Three cat-related items ( Read more... )

Now that I have caught up on sleep and feel (mostly) human again, there are a few things I want to note before they fall out of my head.

- Our holiday travel dates are 23 Dec and 3 Jan. If you're in Colorado during that period and want to get together, let me know.

- We went to Tokyo One for Thanksgiving dinner. It was, as always, made of win ( Read more... )

Vogon felt a pull to stop in at Radio Shack today. The pull was being issued by a floor model Roboraptor marked down to $32. (Figures.) We had to buy batteries and download a PDF copy of the manual, but it was pretty funny to make it roar at Bubby. Bubby's reaction: "I'm not messing with that sh*t." Laurel loves it ( Read more... )

Vogon saw Biko outside in the wee hours of the morning today. He reported that she looks fine, had probably just finished eating from the bowl of dry food I set outside the door, and was on the stairs when he saw her. She ran off when he called her name. Hopefully one of us will catch her in the next few days.

In consumerism news, I went to the ( Read more... )

Biko likes to sit on the patio. Since it's a second-floor balcony, we usually let her out for about an hour or until she bats at the door to let us know she wants back in ( Read more... )

I survived Cub camp. Yay! We stowed the canopy, cooler and water jugs in the storage unit. Haven't decided whether to take the cart or not, but I put it out on the patio for now because the rubber-tire smell was pretty strong when the cart was sitting up on end in the entry over the weekend. Next up is setting dates for the summer committee ( Read more... )

Yesterday I volunteered at a neighborhood Washington Mutual location's grand opening. Got to meet interesting local people, fed breakfast to a team of cheerleaders, and was frequently mistaken as an employee of either the bank or the local deli that delivered the food trays I was tending. A couple of DJs from Mix 102.9 were there with swag; they ( Read more... )

Here's photographic evidence of what Laurel did to her hair and an after photo to share how nicely the stylist was able to even it out.

( Before and after of Laurel's self-haircut, 108kb .jpg )

I dropped off for a few days with some network issues: the Vonage line worked but the 'net connection through the computer didn't. It'll be a few days before I sit down and catch up ( Read more... )

After I woke up this morning, I noticed my computer had turned itself off sometime during the night. Pressed the power button -- nothing. Got under the desk and checked all the cords, the PSU switch on the back of the case, and reset my power strip before pressing the power button again -- still nothing. The numlock light on my keyboard /is/ on ( Read more... )