Eric pointed out to me last night that it had been a week since my last post, so I thought I'd better bring everyone up to date ( Read more... )

I improved on last week's scores to set a new high for this season: 169, 229, 180. I started the second game with five consecutive strikes, and had momentary visions of a perfect game. I guess I jinxed myself. :( (My record to start a game is eight consecutive strikes, and I'd finished the previous game with three in a row - a perfect game requires ( Read more... )

I don't know why it's so warm in here right now. I haven't had the A/C on in a few weeks, but it wasn't that warm out today, or even that sunny. Weird ( Read more... )

I am a Jenga god ( Read more... )

So yesterday, I discovered that I didn't have a Robertson screwdriver and so couldn't replace my mop head in order to clean my kitchen and dining room. I measured the screws, and it seemed that I needed one with a head one eighth of an inch wide. No problem, I figured. Surely I'll be able to find one today ( Read more... )

Most people mark Canada Day by going to a barbecue or some other outdoorsy-type event. What did I do? I built an igloo in my kitchen. And had enough snow left over for a short snowball fight (more of a skirmish, I suppose ( Read more... )

I probably shouldn't bother to post about this, because I know the kind of responses this will get (and I'm generally not the kind of person to disallow commenting because, if my friends have something to say, I want them to be able to say it), but here goes...

First, though, the fun part. I spent yesterday afternoon at gurudata and kanecool's house with twiddler, Declan ( Read more... )

Oy. I've just spent the last seven hours cleaning my living room. (Okay, six of the past seven hours, because I took a break to reheat last night's leftover chili.) What brought on this sudden burst of energy, you ask? Probably the fact that Space has been airing all of the Trek movies back-to-back today, so sitting on the couch and going through ( Read more... )

So there I was, in the kitchen. Dinner made, I took my pint beer mug and started to pour myself some fruit juice... when the bottom quarter or so of the glass decided it no longer wanted to be attached to the rest ( Read more... )