I got the MS Word envelope wizard and my printer to behave on the first try.

Okay, so maybe not so disturbing after all.

It is most definitely winter in the UP. The snowpiles are many feet high and we get a few inches of powdery stuff every few days. I missed it, though.

Time to finish up on the computer and go eat some more Politically ( Read more... )

So I was on vacation last week. And it snowed. Almost all week. So much snow I didn't know how to drive in it and the people at the hotel shoveled and pushed so I could park ( Read more... )

We had a sprinkling, but today was the first real snow of the year. Yesterday the ground was bare and this morning I saw an unusually white reflection through the blinds and opened them to see snow everywhere ( Read more... )

So. I have this thing about tech writing. I guess that's hard to miss.

But it could always be worse.

As I was leaving work the other day, I noticed a lot of stuff in the hall (near the rest rooms that are being remodeled). Propped on one of the recycling carts was the instruction manual for installing a urinal.

http://www.avenueq.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avenue_Q

Right now, at 8:10AM after no sleep, this seems absolutely hilarious.

Wonder if I still like it when I wake up.

I head north in about a week!

AAAAR!

Talk like a pirate

Evidently there has been some question.

No, the moon isn't blue.

I'm having trouble figuring out how to make stir-fried tomato soup.

Now I have people begging me to play the organ at Mass.

I said I'm not the right person to do it.

They said it would help if I could even play a few notes. Someone in the room could play a lot more on the piano than I can on the organ.

I'm confused.

I was tired of eating green salad.

So I stir-fried it in oyster sauce.

Mmmm.

Why is modern society so convinced we're the most important thing? Grr ( Read more... )