of the box also leak fluid. Which wouldn't be so bad by itself except that the fluid is one of those ( Read more... )

Well, I reviewed my last actual content posting - Back in the middle of January, f'cryinloutloud. Guess I better catch everybody up - Quick! To the Bullet-point-mobile!

• I bought a car. To wit, This car, a BMW 740i. Extravagant in the extreme, certainly, but who can blame me? Sweet ride, passable gas milage (Was 15mpg, now up to 20-something, ( Read more... )

Well, LJ has apparently started pushind ad content on page reloads, with full screen-blocking elements that causes Chrome/Adblock to choke - Displaying the page overlay, but not the ad to click and get rid of it ( Read more... )

Took a drive out in Rural Pennsylvania the other day, and came across a giant barn painting advertising "Advancing Freedom.Org". ( Read more... )

OK, so I'm moving into an apartment with cable and phone hookups, but nothing currently running. What's the cheapest way to get data service to my computer?

OK - The 'central dogma' of biology goes something to the effect of ( Read more... )