And we are cosplaying together. She is dressing as Tina Belcher from "Bob's Burgers", and I, in an ironic turn, am dressing as Louise Belcher, her younger sister. I bought my black Mary Janes last week, and my pink bunny ears hat just arrived last night, and it's adorable.

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I cleared the top of my desk at work! I was able to do this, because I had two straight days in the office during which I was not (a) preparing for another hearing, or (b) briefing a hearing that I had already had. I also went through all my open files and was able to close a half dozen of them ( Read more... )

...this will be my last "fat" Dragon*con. I hurt so much this year. My feet hurt. My hip, which I injured several months ago, hurt. My knee, which hasn't bothered me for the last couple of years, hurt. Part of it was standing and walking on concrete for hours a day, and part of it was the fact that I'm carrying about 80 extra pounds for my ( Read more... )

The whole weekend went remarkably well. I arrived at my parents' house late Wednesday night and stayed through Sunday. No politics were discussed, we managed to avoid any controversial religious topics, and peace reigned in my parents' home. I was able to catch up on my sleep, I took my niece and nephew to see "Wreck-It Ralph" (it was better than ( Read more... )

How the hell did that happen?

In brightest day, in blackest night,
No evil shall escape my sight.
Let those who worship evil’s might,
Beware my power...Green Lantern’s light.Still the best superhero oath of them all ( Read more... )

First from Florida. Then from Georgia. And now from Trousdale County ( Read more... )

Where did I go wrong? Where? Where?????

...on my dining room table. On the way home from Knox-Vegas, I stopped at the TJ Maxx in Crossville, just to see what they had, thinking that I would get some ideas and then check the local Maxxes to see if they had the same things. $304 later, I have a third of my Christmas shopping done ( Read more... )

Had a lovely visit with my family. The kids and I went to see the new Harry Potter movie on Friday, and Mike, Mariann, and I went to the UT-Kentucky game on Saturday ( Read more... )