The super-easy chicken manicotti from cooks.com came out pretty well, despite (or because of?) their simplicity Even the child ate them. #

So what did I do to reward myself for culinary success? Went to CiCi Pizza. The strangest item here: pizza with macaroni and cheese topping. #
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checked out of my room, was enjoying quiet laptop time in hotel lobby, when 30+ people descended and started repacking their bags right here #

Will have to take a shuttle to the airport soon. Since there's no free WiFi at Houston airpot, may be offline for the next couple of days. #

Papadeaux at Houston International Airport serves beer with an ( Read more... )

I may be just be the polar opposite of the famous 800-friend Facebook guy. Too bad I can't find that article on the net right now -- my Google fu is not up to par when searching on vague terms like "Facebook 800 friends". It was a story of a guy who had 800 friends on Facebook, and just for grins he invited them to meet with him at a bar. 20 of ( Read more... )

Amazing - found out yesterday that a woman I know here in Austin is a daughter of THE Heimlich who invented the Heimlich maneuver! #

Was surprised to see Acai outside of spam headlines: Opal Divine's Penn Field has Acai margaritas. Taste like your average fruity margarita. #

Also learned that Acai is not pronounced uh-KEYE, as my tablemates thought ( Read more... )

Last night I wore the "I heard it first on Twitter @statesman" shirt,and someone asked me if I was twittering for Austin American-Statesman! #

Trying to book tickets to a somewhat obscure destination in Europe.In 5 minutes it took me to select a flight, its price rose by $300! #fail #

Will start over the booking process later, see if I can get the ( Read more... )

having finished a story for ApolloCon writers' workshop, should now concentrate on *ArmadilloCon* writers' workshop: deadline in 3 weeks! #

Yet I couldn't write today.Brain coming up with vague medical scares and spending hours online researching them indicates need for downtime? #

Having heard many good things about Fiddler's Hearth, am surprised ( Read more... )

Elevation Burger has tasty food (I only tried the veggie burger),but the timers on their grills make annoying alarm noises every few seconds #

Erika's playdate with another little girl is going well, except Erika's dad naively assumed the girls will take a nap. Ha ha. #

I spoke too soon. Doors are now being slammed as Erika is melting down. The ( Read more... )

After meeting some deadlines am now focusing on other pressing things in my life. Among them, buying a new car. Test-drove a Prius today. #

Either car dealers' sales tactics have changed since I shopped for a car 12 years ago, or I no longer look like a dupe. Either way a win. #

Ate a nice shrimp salad at Leaf on 2nd, now going to the Drupal panels ( Read more... )

At Refresh Austin meeting at B. D. Riley. Refresh seems a friendly group of people, welcoming of strangers. #

Oh man! Was about to tweet "noon is not too early for a beer at #sxswi", when I slipped on the floor and spilled the beer on the keyboard! #

I'm overwhelmed by tweets of sympathy... for the beer. :-) Easy to joke, but I ruined my previous ( Read more... )