• ( Kitty progress report. )

Well...

I suppose four solid hours of driving, in traffic, in the rain, back and forth to Milwaukee, where I got lost in a crappy neighborhood well north of where I needed to be because the frelling downtown exits for I-94 were closed for construction; then bought a map and righted myself, only to have to circle a 4-block span three or four times ( Read more... )

Here's what passes for updates in my life:

• T-minus about eight weeks until I need to be moved out of my apartment. What have I accomplished in the interim? I have cleaned out one closet and (as of Saturday) taken about 10# of books and videos I don't want/need anymore to the Glen Ellyn Public Library to be donated. (This cost me one box out of ( Read more... )

For those who haven't heard yet, it seems that my crappy apartment complex is going condo. The place was just sold twice within six months, and then a week ago I received a notice on my door stating the newest owners' Intent to Convert to Condominium ( Read more... )

[Guy finally shows up with the door decal for our office that we ordered in, like, December '05.]

Me: Hey Ron [outgoing V.P. of Operations], isn't this company the one that's in another suite of this same building we're in?

Ron: That's correct.

Me: "FastSigns," they're called?

Ron: *noncommittal grunt ( Read more... )

* Connecting to chat.plastic.com (6667 ( Read more... )

Day Two of our Memorial Day weekend vacation (Sunday) began fairly late, about 11:20 am. We were both pooped from all the driving and looking at things, so the extra sleep did us lots of good. I woke up first, as usually happens, and got in the shower while 1144 dozed ( Read more... )

Word Of The Day -- legerdemain
Definition: leg·er·de·main (lĕj'-&r-d&-mān') n.

1. Sleight of hand.
2. A show of skill or deceitful cleverness.

Etymology: [Middle English: legerdemayn, from Old French leger de main: leger, light (from Vulgar Latin *leviārius, from Latin levis. See legwh- in Indo-European Roots) + de, of (from Latin dē. See de-) + main, ( Read more... )

Carl, Plasticmail continues not to work for me.
Is there news of which I'm not aware?
yes. it is no longer a supported plastic product.
Gotcha.

:(

Anybody running a mailserver (preferably a pop3) I can have a free account on? :)

I kinda enjoyed being "ajax@somewhere.something".

--- Ajax.

Ordinarily I love the Science Fiction Book Club. Several of my entries here can attest to that ( Read more... )