Death by Chocolate: Redux is a bizarre collection of short stories. See, one day this guy was visiting an unusual chocolate factory when he fell into the vat ... and emerged as a man composed entirely of chocolate. And who can turn anything else into chocolate with a wave of his hands. Now he works as FBI Agent Swete with his partner Anderson ( Read more... )

So. I finally read this book. At least 12 years after I really should have ( Read more... )

Look, the thing about living in a city is that we're ALL living in the city. Sometimes there ain't enough to go around, and you deal with it in a mature and acceptable manner. If you can't, get out of the freaking cityBecause it's snowed again, and if the forecast is to be believed, it will snow a LOT ( Read more... )

Wait, what??

Hard drive space has now become so ridiculously inexpensive, that it's possible to buy a 1TB hard drive - that's ONE THOUSAND GIGABYTES - for $100?!?

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*looks at current hard drives, totalling 120G*

*anticipates a new investment*

So, I early-voted today. From the time I walked in till the time I left, took approx 15 minutes. Sweet ( Read more... )

In less noteworthy news, my laptop is dead. Fried motherboard, apparently. Part of me is pissed it lasted just over a year. Part of me notes that said year included 1 month of living on a boat on the Pacific, and 8 months dragging it around London. Perhaps to be expected ( Read more... )

So, here's the show I'm running lights & sound for:


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So. I've bought my plane ticket. I'm coming home next month.

I've loved London madly, and still do. But I can't deny I've missed Chicago too.

I'm coming home. And that's damn exciting.

For seven years, I journalled here.

Now I've a new one. Let's see where it goes.