A storm blew through MD last night and now I have no power. I’m typing this post from my car where my mini is plugged into my power converter and getting internet through my laptop connect card. Where there’s a will there’s a way. 😀 Estimated time of reconnect is …
Article in the Washington Post: Goodbye, cruel words: English. It’s dead to me. What’s truly sad is that there will be some readers who don’t understand why certain phrases are in quotes. Thanks, Flash, for passing along this obituary.
I don’t know why but sleepy crept up on my at work last night. I took a power/cat nap during my hour lunch that revived me a little but it’s back. I usually don’t get hit like this. If I sit still for too long, I start falling asleep. Looks …
I’m exhausted. My lack of motivation disappeared completely today: – Up at 6:30AM– Stuck in morning rush hour for almost two hours going to the base– Blood work done for a physical– Post office to mail out books and promo– Grocery store– Stuck in lunch time rush hour for an …
Listless… there’s a word. Meaning — lacking zest or vivacity (thank you Word Web). Made up of the words ‘list’ and ‘less’. ‘List’ being the archaic form of itself meaning to desire or to want to do something (thank you Wikitionary). And of course there is the usage we are …
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Priorities — as in mine are a bit skewed. My manga collection is cataloged and in order by title, as it should be. Actually that is wrong. First the manga is categorized by size — trade paperback and mass market (or what I call mass market since it is a …
If all ice skating included real light sabers, guys would probably start thinking of it as more of a sport. Whoever rendered this did an EXCELLENT job. Very nice. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCtQMBCJ_GY?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1&w=500&h=405]
Okay, I had a list of things I was supposed to do today. Instead of getting in my car and running around town like I planned, I got the sudden urge to clean my house and catalog books. This proves how much of a home body I am. But hey, …
I go back to work on Thursday so I’m still resting today. I probably won’t have time to do a decent follow-up post until Monday/Tuesday. Flash and I are already planning costumes for Dragon*Con 2011. I’m not telling what we’ll do since I don’t want other people doing the same. …
