How I spent my day:

Getting a full night's sleep for a change
Laundry
Queuing up LOLMac re-run posts for the next few days
Checking in with lothithil in transit (mostly in the form of texting jokes about vuvuzelas) (really)
Packing prep, including retrieving the Whacking Great Giant Suitcase from the storage unit
Putting up hurricane shutters
Not attending ( Read more... )

I finished my partner's wedding dress last night.  Completely finished!  One down, one to go ( Read more... )

. . . and February went past ( Read more... )

. . . aka Why My Day Was Much Hairier Than Expected . . .

If your company has a PBX system -- especially if you have an older PBX system -- get international calling restricted or blocked NOW.  Also, do a security audit of your voice mail system.

According to the AT&T Global Fraud division, between midnight and 5:30 am, hackers accessed my company's ( Read more... )

I've been in an ongoing creative slump, and I haven't been posting or writing.  I'd like to get out of the slump; I miss it all.  I especially miss having more interactions with all of you!  It's the beginning of a new weekend, and I'm going to see if I can get a change started.

The weekend didn't start out propitiously, though.  Last night, I was ( Read more... )

I just checked the date on my hurricane-prep post from last year, which was when Irene looked likely to hit us.

August 23rd.

Meanwhile, the papers have overflowed all week with the 20-year retrospective of Hurricane Andrew.  Yes, 20 years ago, the first named storm of the season, storm A, didn't form until late August.  (And landed as a Category 5 ( Read more... )

"I'm running a test to see who's reading my posts. So, if you read this, leave me a one-word comment about your day that starts with the third letter of your LJ Username. Only one word please. Then repost so I can leave a word for you. Don't just post a word and not copy - that's not as much fun!"

Variation the First:
Having left a suitable one-word ( Read more... )

I had my follow-up appointment with my gastroenterologist earlier this week.-- this was Young Dr. Young, the one whose colonoscopy put me in hospital.

I was told that none of the 24 polyps they biopsied showed any signs of being precancerous.

( Crankiness, but not ickiness, behind cut )

I figured it might be a good idea to let people know how I'm doing, after all the excitement from last week.

I'm doing quite well.

Short post, huh?  Dull, too.  Okay, a few details.

( a few details, some a little icky )

I noticed that my last several posts have been dreary unhappy crap, so it's obviously time I posted about something else.

I finished reposting Reverb to AO3, and I'm now starting on the review of Phoenix Rising.  This means going back to a much earlier point in my development as a writer -- Phoenix Rising was my second MacGyver piece, the first one ( Read more... )