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In which I sell out
I had been thinking, in a vague sort of way, that I might post about the fiction of Matthew Hughes, since I had been reading a fair amount of it. Would I have overcome my natural indolence to actually do so? Possibly, but it was not the way the smart money would have bet. However, when I saw that Hughes was giving away books to people who blogged ( Read more... ) -
Anyone want old video game crap?
Those of you who attended our Lag Day parties (back in the misty depths of time when we hosted Lag Day parties) may recall that at one of them, a bunch of us went on an expedition to a local yard sale. Never let it be said I don't know how to throw a shindig. Anyway, I picked up some old video game systems for free there, and they have been ( Read more... ) -
Say the magic word and get yourself a new car
The magic word was "timing," as in "timing chain," which broke in my Saturn last Friday. This spelled death as the cost to repair all the damage was well over the actual value of the car, given that it was 14 years old and had over 165K miles. I wasn't too upset as if it hadn't been that, it would probably have been something else relatively soon, ( Read more... ) -
Kemal Ataturk had an entire menagerie, all called Abdul
After we got one new cat we wanted another one so the first wouldn't get bored and start trading stocks on margin, or whatever it is cats do when they're alone and not sleeping. Tasha isn't much for playing with other cats ( Read more... ) -
New kitty
As we all know, the primary purpose of the Internet is to distribute cat pictures, and I have not been doing my share. So:
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September
This has been a pretty awful month, frankly. If October isn't a distinct improvement I am going to take the whole year back for a refund ( Read more... ) -
Nuns playing Ticket to Ride
Because I have nothing more useful or edifying to link to. Courtesy of MSNBC.
(Actually I copied the pic instead of linking to it because MSNBC's awful picture browser doesn't want to load consistently.)
( Here there be nuns )