Indeed it is as forecast: it started out warm and clear, then some clouds rolled in and it rained a little - but it's still quite warm. It's cooling off a bit now as the very faint trace of moisture evaporates, but this is pretty rare. In general, if it's gonna rain here, it cools off before and after ( Read more... )

(By the Beta Band. Listened to on my commute to work ( Read more... )

And I haven't ditched LJ. I've just been way too busy and tired these days (and unfortunately distracted by Twitter - I may widget this up in here) to want to write about anything going on in my life.

And boy there's been a lot of it.

In very brief:
-I finished writing the wovel. Hooray! (You can read the entire thing online here at www. ( Read more... )

Two things of significance ( Read more... )

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Yes, I think you may be seeing a little bit more of this image in the future, right here on this LJ...

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1728812800/tt0796366

hits me right in the g-spot, it does.

X-FILES movie, opening weekend (a Saturday or Sunday matinee, perhaps)? Who wants to go with me? Don't force me to go all by myself. I will actually not even seek to review the film, in preference to paying way too much to see it in theaters. Ah, fandom, ain't it swell ( Read more... )

OK, I had no idea that Merritt Butrick (a. one of the worst names ever and b. the dweeb who played Admiral James T. Kirk's ass-faced bastard son in STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN and STAR TREK III: WE LIKE TOTALLY LOVE AND MISS SPOCK AND STUFF) was also an actor on semi-beloved 80s teen dramedy Square PegsOh, I guess Butrick also died of AIDS in ' ( Read more... )

A massive Star Trek email thread is blowin' up at work right now. (I had no idea my co-workers were such slavering, devoted, opinionated Treksters. I love my job!) Say what you will about the JJ Abrams project - it's bringing the Trekkies out of the woodwork. My pal Jeff Powers is going to go to StarCon this spring (one of the two the massive Trek ( Read more... )

- I find that for sinuses ravaged by dry air both indoors and out, breathing through a damp paper towel placed over the face works a treat. Add a few drops of lavender oil, if you've got some. Ghetto humidifier ( Read more... )