Appropriated from dansr and insegnante

Give me one reason I'm going to hell.

Then post this request in your LJ, and I will tell you why YOU are doomed to eternal damnation.

This weekend, in the mid-Atlantic fantasy land of Revel Grove, we enjoyed the generosity of Hurricane Kyle's outer bands.  It's nice when the hurricane decides to spare you the winds and go somewhere else (Farewell to Nova Scotia, you seabound coast!), but those regular 20-minute spirals of rain in the hurricane's wake can really do a number on a ( Read more... )

I'm a pretty analytical guy.  That's how I live my life.  Vocation-wise, you could call me a "risk management professional."  I research and plan.  In fact, I'm home from Faire today because I plan.  Tropical Storm Hanna was headed this way, we've been prone to blackouts at the house, and the Bradford pear in my front yard is shedding large limbs ( Read more... )

...and thus, I have stopped the movie, and she's on the phone with one of you.

The partner meme I ganked from
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Have you ever read Three Days to Never?  The introduction is eerie, taking an ambulance ride from the Mount Shasta City hospital (where both of my daughters were born), past my dad's old office, past his old house, through downtown, past my high school and up the mountain...

I just love how Powers turns a phrase.  This one comes from a drive down I- ( Read more... )

Final paper is complete!  One more stressor off my list!  That's #3 all done.  And I've only missed most of one day of Faire!  w00t!

I know I promised an update on #4, but it's not ready yet, through no fault of my own.  That's actually a stressor in and of itself, but it should straighten itself out next week sometime.

See most of y'all at Faire

Life's been wacky and full lately.  All summer, I've seen these two weeks coming to a head.  I have something like 10 critical, life-shaping events taking place in them, and I think I've been pretty balanced and peaceful about it all until this week.

Yesterday, I started to lose it.  I found myself cursing aloud at the dog (pretty out of character ( Read more... )

I actually got tagged for this one from my best foodie friend in the whole world, who isn't on LJ, but I see it's circling through my flist, too.  Here goes:

The rules of the meme:
1) Bold those you have tried
2) Strikethrough those you wouldn't eat on a bet.
2a) Italicize any item you'll never eat again.
2b) *Asterisk any items you'd be interested ( Read more... )

My house is full of teenagers and animals.  Buffy Season 2 is playing in the family room where ichiban, niban and ichiban's local beau all bask in the postmodern poetic work of Joss Whedon.  Two geriatric dogs wander the ground floor (the vet told me today that Saffron is officially geriatric).  The two sibling cats nap upstairs, and
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I'm prepping for a big customer meeting this afternoon, which I'm pretty happy about.
I was juggling some home finances and found a big chunk of money that I didn't realize I had.
I had another customer ask me to do a gig in Mexico (yaay travel!).
It's been a good morning.

Here's a quick meme that I ganked this one from
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