• Tim came over on Sunday and met Varinia for the first time. He compared her comportment and outgoing nature to that of a dog, although I think that the comparison was more inspired by her practice of rolling over on the floor when you're petting her. She treats guests as guests, i.e. "you're in my space, but hello!" which I think is very nice. I ( Read more... )

It's been two weeks since Varinia came home, and she has been wonderful. I'm not saying our relationship settled in perfectly; it took her a little training to understand that the middle of the night is not a good time to ask me for affection or playtime, but if that constitutes my biggest issue with her, I'm doing well ( Read more... )

1. In a refreshing case of somebody waking up and smelling what they were shoveling, the producers of the new Hawaii Five-O series have abandoned their tragically hip modernization of Morton Stevens' iconic tune for the original series in favor of a muscular orchestral version arranged and conducted by Brian Tyler that features many of the session ( Read more... )

Both the internet and the couch were delivered today. Here you can see the basic set-up (the chair in the front was moved back to show the coffee table and a little bit of the runner):


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• I came down with something over the course of this weekend, and so I am staying in this week mostly. The sniffling and coughing was a little less obnoxious today, though still quite present. Hopefully it will be gone by the weekend.
• On the other hand, my illness did give me the opportunity to finish up the mastering, artwork and liner notes for my ( Read more... )

• I received my both the stereo and mono Beatles box sets and have begun to make new rips as part of my new music library. I had to explain what the situation was with the mono box set to a co-worker today, who was shocked to learn that the Beatles had little if anything to do with the stereo mixes on most of their albums. I remember reading the ( Read more... )

• Somebody was throwing away a perfectly good framed print of Claude Monet's "The Artist's Garden at Giverny" on Monday. I took it into the hole and put it up. When I did so, the night tour commented that I was setting myself up for some ridicule from Charlie and Dre on Wednesday morning. This did not occur, but I think that this had more to do ( Read more... )

Stolen, with love, from paintedponyxox:

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Happy Birthday
CRAIG SPAULDING
jailnurse showed me this while I was over at his house this weekend. This short made for charity is a must-see for all 'Doctor Who' fans, just don't read the blurb, it spoils some of the jokes. It's pretty much work safe.

I received the Warner France edition of Outland, which does sound a little bit better than the GNP ( Read more... )

Pushes the borders of work safe:

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