For the first time since starting my LJ, I have changed the look. Reading another blog, I realized that I preferred black text on a white background and decided to change mine accordingly. I've heard that black text on white is easier on the eyes, and I'm not sure I believed that before, but I think I'd have to agree, now. Maybe it's a bad eyesight ( Read more... )

Getting up early on a Saturday morning used to be a hardship. Now, I can't even sleep late when I've got a head cold and need the rest. How sad is that? Sometimes I feel like a pod person. It all went to hell when the warranty ran out ( Read more... )

No luck getting the chickens into the hen house today. They ate all the grain around the house as well as the sprinkles leading up the little ladder into the house, but the grain we put inside is still there. And they're back in the tree tonight. One issue may be that it's not in an ideal location, so we may have to move it into a better spot to ( Read more... )

I'm fairly sure a small piece of Hell will freeze over when I say this, but I have come to the conclusion that it is possible to own too many books, and I do.

The amazing thing is that I have actually read most of them. Not that I remember the details, of course.

But then, I've been finding things all morning that I don't remember owning. The wavy ( Read more... )

Trying to get the cable, internet, and phone hooked up has been trying (to say the least).  For those of you familiar with the Suddenlink commercials advertising how easy it is to get bundled services... um. Not so much. It actually has been more like bowling with meat.

We finally got cable yesterday (and, to their credit, the Suddenlink technician ( Read more... )

Okay, someone else go to bing maps, then, without adjusting/moving the map in any way, start clicking the plus symbol to zero in closer. On my computers, the OSU classroom building ends up being at the dead center of bing map world. In fact, I think it's zooming in on ( Read more... )

We went to see Star Trek last Friday. I enjoyed it, despite the lack of female leads with important roles to play. The Romulan ship sort of bothered me, though.

( Thoughts about the Romulan ship here. )

I see it has been a while since I last posted anything.  Let's see, I'm still trying to figure out exactly how to handle Mom's manuscript, but I think I'll take estrill  up on her offer to scan the first chapter into pdf format and go from there. Thank you, Estrill!

I had a weird dream several days ago about being trapped in a manor house with several ( Read more... )

Last week, Gonzo, the tire-track eel, decided to bite my finger again at feeding time. I jerked my hand back, but he held on and went flying out of the tank. So, Gonzo was flopping around on the floor while I tried to scoop him up and put him back in the tank with my hands. No luck. Meanwhile Kate went running for a net, and eventually we managed ( Read more... )

I haven't felt like writing much at all this holiday, although I have had a bit of a hankering to write poetry. I only write poetry during times of extreme psychological upheaval, so this is a bad sign for the state of my mental health. Of course, I haven't felt like doing much of anything, really.  I have a long to-do list but have accomplished ( Read more... )