This is the first time in years that Amazon has failed me.

They do not sell the basic Wii Console.

I really love this fabric.

But I have no idea what I'd make out of it.

I'm watching DS9 and eating sashimi.

It's moments like these when I most miss Mathew.

My beloved is coming into down for about a week at Christmas time. We'll certainly make time to see all the San Diego folk (and bless Ted and Erin for making the visit possible) but for two days we will be absenting ourselves from society at large and sitting in front of a roaring fire-- somewhere ( Read more... )

Some time back I had posted about the high marginal cost associated with very small improvements in the management of my allergies ( Read more... )

Looking at the burn map areas, and the direction the Harris fire is moving, I have a very strong desire to pack up my cats and drive out of San Diego.

Having never been in San Diego during a large fire I have to ask, is this a very stupid thing to do? Anybody considering doing the same?

Well this is exciting.

I rather wish I were in Alabama at the moment.

Initially, my CD/DVD drive worked. I copied off old files and watched a DVD. Last night, I rebooted and my DVD movie was listed as a blank DVD ROM. A music CD was also listed as blank. I restarted and things worked again. Not so any more. When I run this sudo mount /media/cdrom0/ -o unhide I get a lovely message telling me my drive is write ( Read more... )

I just bricked my pda. Screwed up a rom update and now my computer won't even recognize it nor will the pda turn on.

It's my own damn fault of course and the thing is well out of warranty.

Lovely.

Yesterday I paid a brief visit to my Doctor to get a prescription for Singulair as this would alleviate both my allergy symptoms and the mild exercise induced asthma I experience. I generally take Claritin, but my allergies have become more persistent of late and the shortness of breath has become increasingly troublesome ( Read more... )