After five years as "the_bard" I'm closing up shop. I've grown tired and more than a little embarassed by the name. For those who'd like to keep up with what's going on with me and how I'm doing, my new lj is at exastrisveritas .

I'll leave this account up for another week or so, then delete it.

I (heart) Fall. Today’s great - a high of 62, getting down into the mid-30s tonight. Maximum w00tage ( Read more... )

Today feels like a good day to spend reading and writing and listening to music ( Read more... )

Recipe for a fun day at work ( Read more... )

I’ve heard that the word Tuesday comes from the old Germanic god of battle and strife, Tyr or Tiw. In most Romance languages, it’s called Mars’ Day (martes en español, mardi en français, martedi in italiano), another reference to a deity of warfare not noted for his intellectual prowess ( Read more... )

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I am majorly impressed by my apartment management. Sunday night on Labor Day weekend, and a maintenance guy came out to check out the a/c. Long story short, he wasn't able to fix it, though he did replace the fan relay and another part I don't recall. Apparently there's not enough current reaching the thermostat. He had to leave, but he'll be ( Read more... )

I'm really going to have to insist that Hope quit taking the A/C with her when she goes out of town. This is the second time that the air-conditioning has failed in conjunction with her going away :) Maybe it just likes her better than me. It wasn't so bad yesterday, but today's been... unpleasant. And since it's Labor Day weekend, I can forget ( Read more... )

Monday’s almost over. Thank whatever deity expedites workdays. With hopeevey and the dog out of town for the weekend, I hat the apartment to myself, which was nice, if a little boring. But frankly, I don’t much mind being bored most of the time. Saturday, I helped fishysua and iamuberkitty move their furniture over to their new place. I was happy to help, but damn, they ( Read more... )

Hello Friday, my old friend. Couldn’t you go ahead and fast-forward to about 4:30? Please? This whole so-called “morning” part of the day is really unnecessary, don’t you think?

Wow, hopeevey just suggested to me that the reason Jesus was born at night was because Mary was a vampire and he was a Daywalker. Mmmmm Sacrelicious ( Read more... )