My visit two weeks ago was a sad one compared to my visit in March. Mom has declined sharply. Her grasp on reality is not consistent, she is rarely willing to eat, and she hasn't gotten out of bed for a long time. But when she was awake and lucid, she was happy to see me, and I enjoyed reading a few chapters of Busman's Honeymoon to her. I didn't ( Read more... )

TODS has added a keyword search for "Sherlock" to the TiVo to catch any Holmes-related shows that may pop up. For several weeks in a row it kept bringing up an episode of Phineas and Ferb, which we ignored because we were unfamiliar with the series.

Then one day metherion asks whether we have ever watched this great show called Phineas and Ferb, so we ( Read more... )

ETA: Got it! I was trying to explain the problem to metherion and he said, "But Mom, if I can see your SharedDocs folder on my computer and drag things out of it, why can't I just drag things *into* it and have them show up on your computer?" Holy cow. It worked!

Ever since metherion pimped hubby and me into House, we've been watching the first season twice a week ( Read more... )

metherion needed some long plain tunics for an upcoming LARP get-together, and I agreed to make him some, not without some apprehension ( Read more... )

OK, I still think settiai somehow infected metherion with her mad hypnotik skilz long-distance, whereupon he downloaded all available episodes to his laptop and watched them over and over. Then he came home from college and coaxed his dad to TiVo the pilot, which we just watched tonight ( Read more... )

Slightly edited to remove identifying information, this is a letter I just sent Quizno's. Please feel free to pass this around!I am writing to inform you of my extreme disappointment in the way your store recently deceived my son and a number of other college students ( Read more... )

First of all, the icon was inspired by the same episode ("Secret Island") of 77 Sunset Strip that inspired an earlier post on the general theme of "slash is everywhere." Plus the picture was just too pretty to resist.

Second, a dear friend of mine, Keikokin, has begun writing copious and delightful Harry/Draco stories. ETA: They can be found here ( Read more... )