More than a week ago I got a USPS "we left your package at the office!" slip in my mailbox.  Between storms and leaving work late and holiday shopping traffic volume, I was only able to pick it up yesterday.  It was from the awesomest gift giver ever, though, so totally worth the wait!  It had two DS games (new Professor Layton!), and a Neil Gaimen ( Read more... )

Enraging article from a recent Newsweek.

"Reformed" ex-gay woman returns to her Southern Baptist faith and sues for full custody of the daughter she had while in a Vermont-sanctioned civil union, stating that permitting her former partner to have any parental rights "would be like handing my child over to the milkman." (!)

While it's basically ( Read more... )

In Warcraft, some random lowbie person just whispered to me and asked, "Can I have 0g?".

After a moment, he amended it to 9g, but I had a good bit of time in there.  The clever retort just begged to be made... but I was overwhelmed by all the routes I could take.  In the end I just walked away, because mocking those of lower mental capacity is ( Read more... )

"I found a typographical error...in my pants!"

I don't usually mind staying late at work if I can leave around 6:30.  Not only has traffic finally calmed down by then, permitting Delaware-style driving (ACCELERATE!  CRUISE!  BRAKE FOR RED LIGHT!  REPEAT!) for the trip home, but I can listen to Marketplace.

Biggest bummer ever?  It's just too depressing to listen to economic news right now, not ( Read more... )

So geepgal and I haven't travelled much this year.  We took a weeklong "staycation" in March (before the term became a buzzword, thank you very much), and elected not to go camping this summer due to asthma concerns.  So when Big Work Project (the once-every-3-years one) got pushed back a couple months, in essence taking over the whole calendar year, it ( Read more... )

...whether or not I had anything to say.

I just saw an adorable "Mac ad" online, where Mac guy in the banner at the top of the page talked to PC guy in a newspaper-style article in the banner at the side of the page.  Admittedly I had the sound off, but PC talking from the photo box was cute.

So, thoughts.
1.  Are geepgal and I really the only ones who hate ( Read more... )

[No, it just makes me a geek.]

I'm proud of this screenshot I captured of my World of Warcraft character hitting level 70 (currently the highest level you can reach in the game). It's never easy to catch the yellow swirly animation when you level, because it happens instantaneously.  I also deliberately chose to be in this region of the game for its ( Read more... )

Boring instructional conversation is wrapping up...
Me:     Yes, that's totally right; keep doing what you're doing.  And forget what I just said - it just confuses things unnecessarily.
Co-worker:    (thoughtfully, nodding slowly)  No...I think it's equal parts confusing and helpful.

I think I need to put that on a badge and wear it around as a ( Read more... )

I TOTALLY just did the "praise Allah" hands here at work.  I don't know if that gesture has stuck around in my "lexicon" all these years, or if maybe I've always made similar happy gestures, or if I really did just pull it back out this very moment.  (I won't tell you what it was that made me happy; it's terrifically dorky.)  Good thing I didn't ( Read more... )