Our homeowner's association controls a little 90 by 20 yard plot of land that borders the apartment complex; it's a scrubby field of what used to be grass at one point, but has turned into a weed field high enough to hide the picnic table they put there, so they pulled the table out and gave up fighting, at least until recently ( Read more... )

The one time I tried making cheese fondue, something went horribly wrong -- I ended up with a pancake sized lump of cheese at the bottom and liquidy cheese at the top, and the rest turned into a string-cheesy glop in the middle. I subjected poor tugrik to that fiasco, but at least the stroganoff came out okay. :} What I did was I grabbed two bags ( Read more... )

"Can you believe it's been fifteen years since you started working for this company?" my manager asked me at lunch yesterday ( Read more... )

"A thief takes what he wants and can get his hands on, when it is best advantageous to do so. And he hides what he takes when he gets it. A cheat has what he wants and hides what is in his hands until it is to his best advantage to show what he has ( Read more... )

...it's nice seeing old friends. -:)

-Traveller

...who brought the cold wet weather with them, ah?

Schedulewise, I'm working today and Monday (stuff has to be turned in on Tuesday) and I have a class from 10 to 5 on Saturday, so I'll probably be scarce during the con -- may stop in and lurk after work and/or put in an appearance on Sunday.

Hope it's a fun experience!

-Traveller

( Wherein Traveller tries to figure out what to do with some gift certificates. )

For all the things you ever wanted ( Read more... )

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I want you to think about these questions in the earnest 'hang on a moment' air in which they have been asked. No peeking at the rest of this until you do ( Read more... )