I woke up yesterday with my head buzzing with fresh insight into a work problem, and being a Saturday, I refused to work on "real" work. No one is going to see it until Monday, anyway, so why bother? Instead, I put that nervous energy into doing some laundry, cleaning up the kitchen, and tidying up in general. I'll often chatter away at Pooka ( Read more... )

Dear kitty that I love and adore ( Read more... )

Took a friend to the airport and hit the post office by 10am. Currently at Apex Autoworks waiting for new tires for the Protege so I can deliver it to my brother in Florida (hopefully) next week. I'll miss the air conditioning, but they need the car way more than I do. I need to spend some time giving the GTX a little TLC, as it will be my main ( Read more... )

agedwiz is a bad influence, even remotely and 15 years after the fact. Randy is convinced I'm a squeaky chew toy.

What's worse, Randy is a bad influence. Pooka's been bitey lately... fortunately, in a playful way, but still. You'd think after 18 years, she'd be set in her ways, but no, she's learned to bite me from Randy.

F'ing cats.

Got to SFO a little after 9pm, grabbed my boarding passes and queued up in a fairly short security line. My timing was excellent; literally a hundred people got in line not two minutes after me. I had shipped all the loose salvageable parts from the dead GTX back to Cary, but I had all the engine bolts and some mounting brackets in my carry on ( Read more... )

The housewarming went superbly, thanks to everyone for joining in! Sue got to meet a fair chunk of my wonderful friends, and her beloved Phil will hate me for sending her back so spoiled. Sorry, Phil ( Read more... )

It was bitingly cold when I woke up this morning. It's currently a toasty 71F, a warm nod to the upcoming summer heat. The wind has done its best to play the Miata like a kazoo today, oddly musical and discordant at the same time. My sinuses and lungs are reminding me that, yes, in fact, I am very allergic to oak, and why on earth do you insist ( Read more... )

I was concerned about Pooka's excessive drinking, and the vet panicked over her teeny tiny kidneys, so Pooka had an ultrasound scheduled. Now, the last time I had one done, it cost about $250. Given that I still haven't gotten my first paycheck, money right now is damn tight, but I was willing to eat ramen the next few weeks for the cat. When I ( Read more... )

Randy thinks Pooka is a Tootsie Roll Pop.

Lick - lick - lick - CHOMP!

(Randy gets bitey when he's happy. Poor Pooka Pop.)

I gotta learn to keep the video camera close at hand...

Went to the old place to feed kitties this morning. Salem is doing incredibly well... he hopped up onto the little step-stool and started talking to me. This is big - first time in 7 months he's been off the floor of his own free will ( Read more... )