First, of the frivolousLast night I had time enough before meeting up with others attending the movie (more, below) that I decided I would grab some dinner at a restaurant near the theater. Since I wasn't quite up to sitting in a loud establishment by myself, I decided I would get the food to go, and then go sit in my nice, quiet, and private car ( Read more... )

I am slow to update because I am fabulously busy at work (welcome to January). However, I am still alive and wanted to let you know that ( Read more... )

SignsThe automatic doors into this building are broken, or at least not sensing things. They have handles, so they can still be opened, but it's manual operation only ( Read more... )

The second half of this had to wait until I'd thought it through a bit more ( Read more... )

2009This was a pretty good year overall. It had a few rough spots, but they were mostly rough spots where I learned, and I think I've come out of it stronger and better than I was before. My family is well, my friends are largely forging onwards with their lives, and I'm hopeful ( Read more... )

Yesterday I went down to DC to meet up with friends. We went to the Museum of the American Indian, where, among other things, we watched series of short films about American Indian war veterans (thing I did not know: American Indians have the highest per capita rate of participation in the armed services of any ethnic group in the United States). ( Read more... )

This is a long so I'm using cuts for two side stories, keeping the funnier stuff outside the cut.

( So, how about an update on the latest brownies of doom? There are Pictures, even. )

I'm up for a few more minutes, to give Kemuri a chance to finish her dinner before I use the bathroom for Tenshi-torture. I forgot to get wet food for the felines tonight, so most everyone else is having dry for dinner, while Kemuri, the barf-o-matic, is having one of the last two cans of dry (the other will be her breakfast ( Read more... )

I just sent this message to several of my family members:
Dear Family and friends ( Read more... )

This morning I saw a church sign (yes, I evidently have a thing for church signs. Shut up.) that said:

Jesus Christ
Is
Alive!

For just a moment I thought it said

Jesus Christ
It's
a Lion!and mentally added "Get in the church ( Read more... )