I'm worried about you, I said this morning, talking again about Robin Williams' death, worried the way I always am when someone loses their fight with their monster. Do you need me to stay home? Will you be okay?

Actually, he said, I feel like this is a bit of a victory. I'm sad that he is dead, but I'm not depressed.And the sunlight outside felt ( Read more... )

After considered thought, I've decided to make no resolutions for the new year. To quote Alan Watts, "I can only think seriously of trying to live up to an ideal, to improve myself, if I am split in two pieces. There must be a good 'I' who is going to improve the bad 'me.' 'I,' who has the best intentions, will go to work on wayward 'me,' and the ( Read more... )

Twas the week after New Year's, and all through the house, the only folks stirring were cr0wgrrl and DangerMouse ( Read more... )

Freaksgiving this year went off with its usual number of hitches - house not fully clean when the guests arrived, unwanted hide-and-seek with the cat, not enough people appreciating the magic of the rutabaga, and SOMEONE giving me a terrible cold that manifested the following day - but when all was said and done, it was a wonderful day. We got to ( Read more... )

This past year has been, well, hell. As Churchill is alleged to have said, when you are going through hell, keep going, and so I have. But I have never been so ready for a year to be over as I have right now.

This past year has been a whirlwind of death, decay and loss. People I love have died, or have had people they love die. People I love have ( Read more... )

Went to a perfectly lovely wedding this weekend to watch two of my oldest friends in this city tie the knot. The bride looked calm and yes, radiant. The groom looked dashing and just a wee bit nervous. And despite hitches, the ceremony was wonderful and obviously heartfelt. It was, all around, a wonderful time, and I hope it will be the start of ( Read more... )

We have not yet seen the new Spiderman movie. From the reviews I'm hearing, we'll wait for it to hit Netflix.

The Catboy (from his computer on my way out the door): Have a good day! Don't get hit by a car or killed by a giant lizard man!

Me (yelling back as I close the door): I'll try not to! But if I do, you'll be the first to know!

Him (through the ( Read more... )

I helped Jack get to Magfest this year, and this is what he brought me back for my birthday:

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If you don't watch That Guy With the Glasses or some of the other Internet reviewers, you'll probably be pretty lost, but trust me, it's awesome. (And if you have seen them and don't particularly like them, keep it to yourself, it's my birthday :P but feel ( Read more... )

I made the error last night of putting on Howl's Moving Castle as inspiration while I colored today's Quitting Time comic, figuring that since I had already seen it, it wouldn't distract me too much from the work ( Read more... )

Yesterday was an experiment in creepy. When I left for work in the morning, I noticed that someone had sliced through one of the strings of Christmas tree lights on the small metal gate around the tree in our front yard. Cut neatly through, most likely with a knife. Which was a little upsetting, but I put it out of mind to go to work ( Read more... )