So when my little brother's truck was taken it seems they just used it to haul away other stuff. There was a trailer hitch on there where we didn't have one before. It's ours now ( Read more... )

Been out of work for a week. Got my last paycheck a couple of days ago ( Read more... )

Our water got fixed. After the pump problem, we needed to clear out all the filters in the fixtures because they collected an obscene amount of sand and grit, and it was cutting off the water completely. Everything's fine now, with the possible exception of the icemaker and water dispenser in the fridge. I'll have to find out how to get at those ( Read more... )

Yep, the didn't have us come in today for any short-shifts, so I have the whole weekend+ to enjoy ( Read more... )

Nothing TOO significant has been going on lately ( Read more... )

Got some more info on the Greenville Tech's CompTIA classes, they sound like a winner. I might be able to get the fee paid off with via W.I.A. and the unemployment office, too. Also got a lead on a part time job (20 hours/week, $7.50 per hour) at the library as a clerk in the South Carolina Room. The requirements just say high school diploma, " ( Read more... )

I'm tinkering with mossy terrariums in a couple of old jars. For now I just have some gravel, soil, and moss patches in there to see if I can manage to not-kill them. You'd think this moss is tough, having already survived a couple of freezes, spring/summer droughts, fall rainy season, and being perpetually buried under leaves, but I have such a ( Read more... )

It's that time of year again, where I pester the rest of my family about what they want for Christmas. So far, no luck ( Read more... )

I knew I shouldn't have gone to the dentist today. My perfect no-cavities record is finally at an end. Now I'm nervous about getting them filled. They put you out for that, right? Right? Also, they really did a number on my gums while scraping for scale. I have never been this sore after the dentist since getting my braces off. Total face-rape. On ( Read more... )

This morning I had a nightmare where all the computers in the house got infected with some kind of malware that completely replaced the graphical user interface with their own ugly, useless, fake-anti-virus-scanner interface that you could actually SEE downloading stuff in the background. None of the usual Linux tricks for killing bad programs was ( Read more... )