This past weekend was the annual running of the Armadillos festival, otherwise known as Armadillocon. I enjoy going to ArmadilloCon, it was my first con, it's local, it has a lot good going for it. And this year was no exception. I took off Friday and spent some time straightening up for guests (The Simpsons stayed with me, to the chagrin of my ( Read more... )

In good insomniac fashion, I was up until after 3am. I was bored, no one was around, so I flipped channels and found Star Trek: Nemesis playing on AMC. I don't think I've actually seen the movie before. It was pretty good, but it was clear I was NOT the target demographic, based on all the commercials for erectile dysfunction products, and the ( Read more... )

I am worn out, plain and simple. I didn't sleep as well as I would have liked, although I just got up a few minutes ago. Dr. Theisen, Sam's IM vet called me earlier and left a message for me to call her back. His white blood count is elevated to 16,000. The normal range is 4,000-20,000, so it's not terribly high but because of Sam being on ( Read more... )

1. I was hoping that Kerbey Lane would have chocolate chip pancakes today, but they didn't. So I got a short stack of raspberry instead. The NW Kerbey Lane is moving to a new location this weekend, to the northbound side of 183 at Anderson Mill Road. Very convenient to me ( Read more... )

I've managed to unpack and put my suitcase away. I've exercised and showered. Now I need to run off and eat. I smooched on Sam for a bit (he's my only man now). Charlie and Ginger are doing their under the bed thing. When I get home I still have to do laundry tonight ( Read more... )

The ArmadilloCon schedule is up now. I'm going to be "Vanna" for Fannish Feud (I am the revealer of answers). That's on Saturday afternoon before dinner. And then after dinner, I'm moderating the Paranormal Romance panel! I'm psyched, but I need to think about this, put some notes together. Yes, I read widely in the paranormal romance genre but ( Read more... )