Bob the Snowball wonders when winter is going to show up.  Being Frosty's hip cool-cat cousin, he returns with the first snow of the new year and jams with us for a few days, usually around Mardi Gras.  (The rest of the year he's got a gig at this penguin dive bar in Antarctica.  Bob plays a smokin' trombone and guitar.  Those long, stick arms aren ( Read more... )

How, in the name of all that is holy, can November be over?!  Seriously, it was Halloween, like yesterday, and today I look at the calendar and suddenly I'm behind on my Christmas shopping, have a week and a half to prepare for my vacation and Christmas traveling, and to send out the Christmas cards which I bought last year and are now buried ( Read more... )

A brief interruption of your day to present ...

Calvin and Hobbes, 26 years later!  "Hobbes and Bacon"
My day is made.  I lovelovelove this.  And where the creator talks about the strip.  (And yes, Calvin and Hobbes is basically the best thing ever.)

Calvin’s daughter, Bacon meets Hobbes for the first time. Calvin and Hobbes is basically the best ( Read more... )

1)  NaNoWriMo:  Oh, dear dog, how far behind am I.  I have been having too much fun killing dark elves and goblins and such with Awesome Husband for the past few days.  Also, how much do I love playing the drum set on Guitar Hero?  So. Very. Much.  The sad part is I've been working on my NaNo story.  I have the first act and I've sketched out the ( Read more... )

When I have tons to do, I feel overwhelmed to the point of paralyzation, which triggers an epic bout of procrastination until desperation (or intervention) leads to a culling of the to-do list either through determined stick-to-it-ness or dropping thing from the list (saying "I'm sorry, but no").  However, when things are quiet, I'm so productive ( Read more... )

I hope everyone is having a great Saint Patrick's Day.  (My necklace is green . . . that counts, right?)  Hey, if you haven't checked out Google's gorgeous Celtic logo, go right now.  GO!

Isn't it pretty?  *hugs logo*  *squeezes logo*  *calls it Geor . . . *  *blushes*  AHEM

I'm still neck-deep in day-job work.  We're doing three different budget ( Read more... )