_feckless asked if I could hunt down the website for Rhapsody, that band of roguish Steelgods whose name is Agony and who love in equal measure Caffeine-Free Diet Coke, Harry Potter, and cryptic messages to the human beam. I am pleased to announce that MightyRhapsody.com is still going strong and still bringing the sexy, sexy splash images. The drummer's ( Read more... )

I finally went to the doctor to see about this thing that's been sapping my energy for the last two weeks, and it turns out I'm just experiencing a very stubborn and angry sinus infection. But my lungs are clear, huzzah! And double-huzzah for the drugs I can use to get the demons out of my head-cavities ( Read more... )

*points to icon hastily cropped from official 120x90 version*

Oh, yes. There were so many adverbs. So many terrible adverbs. But only 156 occurrences of "very," which I thought I'd abused so much harder, and only about 36 each of "rather" and "quite." I guess there are still some lines that my inner editor will not cross, and one of those lines ( Read more... )

Okay, NaNoCollab pals, I've thrown together nine hundred words to get us started on a month of free-writing adventure. So far we have a restless necromancer heading off on a tropical vacation, but given the nature of this thing, we can just as easily slap on a "meanwhile" and go somewhere completely unrelated. This should be fun ( Read more... )

Spent the weekend ineffectually attempting to mediate a family crisis. We're better now, but I am reminded of why I will never, ever be a professional counselor ( Read more... )

(Admittedly old) RedHat and Fedora Core installations could not handle my wireless card, even with the not-so-gentle prodding of NDISWrapper. "What is this 'Internet' of which you speak?" they asked in cackling unison ( Read more... )

"Okay, I'll quiz you. So what's down here?"

"The semen, the colon, and the rectum."

"The what?"

"The semen--"

"The what?"

"The... secum! The secum!"

Hot oatmeal takes flight,
Targeting my tender palm.
Breakfast injury.

Because I thought of this today for the first time in years and am shocked at how few places have it posted in its entirety, I present here, in full, "The Nintendo Rap" as submitted to Nintendo Power's letter section back in the day. It is part of our cultural heritage. NEVER FORGET.

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My parents' MacBook Pro has arrived. I'm in love all over again. Dad is somewhat less enthralled, as some of the music software he wants to run has serious performance issues on the Intel Macs and the company has no intention of fixing the problem until the next software version is released. Unfortunately for him, I'm too busy playing with the ( Read more... )