Still working on the Hong Kong photos. Hope to have them up by next week.

Finally finished the Dresden ficlet that's been percolating in my head for a good three/four months.

Also, this story about the Cardiff-by-the-Sea statue just made my morning (and afternoon). Life needs more whimsy. The photo alone makes me laugh.

People who follow me know I a) don't post regularly, and b) rarely post news related stuff, but this article mjules  linked to was just too much.

Cornell doctor practices female genital mutilation and post-op molestation

I don't even...

Passed my driving test today! It's like my own Christmas present to me.

Also, all Christmas shopping (including food and gifts) is done. Christmas may now commence.

Took a quick trip up to Austin last weekend with Alex, Fiona, and Jeffrey. Decided we needed to get the fuck out of the concrete jungle for a bit.

Things of note:
1) I drove from here to Brenham and did not kill anything. Yeah what now DPS I should totally be licensed to drive having proven I can do country roads and Houston rush hour.
2) We ate way ( Read more... )

So it's been a while since I've journaled (as several people have pointed out).

Quick updates:
1) Still job hunting. Got formally rejected from the one Boeing job I applied for, am in purgatory at Lockheed-Martin, rejected for one at SpaceX but am still in purgatory on the other seven, no word from MicroSat or ABSL, just applied for two more with ( Read more... )

What the hell, Brits?!

"Biscuit cookies may look all harmless and delicious, except they are lethal. According to a report in the Telegraph, almost one-third of interviewed UK adults have been splashed or scalded by hot drinks while dunking or fishing for remnants of a collapsed digestive. Even worse, 28 percent said they have choked on crumbs, ten ( Read more... )

So yeah... remember when I mentioned I had gone to get myself fingerprinted by The Man? Yesterday I got my Employment Authorization Card from the gov't, so now I am legally allowed to do things like work and get a driver's license.

Exciting, and all sorts of scary. I can also leave the country and come back, which would be nice if we could afford ( Read more... )

new!Trek Fandom: If you're going to do smushed name pairings, can you please adopt "Spork" or (better yet) "Kock" for the Kirk/Spock? Because really, it would just make me SO HAPPY to know a fandom out there is actively not taking itself so seriously.

News: The standardized test results are back for Alex's school, and they did well. Not as well as ( Read more... )

Sort of linky

New HBP posters - I'm sort of excited and sort of scared.
And for evil_little_dog , - New Gatchaman poster.
Oh and the survivor of two atomic bomb droppings. I'm sort of amazed he's still alive.

Stores say gun-control fears spur firearms sales
By ANGELA K. BROWN
Associated Press
Nov. 6, 2008

FORT WORTH - While watching Republican presidential candidate John McCain's concession speech, gun owner AJ Sullivan had a sinking feeling.

"Liberals like to ban guns. That's what it comes down to," said Sullivan, 25, a Texas Christian University ( Read more... )