I got a call today from a woman who runs continuing education at the community college in my part of town, wanting me to run a proofreading workshop that she said she "had enough students enrolled in." It's next freakin' week. I mean, what the hell -- how do you schedule a course without knowing you have an instructor? And it's at 9 am, which is ( Read more... )

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It is more joy day! Yay! I have a very meager entry for more joy, and it's probably only going to give me joy because these are some of my favorite grrls out there. BUT. I have long enjoyed other people's Fights Like a Girl icons, and have wanted to make some for my favorite ladies, many of whom have sadly been kind of forgotten these days. I have ( Read more... )

I know I keep pimping this show, and I know that no one's listening, but I keep trying: Burn Notice season 2 starts tonight at 10 on USA. They're also marathoning some episodes today as I write this ( Read more... )

Man, I waited and waited for A&E to show series 5 of MI:5/Spooks, and they never did. I was on pins and needles after the end of S4, and it was so frustrating waiting for it to show up. The other day, the show popped up on my Netflix things "you might enjoy" screen and I had totally forgotten they were going to release the dvds here without it ( Read more... )

Damn, no Burn Notice this week or next, due to the stupid US Open tennis tournament. I ask you, who cares? No one watches tennis anymore except Muffy and Ted down at the club. Yet USA insists on carrying it every year ( Read more... )

Life with Olive continues apace. She is warming to me a little more, now that I've started letting her outside. I finally had to give up trying to keep her indoors, with my goal of eventually letting her outside when I could supervise her. She is alarmingly clever and inevitably found ways to escape, and nothing I could do would bring her back in. ( Read more... )