It's a bit late, but a couple of July pictures are now posted over in 12_a_year.

Ordinary take-for-granted things you can't do when the power is out:

- Expect ice in the freezer (or anything else there, for that matter) to stay frozen.
- Shave and shower in a windowless bathroom.
- Watch Seinfeld.- Open the garage door as you're driving toward the house ( Read more... )

My friend Ted is an intern this summer at the NBC affiliate in Indianapolis, and he invited me to the station yesterday for a tour. Very, very, very cool!

( Pictures! )

(Click here to post your own answers for this meme.)

× I miss somebody right now.
× I don't watch much TV these days.  (I watch Seinfeld reruns almost daily. Helps me unwind.)
✓ I own lots of books.

✓ I wear glasses or contact lenses.
× I love to play video games.
× I've tried marijuana.  (I never tried even a puff of even ( Read more... )

My April official photo is posted in 12_a_year.

My March official photo is posted in 12_a_year.

Gaia,

You're growing up so quickly! It's a wonderful thing. I have the pleasure of hangin' out with you less and less. Not because I don't want to! I figure that as a teenager (all right -- an almost teenager), you'd rather spend time with your friends than with somebody who was close to you and your mom when you were a lot younger. And that' ( Read more... )

This morning, I mentioned to my boss my interest in a five-day certification course, details of which just arrived in the mail. It's a follow-up to a certification I earned a few months ago ( Read more... )

My second-oldest niece is getting married in a couple weeks. (I'll save for another day the concerned commentary about how she's so, so, so young. As I often myself do, Amanda walks to the beat of her own drum. If this is what she wants, then I'll be there in support.) So in the precious few moments between my 12-hour work days of late, I've ( Read more... )

I recently posted a revised profile on a couple of on-line dating sites ... mentioning that I do, in fact, cry during chick flicks and that I'd love to curl up on the sofa with somebody special to watch old SATC episodes. Apparently I struck a chord. Check out this (edited) response:
Are you actually referring to Sex and the City (SATC) or is ( Read more... )