After deciding late last night to cancel today's GameStorm meeting when the person I asked to cover it for me said he's been sick too, of course I'm feeling quite a bit better today. I even went for a 20 minute walk this afternoon and didn't feel like I was going to keel over afterward; when I tried it a couple of days ago, we got 4 minutes out ( Read more... )

I really want to make an effort to post more often (yeah, I know, you've heard it before). I'm pretty sick at the moment, so this'll be brief, but I'm going to try to post something every day.

Rachael and I took a 1-credit women's studies class at PSU last weekend. She has to take at least one credit-hour a semester to retain library privileges ( Read more... )

A bunch of People With Too Much Time on Their Hands.

Some Very Mellow Animals.

[ I wrote the following yesterday, then didn't post it. Sigh. My brain has been really messed up since Sunday (when I didn't get 6 times 8 right in front of a roomful of people), and today I've got a cough and just generally feel horrible ( Read more... )

Stephe and I joined Weight Watchers this week. After years on the Carbohydrate Addict's diet, I decided it was time for a change. I may well go back to it some day, but for now I'm really excited about getting to eat a piece of fruit or a yogurt whenever I want to. And oatmeal with peanut butter and banana or raisins for breakfast ( Read more... )

I'm finally caught up on my friends' page. I have a hard time spending time writing a substantive post when I'm behind. After travel in November (Salt Lake City), early December (SMOFCon in Boston), over New Year's (Mom in Arizona) and the second weekend in January (DeConPression in Columbus), I was pretty darn far behind ( Read more... )

An animator faces his own animation in deadly combat. The battlefield? The Flash interface itself.

Part One

Part Two

[ I wrote this yesterday. Thought I'd posted it. Feh ( Read more... )

My sister is looking at buying a used car in Philadelphia (she lives in Ohio), and would like to get it checked out before buying.

I'm pretty sure no one on my friends list is from the Philly area, but I thought maybe someone here might have a friend or relative there who could recommend a reliable mechanic.

Any suggestions?

...from Windows Vista to Windows XP.

Brilliantly written satire here.