Last Thanksgiving, I had two cars in the shop and had to rent at the last minute; my friend Mary Ellen was entering her final illness, and I was about to be booted from my office. I reacted so badly to my brother's GF, the unemployed leech, that I almost physically attacked her ( Read more... )

I am typing with one finger as I had to shift the old workhorse laptop to the office---if I need something in a hurry, the combo of windows 8 and 2013 Office slows me down! I had to get a new one (during tax-free weekend in August) because the old laptop was too slow for paperless filing ( Read more... )

My office partner GAVE me his spare car...a 1998 Chevy Blazer in great condition. Since I usually just bitch...

I just finished reading Mustang Sally and Rivka's Spuffy "Bowiebharata" and saw the note thanking Ebonbird. Gosh, I miss her!! She was one of fandom's cheerleaders.

I have a great temp helper and fellow Whovian, and we are cranking on closing out my late friend's office. I showed her my Angel action figure behind my desk and she laughed like mad ( Read more... )

The city prosecutor and I are in a pact to wear hats with royalist decor, come Will & Kate's baby. She collects vintage hats & is thinking of making a fascinator as she has ribbons & such. I am pinning all my UK souvenir pins onto the bow of a straw hat ( Read more... )

Ninth Circuit said same-sex marriages could resume immediately in California.

Looking for rainbow ombré...

For $600. That takes care of the garage evaluations and the car rentals. $5400 to go and I'll have it all back...also, finally have a sign on the window of the new office. I'm an actual storefront lawyer! For ten years I've had teeny signs barely visible from the street ( Read more... )

Man, it's dangerous to re-read my old fic. But, I think I'm getting more radical as I get older. The problem is, I am reading or knitting at home, and actually---oh, the horror! working when at work. Basically, having a real life is not conducive to my fic-writing. Obviously, when I still watch so many shows where the fic writes itself! Sherlock ( Read more... )

Well, I think I can get about $1500 for the Cadillac. When including taxes, insurance, tag, repairs that didn't work, repair to the Buick, and renting vehicles twice, I'm out about $7000...which is about 25 percent of my net in 2011...but I simply can't use it to drive around town as (a) I have one like that (b) the Buick won't blow up & (c) I get ( Read more... )