Me to owner of the German Sheppard Murphy's playing with: So, what's your dog's name?
German Shepard owner: Moya.
Me: ... like the ship in FarscapeGSO: Everybody asks me that. I've never seen the show ( Read more... )

I have Things to Say about the end of Babylon 5 Season 4 and all of Deadwood Season 1. In the case of Deadwood, they can be summed up by: SQUEEEEEEEEE + *flappy hands*. But instead, I have been sucked into something that's just the wrong combination of mind-numbing tedium and important detail at work, and have misplaced my ability to write about ( Read more... )

( The Office 5.19 - Two Weeks )

( BSG 4.13 )

It smells like a campfire everywhere I go. This is going to be a very, very bad fire year, and there's not much anybody can do about it, at least in the short term. I wanted to go running last night, but according to the local news, I might as well smoke fifty packs of cigarettes and save myself the wear on my running shoes. Maybe by this ( Read more... )

Happy birthday, writteninstars! I hope you're having a lovely day.

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I have had a relatively lovely weekend. I actually did not work, for one thing. I had crab cakes Benedict at Town's End this morning for another. And D. had both kids while Mrs. D worked (she's an event planner, and this is the first big wedding weekend of the season), and I ( Read more... )

( Battlestar Galactica - Razor )

Happy birthday raincitygirlWhen I was at my first tech writing job after moving to the city, I worked from home on Mondays and Fridays, and on Mondays I used to have regular dinner parties for 8 people. Since then, I developed a longer commute, and everybody got busier, and then I got hermit-y, and my hostessing skills have atrophied. Plus I only had three ( Read more... )

( Doctor Who 29.13 - The Last of the Time Lords )

This weekend, I got less work done than I should have, but more than if I hadn't worked on the weekend. This is one of those glass half empty situations, isn't it. I can't wait until this release ships. I've been kind of spotty about LJ recently, and probably will be for the next couple of weeks too, and I've missed a bunch of birthdays ( Read more... )