Just a quick mention of the 37-18 record that my boys have amassed through the first third of the season ( Read more... )

I had an Aunt that I never met, because she died when she was very young--when my Dad was nine, actually. So, 15 years before I was born? I don't know much about her, because no one ever talks about her, which may be typical in situations where children die so young. I don't know. But still, the lack of information makes her an almost mythical ( Read more... )

Man, do I hate a diet ( Read more... )

There is a really great article in the Buzz about which Vampire, Spike or Angel, has the greater capacity for goodness and is more deserving of being the one to fulfill the Shanshu prophecy. It is a fine analysis and I encourage its reading. However, I am going to paste the part here that is relevant to **my** analysis of the Buffy finale ( Read more... )

I watch more TV than anyone I know. It's true. Always have. I mean, I am sure that there are some folks in, you know, homes that watch more than I do, but as for your regular, run of the mill people, I think that I take the cake. I have been accused of watching anything just to watch and that is true. To this day, if my husband asks me to turn the ( Read more... )

I know it's early in the season. I know it doesn't mean squat. I know that.

But any day that your boys are on top of their league is a good day.

Spent today at my friend Todd's house playtesting two Buffy The Vampire Slayer role-playing scenarios which Todd will run at gaming conventions for the rest of the year. I got to play Willow in the first game, set in season three, and season four Tara in the second game. I TK'd a table into an escalator full of vampires and shrank a cave troll to ( Read more... )

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Remember how yesterday I woke up and my watch said 4:00, which had no relationship to real time? Well, this morning, I woke up again--and my watch said exactly 4:00 again! It was closer to 6:15 than the 6:00 of yesterday, which I think makes it even weirder. I mean, it's not like I woke up at the same real time, which wouldn't be weird at all. But ( Read more... )

One of my favorite things is to wake up in the middle of the night, look at the clock and realize that I still have several hours to sleep. It's decadent. I love it. So today, imagine how happy I was to wake up at 4 AM, fully three hours before my alarm was to go off. Here's how it played out ( Read more... )