O hai, yes I'm still alive ( Read more... )

I had a Dr. appointment today at UCLA, so I made reservations a couple weeks ago to stay at our usual spot, the Hotel Angeleno. Didn't think twice about it, despite the issue last time with the fire alarms in the middle of the night. After my visit I had received an email invitation to do a survey about my visit, and I took them up on it, and ( Read more... )

Stolen from kappadarappa

Name 5 movies you've *HAPPILY* seen repeatedly (or, if you haven't, 5 that you would happily see again). Post this in your LJ or, in the spirit of meme and spam-mail ultimatum, your TV and sound-system will break. Those of you with HD home theater systems are especially screwed.

1. The Princess BrideSo quotable, so silly, so great! ( Read more... )

Last night, as Sam was picking up food on his way home, the window on the driver's side of the car decided to stop working, halfway down. Sam called the Saturn dealer, but they said they only do oil changes on Saturdays, and made him an appointment to come in Monday morning. Fortunately for us, we have our own garage, so it was safe overnight. ( Read more... )

Poking around at the iTunes Music Store, they have the soundtrack to HHGTG of course. But what isn't listed there, but linked in 'top songs by this artist' are four "Entries" from the guide (links open in iTunes, if you have it installed. Otherwise your browser will just look at you funny):

1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to Blogging
2. The Hitchhiker's ( Read more... )

Sam's/our new friend A came down to hang out last night and have dinner with us (sort of... darned traffic!!), and ended up crashing on the sofa, so she was here for a bit this morning. It was kind of funny, Sam and I had slipped out to the living room / office and were surfing on our computers but trying to be quiet, and apparently A was in the ( Read more... )