(pulled from FB b/c it's close enough)
The care and feeding of a vending artist:
Thank you for coming! It may seem easy and fun and like a party, but I am rarely able to focus on any one person during the event. I'm pretty much working. It's fun work, but I only do this one or two times a year and it's my opportunity to make back the money I sink ( Read more... )

It was haircut and dinner with drwex this week. This has been an excellent new tradition that guarantees we have an activity to look forward to every other month that gets us out of our hermit and day to day pattern: go feel good about our hair style with Dale at DHR, then catch up over dinner. Win ( Read more... )

Here's a brain dump of what I discovered about Rogers Pierce and what I still need to sort out, why I am hoping IF we need this at all, why I'm hoping it'll just work out. 
( Stuff I have read about/observed/was told... )

What questions would you ask a daycare before signing on a dotted line?

I fear I'd just go with: "Hey, kid seems to be having fun, what the hell."

The cobbler's children have no shoes and the archivist's files have no backup ( Read more... )

OK- time to start shopping around for a real estate agent, one who is willing to deal with renters. That's non-negotiable. No buying, no debate. The one I pinged earlier this week hasn't responded, so never mind. I'm still focused on the Arlington area, fwiw.

Thanks.

I know a number greater than zero is somewhat surprised by yesterday's news. So, here we go.
( FAQs regarding Crime Fighter )

It's Wednesday, which means lunch with lifecollage  (Kermit flail-y arms, yaaaay!). The topic of podcasts came up up. I listen to several. People other than lifecollage  may find knowing about these podcasts to be a good and helpful thing. Also, if you listen to any, you can tell me what you like and why. So, the list with descriptions under the cut because ye gods this ( Read more... )

Since I just put this Picasa gallery together for the Passport to Peru folks, and it's not entirely unheard of for there to be $winterholiday commission requests- here's what I currently have (jewelry not included at the moment)- vs. the big list of everything. Those who fall into that part of the venn diagram can contact me at ljusername (at) ( Read more... )

So, Robin settled into Toodledo. I've gone with Remember the Milk. Neither of us are particularly overwhelmed with love for either one, but we guess it'll do. What we really need is a code monkey to do our bidding because we both would come up with the Ultimate To Do List. Seriously.