Well, I didn't get to Twitter as much as I thought, so I forgot everything about the con.

Dammit.

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My old pessimistic side used to feel that just before something really horrible happened, a bunch of good things happened to me. Like the ultimate letdown. Then I thought, "It's to prepare me for something bad that was going to happen," so like the White Queen in "Alice Beyond the Looking Glass," I freaked out about things before they happened, ( Read more... )

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Well, in my attempt to get a family with four kids to have individualized attention, I took Scarlet-Rose out to Tyson’s Corner Mall. I had a really good time. Speaking with Scarlet is always a good exercise in understanding the minds of children. I always tell people you shouldn’t speak down to kids; they know. That being said, she’s smart for ( Read more... )

My friend and small leg-gripping pal Scarlet turned 9 last week, and we celebrated her last era of having a single digit age with a small barbecue (thanks, cheesy_reads, for cooking). It was an interesting party. I got to see Lanning, again, whom I have known since he had long hair, way back before we worked at AOL. cyaneyed nicked a roommate's car to make it. ( Read more... )