Rather non-productive day today.  I mean, I went to work and all, but that was about it ( Read more... )

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Crazy busy nutty day today. I think maybe voting makes people hungry? Anyway, it went by super fast, so that's all to the good. Then I went for my walk and saw a fox. Yes, an honest-to-goodness fox. Firstly, I didn't know we had any here, but dad says we do, so we must. Secondly, there is a boatload of paved highway, residential area and ( Read more... )

Went to the Rally today. And by 'went to the Rally,' I mean, fought my way out of L'Enfant Plaza, flowed with the crowd till they started to get to me, then camped out and conversed with fellow rally-ers who couldn't see and could only hear the music, none of the spoken stuff. Olivia's misanthropy then kicked in and we headed away from the stage ( Read more... )

It's ungodly early, but I'm trying to keep up that damn sleep schedule, so there you have it ( Read more... )

First walk since being stricken with The Influenza (the day it all started, really). I even made better time! And then I grabbed my book and bottle of water and finished Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters on my dock. It was 62 degrees, sunny, breezy and absolutely gorgeous. Damn, I love fall ( Read more... )

So I don't exactly remember what possessed my parents to buy me a popcorn air-popper when I was younger (somewhere between the ages of 12 and 15). I mean, I remember smoke, lots of smoke. I remember the fire alarm going off. I remember all the upstairs windows and doors (including the front door, which is really more of a portcullis-castle-gate- ( Read more... )

Forgot in all the virus excitement yesterday to mention who I saw when I got home from the boardwalk. One of our cats is back. The multi, not the black one. (They're not really ours, of course, what with me being allergic.) I still don't know whose it is, but it was just sitting there, blase as anything under the carport. So I didn't pull all ( Read more... )

Pretty much good news all around ( Read more... )

Feeling pretty good despite much suckage today. I shall tell, and you shall decide the above ( Read more... )