Home from work after another long day ( Read more... )

What a lovely morning. Somewhat brisk, with a hint of snow, but still quite beautiful.

Made all the more beautiful by the fact that Melissa Rycroft and Tony Dovolani won the Mirrorball Trophy last night on Dancing with the Stars, the All-Star season ( Read more... )

A very difficult weekend, as folks can imagine, given my most recent blog post.

I had a pretty good weekend for the most part, computer problems not withstanding, as I ran both the Friday and Sunday sessions of the Abney Park's Airship Pirates roleplaying game, and both groups had a pretty good time. For me, the two games served as excellent ( Read more... )

Sunday morning dawned bright and early, as Ellie was up around 7:45 am, and I got up. I knew it was going to be a difficult day, as I had slept on the couch, and I hadn't slept all that well, and my back was aching something fierce. The things we do for those we care about. *sigh ( Read more... )

Well, after having watched the season finale of Dancing with the Stars last night, I have only one thing to say ( Read more... )

Came home from work around 3:30 pm today, after an absolutely hectic and hellish Monday at work. Aside from the joy of an interesting language translation job today, the office was plagued with a rash of strawberry donuts (that flavour not being one that I like, I had no temptation), the office phone system was being worked on (resulting in all ( Read more... )

Well, as promised, here are my first thoughts about the start of the new television season.

I watched Dancing with the Stars and Castle last night, both of which were the season premieres.

It was kind of surprising to realise that Dancing with the Stars is in its eleventh (!!) season, but of course, the early years had two series per year, so ( Read more... )

And so here we are, the Monday that offers the start of the new television season.

There doesn't appear to be all that many new tv series that appeal to me, so tonight is a night of lean pickings. I'll be watching the season premiere of Dancing with the Stars, followed by the season début of Castle, and the only other series that intrigues me ( Read more... )

Just finished watching the Dancing with the Stars finale tonight ( Read more... )

Good morning, folks. :) Another hot, sweaty, stick-to-your-skin kind of day coming up here in Ottawa ( Read more... )