So my calves and ankles totally hate me, and will no doubt hate me worse tomorrow morning. And so does the weather ( Read more... )

Dear car,

Please stop surprising me with expensive little foibles. Don't get me wrong, I do appreciate that replacing the starter costs a good deal less than rebuilding the entire rear brake system essentially from scratch and takes a good deal less time to accomplish. I give you credit for improvement and hope you will continue the trend. But ( Read more... )

I think I'd like to start saving for a new video card. I'm currently running a GeForce FX 5200--came with the computer back when it was a newish computer in early January 05, and it wasn't top-of-the-line then. I'd like to upgrade to at least a GeForce 6600 or equivalent so I can get NWN 2 and have at least the minimum system requirements; what I ( Read more... )

I'm rereading His Dark Materials because it was what I found and got distracted by when I went to look for my Abhorsen books. Just started The Subtle Knife today and, of course, was immediately reminded that a supernaturally intuitive grasp of metaphor and symbology is very little help at all unless one is also not a complete moron. Let's re- ( Read more... )

So I got honey-smoked turkey at the deli today.

I think it's what God would have wanted.

Also, it's practically my last chance to tease amyamy about her turkey-starved state. :D

I has an iPod Shuffle because my mommy loves me.

The thing is tiny. Thank God it clips onto things and will have my regular headphones plugged into it (because earbuds, just no) or I would be even more paranoid than I already am about losing it ( Read more... )

Grar. Tonight is one of those nights where it's cooled down quite nicely outside, but the direction of the breeze is such that it's still too hot to sleep inside. This vexes me.

Aaaaand both my boys are now wirelessly online. Though, funny story--my brother's wireless router died sometime last night. Was not receiving power at all when plugged in--not only was nobody home, the lights weren't even on. So today he went and got a new one. Which of course meant I had to reintroduce Ivan the converter to the new kid ( Read more... )

I am typing this on Miles, upstairs in what will on Wednesday become my bedroom, over a wireless connection to my brother's internet.

The problem, apparently, was the cord the manual told me to hook up between the ethernet converter and the router. It turns out that without that cord, the router and the converter are only too happy to get to know ( Read more... )

I sometimes call my old laptop Miles, and my desktop Mark, due to the size discrepancy. Today those names seem weirdly appropriate, as Miles seems to have developed his very own seizure disorder. Is there a Chenko in the house ( Read more... )