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Lurkers (and there are a few of you, I know) may look through the archives and reminisce.

What's an $835.00 gas bill between friends? Twaddle!

Well, I was putting the finishing touches on the apartment downstairs tonight and reached up to adjust my hair when I realized I was coated in white valspar paint. Eggshell Ultra-White to be exact. Bummer! So upstairs I went to visit Georgia, take a shower, and drink a well-deserved manhattan on the rocks ( Read more... )

OKay, an update is necessary for my own sanity, as much as it's necessary for the feeding of my reading public. Yes, that's you ( Read more... )

I am so into my routine that I am losing track of the big picture and the complications which loom therein. I can float and float forever, unaffected by the world, but the fact of the matter is I don't have my rental unit put to use yet, and that's a big problem, and no I CAN'T float forever, thanks ( Read more... )

What broke the tip off the Lady of the Dining Room's sparrow wing?

"You Gotta Be Bad ( Read more... )

I moved my furniture around today. I went to Lowes and bought a 50 foot coaxial cable, so now my computer setup is in the room which was originally designated as my dining room, which means I've got a lot more space in the big, pretty room called the Living Room. I set up the coffee machine today, bought a refurbished Cuisinart coffee-bean grinder ( Read more... )

"You can get along if you try to be strong ( Read more... )

I've been feeling a lot better in the last few days, though still disconnected. I'm coming to terms with the changes which have occurred in my life and family, unhappy and uncomfortable as they are, and am ready to face the special challenges I've got as one who conducts his affairs alone and with little input or rejoinder from certain "living ( Read more... )