Tomorrow starts the county fair here. Beginning last year, due to problems with getting a midway carnival company, the fair was moved back to late June from mid-July, which is normal for Indiana, as the State Fair is in August ( Read more... )

I've noticed that one more goof by our Russian Overlords and my paid expiration date will match my LJ's anniversary (I started it free, and later got it paid during the Christmas gift special LJ used to have). The date has crept from late December to just six days away from the April 2 LJversary.

And, here's my Monday appeal for votes in LJ Idol: Exhibit A, where the main topic has been "Tilt-a-Whirl" and I gave this entry a spin. The poll, closing tonight, is here, open to all ( Read more... )

So, last week Gary gave us as our LJ Idol:Exhibit A topic, "This is your brain on..." and at first I thought of eggs and frying pans, but then I thought deeper about being high, mood-altered, mind-altered. And I thought back to a girl I knew years ago, and of a specific day, and how it affected me ( Read more... )

Ahoy! Hope all had a good Talk Like a Pirate day! Since I had to work today, we decided to belay the usual Pastafarian Devival at an Italian restaurant, and insteadthe_dark_snackand I set course for Long John Silvers for lunch, where we got a free fish for talkin' pyratish.

But of course, today we also celebrate the birthday of billionaire playboy Adam West, ( Read more... )

Now that I have other things on my mind besides LJ Idol (congratulations to winner whipchick!), I'm dealing with major changes in my other online haunts.

I found out the hard way (someone telling me the site was down) that the blogsite sponsored by the paper I work for, EastOfIndy.com, has been taken offline. Turns out I was the only person blogging on it, ( Read more... )

Was going to post this as a Drama-Free Thursday entry, but it seems to be Friday (oh, well...)

I recently looked back at a post I made over six years ago, not long after I started this LJ, regarding a conversation with author Steven Barnes (he had just written a Star Wars book and our local SW club met with him for a bookstore signing). He gave some ( Read more... )

Earlier this month, I had my annual performance review at work. Basically it boiled down to, "do what you've been doing -- but do more of it." (Mostly positive, overall ( Read more... )

Long time no post, I know. Where have I been? Aside from my day-job (the writing I actually get paid to do) I've been quite busy with LJ Idol, as beldarzfixon, and on that account have earned the icon used here. Yes, Top 25, which I've reached for the first time since Season 3, and I've made it to Week 31, which is the furthest I've ever gone. And better yet, ( Read more... )

25 years ago, I was wrapping up my service in the U.S. Army, during an era that history records as "peacetime," save for a bloodless Cold War with the Soviets ( Read more... )