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Yep, it's good times once again folks. The Financial aid Fucks have finally come through. I am now richer by a not insignificant lump sum of cash. Admittedly, it ain't enough to live on, but it'll hold me until the Stafford loan and my personal loan come through ( Read more... )

I hope you all remember teh SICK that invaded my Best Beloved about 2 years ago. She coughed so much she couldn't sleep and was unable to eat. It took a $100 doctor visit to get her the steroids and cough syrup she needed to get better (Thanks, S!). Well, it looks like she may have that shit again ( Read more... )

Well, my Best Beloved and I finally got everyone out of the house about 20 minutes ago. A fun weekend, all in all, but very draining. Nick and his girlfriend, Cathy, Brian and his girlfriend, Lori, and S from Augusta all came up and hung out. Beers were drunk, lies were told, arguments were had and subsequently resolved, etc . . Heather is now ( Read more... )

I realized earlier this evening that only my girl knows how much of a geek I am. So, in order to embarass myself and edumacate others, I post this, the current list of online comics that I have bookmarked. Further, I use each of these pages as link-starts for one or two additional comics. So instead of the 58 comics here, I probably actually ( Read more... )

Whew. After much bashing and bending, after mangling and mushing and manipulating various hoses and other crap inside the engine compartment of my best beloved's car, we are done. Dad n' I removed the old starter motor, starter solenoid, spark plug cables, battery and air filter and replaced them. It took us about 2 hours and most of that was ( Read more... )

I've been thinking about and working on the logical intersection (and visual representation) of ethics and politics in a closed human system. There's something there, just beyond the point where I can distinguish reality from fantasy . . . bah. I will work on this more tomorrow ( Read more... )

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back, my achy break back . . . I suspect that I've passed my test, but I won't know until Tuesday ( Read more... )

I test for my Ikkyu (1st degree brown) belt on the 10th of this month. Oddly enough, I'm not worried about the test at all. And my cat is attempting to pick dominance fights with me. Since I weigh 20 times what she does, this is hilarious.

That is all.

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