So, on the off chance that anyone is wondering why I fell off the face of the world this time around, here is what happened. Shortly after returning from roadtrip 2011 (which wasn't particularly fun but accomplished what it needed to accomplish), I was getting caught up on my e-mail, when my hard drive suddenly started making horrible clacking ( Read more... )

I guess it's been a while since I last bothered to post anything. This is partly due to the fact that I have been away from home since early May, doing 2010's version of last year's epic roadtrip. I'm in AZ at the moment and will be for at least a couple more days before heading north. This year, I hope to get as far as South Dakota before ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to get a new camera for ages now. My current piece of junk is over a year and a half old now, even though it was only supposed to be a temporary measure while I looked for something to replace my little Pentax. There was quite a while when I couldn't find anything that looked like it had a chance of suiting my needs, and part of ( Read more... )

Okay, so I was just over on Amazon.com. I had meant to check the prices of some DVDs that I had been thinking of getting, but I got distracted by the presence of breakfast cereal on the homepage before I could. Who on earth buys breakfast cereal from Amazon? Unless you're a complete shut-in, can't you just get it when you're at the store buying ( Read more... )

Yeah, I'm actually updating my lj. Feel free to insert Ooo's, Ahhh's, or other sounds of amazement. The End Times must be approaching. Watch out for that guy on a pale horse and his three buddies ( Read more... )