So serialkeller says that: The rules are that for 8 days you have to post something that made you happy that day ( Read more... )

Sun's out. If I venture to the opposite half of this floor, where the bathroom is, I can see the sunlight streaming (like digital radio) through the windows. I can see this over the tops of the grey cubicle fences. I can also see that almost every cubicle in proximity to a window has pulled down its shade ( Read more... )

...learned about the value of streaming online radio. And hours and hours of classical music. I also discovered that apparently, I really dig Rachmaninov. I had always suspected as much, but was never sure. Go figure.

This is just to say that Canadian politics just got REALLY VERY INTERESTING INDEED. I am glued to my seat - except for the bits where I jump up and point and speak LIKE THIS ( Read more... )

The pandering to J.K. Rowling knows no bounds ( Read more... )

I was in a mood today, and I had to go to work, which made the mood a little worse. And then I found out all kinds of things about all kinds of people and was steeped in the unpleasantness that happens to other people. I felt worn out and run down by the standard cruelties. And this kid came into the bookstore, and he was pudgy and awkward and ( Read more... )

This is clearly the fault of too much 19th century study for the past several months, but I would henceforth like to sign my missives (which I apparently now call missives) (and which encompass letters, e-mails and posts of this nature) "Yours &c.,"

Yours &c.,

Ess

Except for a brief episode of nasty-email-prompts-hour-of-sobbing in the late evening, the birthday was actually VERY lovely. By my personal standards, of course, of having food I love all day long, champagne and orange juice, reading, Doctor Who, cake, and minimal (but intensely thoughtful) gifts ( Read more... )

I'm making a feeble attempt to clear out some old email. Very old. 2005 old (so not old letters in an Edwardian trunk in the attic old, but in email years, these are ancient). Obviously, some can be deleted out of hand, without having to investigate further. But oh, heaven help you if you stumble into some old exchanges that cast you in a less than ( Read more... )

I don't know how these started, but I begin to understand the appeal of feverishly making digital stamps... especially when I see this ( Read more... )