If you should happen to see me chasing my enormous cat about screaming something about tennis rackets, you should know that the damned little beast, not content with chewing on plastic bags like...an animal which really shouldn't be doing such a thing, but has also chewed the power cord to my laptop, which is now mangled beyond all recognition ( Read more... )

Anyone heard anything hideous yet about Vista SP2? (I'm expecting a yes to that; the question is one of degree...)

This poor abused Toshiba Satellite is finally givin' up the ghost. Right now, the power cord (my second one) only connects in a certain position, the battery (my second one) barely holds a charge, the arrow keys don't work and the enter, backspace, and power button are slightly balky, due to a spill (wasn't me, either), I've had to replace the ( Read more... )

There were a lot of repeated elements in the past few days. JC is a wrap (no, Caesar, not that JC), I did my bit, and it was good. Friday we were going to the cast party but got caught in a downpour after dinner, and got soaked to the skin...and then we got to Greenbelt and got out to the car, during which time it poured again...and after that, I ( Read more... )

Insane. I was going to comment that I've made several calls today to various folks, both for job-hunting purposes and for the Johnson campaign, but none of them have been returned. Now I'm here in Panera, and there's a guy a table away on a cel phone who is speaking LOUDLY ENOUGH THAT THE WHOLE RESTAURANT CAN HEAR HIM. And even beyond that, he's ( Read more... )

First: A happy happy birthday to webqatch!

I have taken recently to using Web-based email, and I must say it's been mostly good. (Kudos to thecanuckguy for the service.) However, I have also had need to speak to people over email about some things that I'd rather not speak about in public, which necessitates using encryption. Now I don't know of any proggie that ( Read more... )

I'm now on it. My Skype ID is the same as my user ID here, or you can find me under my real name. (Everyone is floating about and being omnipresent as well, plus I think I'm going to look for some pain meds...so if I don't answer immediately, be cool.)

ETA: The only contact I have listed is big_wired. If you have Skype, go ahead and give me a "call" so ( Read more... )

I have made the determination today that Trillian, my chat proggie, has pissed me off for the last time. Its interface is confusing and counterintuitive, and it buries important settings deep in its workings. I'm going to try Scatterchat for now, which is a bit clunky but more secure at least. Please be patient while I recalibrate things, ( Read more... )

No zombies for my journal yesterday. I was considering posting a lusty tale of how I got out of L'Enfant Plaza with a pair of kids' aluminum baseball bats from the sporting goods store downstairs (I even checked to see if they stocked them) and ended up at a heavily armed and fortified Starbuck's in Columbia, trying to convince my fellow compound ( Read more... )

A few shouts and PSAs to begin. I've been told that 395 is a nightmare parking lot coming into the District north from Springfield. In other news, fire is hot. Film at 11.

Also, lots of birthday cuddles and kisses to still_asking! And a fine thank you to flashneko for sending me the DVD of An Evening with Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder, which I received a matter of ( Read more... )