When I got home, there were three state police cars parked at the building, right outside the rental office. No lights, no sirens, and no general sense of panic, though, which was good. The mail truck was also out there. I walked into the building to find (a) no actual mail and (b) an overwhelming smell of stinky fish. Immediately I was pondering ( Read more... )

(1) For some reason, even though it is getting to be quite chilly in the mornings, I persist in not wearing a jacket to work. Part of this may be traceable to my deep desire to find a jean jacket in a size that actually fits me. (The one I have right now is crazy big on me, plus it was never all that satisfying because it doesn't have pockets.) ( Read more... )

Last fall, Desmond had some experience with the sliding-glass door being open on pleasant days, but he was very tiny at the time. In the spring, again, he learned about the wonders of the screen door. Including how he could conveniently leap up onto it and adhere with his little pointy claws. I would holler at him about it, but usually didn't get ( Read more... )

This morning started out innocently enough, except it took all of thirty seconds of me sitting at my desk before I felt something fall onto my head. I leaned forward and sort of shook my head and some gigantic (well, moderately sized, but given the hour and the circumstance...) bug fell off my head and onto my keyboard. It didn't move. Was it alive ( Read more... )

When I have more time and energy, I think I have another long blathery post in me about sports. Partially spurred on by the Olympics, partially by the soccer game last night, which was awesome and went into sudden death penalty kicks, even if the team I was rooting for ultimately lost. But today, I am working on not enough sleep and a large rush of ( Read more... )

Breszny time ( Read more... )

Although I don't technically require the "Microsoft Office Assistant" in either Outlook or Excel, I usually have him there, in the little cartoon cat guise. I confess that I do this because every once in a while, like now, there's a glitch that makes him show up in the corner of whatever screen I have open in whatever program, so he's always ( Read more... )

I can't help it! It's Friday! My motivation is completely down the toilet loo pisser drain!

In celebration of another of my favorite things to geek about, I present to you the "In Twin Peaks" blog. This is why the internet is so great - this guy has done all the crazy work for us! He has tracked down nearly every iconic location in the series and ( Read more... )

Okay, weird. Today my bank balance seems completely normal. Maybe the IRS was all "OOPS OUR BAD" right away? Or, it's possible I've lost all touch with reality. One never knows.

Last night I went to my nephew's high school for their spring production of Into the Woods, which, whoa. First of all, that's terribly ambitious for a high school musical ( Read more... )

I have just swallowed a second piece of gum for today. What the...?