The clutch plate of my much-beloved L'il Blue finally decided it was time to go the scrap yard in the sky, so I am re-committing to public transport for the foreseeable future. Go me...

(or something like that...)

Whoo-hoo! Still using my powers for evil, and turns out I'm not bad at it. If your candidate loses in November, blame me.

Now on to fandom: does anyone remember whether we ever learned why Chloe was in the closet in Fortune? I'd heard a rumor it was going to be addressed in the finale, but darn if I can remember that happening.

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The whole second-job thing is kicking my ass time-wise, a situation not helped at all by being made to hauli off to weddings in other states to which I wasn't invited but somehow "had" to attend. How does that work, exactly?

I'm pretty sure I have not lost my soul (yet) shilling for the political Others. My boss is desperately under-employed and ( Read more... )

Quick boring real life update first: I have found a 2nd job and am going to be slaving away at it until the credit card debt is paid off. 16 hours a week I am now going to be a "telefundraiser" for a political party. The other political party, as it happens. I had a 5-minute ethical dilemma about whether I wanted to take the job, then went to one ( Read more... )

My oldest step-son came home from his first year of university tonight at 7:21. We had a great family meal, all four of us, for the first time since Winter Break. It's crazy how much I've missed him; he's getting to be such a cool person and I'm so proud of him (or I will be until we get this semester's transcripts...).

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Ok, so I know I told ya'll I was going to start writing again, but unfortunately since the Easter Bunny Shovel Assault, I've been spending a great deal of time trying not to be bitten by something that looked a lot like this:


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( Click here for real life updates, or skip to the philosophical ruminations at the end )

The good news is that I'm pretty sure we have a place to live in April ( Read more... )

Talk to the neighbors of the property you are interested in, because (at least in Minnesota), sellers are not required to disclose whether a suicide has taken place or if there has been any paranormal activity in the house.

Now I know. And you do too.

( ... and real life update under the cut... )