Just a quick FYI, most of my posting is being done to Fur Affinity now.
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/darkfangblackpaw/

I still check here occasionally, but only every couple of weeks or so.

So much for my uber stable government job.
I used to joke about how as long as you paid taxes I got a paycheck.
I forgot about the part where everyone has to agree (house, congress, etc) to authorize the damn treasury funds.

Do I think it will happen? Possibly, but hopefully just long enough for those involved to rattle their sabers and shout "see ( Read more... )

Well crap, it finally got me.
After 20 yrs of conventions I finally got sick.
Scratchy throat, achy body, and voice sounds like I smoke 2-packs a day.

Aside from that, Con was mostly ok.
Like some say, feels like I need a vacation from the Con :P

Nov 20 - Dropped a load of cash on an awesome sectional sofa (elec. recliners), 6-seat dinning room set, and cool expanding coffee table.

Dec 22 - STILL NOT DELIVERED

Sure, its custom built when you order it. But its a team of guys armed with staple guns in some Hayward warehouse knocking this stuff out.

(Ysengrin called them about it a couple days ( Read more... )

All these fore-closures and short-sales have me thinking it might be time to buy a home; if for no other reason than investment (either flip after a couple years or keep as a rental).  Even with the fall in house prices, the mortgage payment on something decent in the Santa Cruz area still seems a little more than I'd care to pay. Renting out rooms ( Read more... )

Apparently rats like MREs.
Whats disturbing is the ONLY thing they didn't finish was the cheese spread.


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Last post, May 22nd, 2009...
Ummm, yeah...I need to post more.

When crap is going down hill at work, its nice to take a break and see some friends; like the big fat lizards that live under the generator behind my building...

( Lizard pics )

Occasionally, I get weird dreams that I'm being attacked by something unseen ( Read more... )

Ok folks, maybe I'm wrong here, help me out ( Read more... )