The dialer now works to get me into the system at work! (Notes is still being obnoxious, but one step at a time :-))

penknife recommends two Roads of Heaven pieces which are spot on and fabulous. And the icing on the cake is that the second one? Is _canon_. Melissa Scott has an LJ! *Dances and twirls*

Along with that, there is a new community astreiant, ( Read more... )

Neil Gaiman just won the Newbery Award for _The Graveyard Book_!!!! Very, very well deserved, in my own humble opinion. And the post about it is a hoot to read ( Read more... )

Message on my phone from Friday afternoon -- back to work on Monday! Yay!

*Big sigh of relief*

Sable Knight event had wonderful weather, and a good time was had by all.

Purchase order still not signed. Anticipated date now Monday. We have been told that another step has actually been achieved, however.

Aaaaaaarrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhh

So not even a little paycheck before Presidents Day Weekend: which means no Pantheacon for me. (And no Estrella either.)

In happier news, oxoniensis is running Porn Battle VII "The Seven Deadly ( Read more... )

Gorgeous sailing pictures including several of the Hawaiian Chieftain, and some wonderful tall-ship/modern juxtapositions. Absolutely stunning picture of an "Argo" with oars raised, sailing down an ancient canal ( Read more... )

Still stuck on the re-writes for Tantalus, but I can feel that the back of my brain is working, so I am not too frustrated about it ( Read more... )

Word from the job is that the purchase order will be signed on or about the 19th. *Qualified sigh of relief* The kind of scary part about hearing that was being told at the same time that while my project had been kept in the budget, others had not. Eeep!

Happy Birthday Hollis! Also absmom and Miss B ( Read more... )

Today is Epiphany, and the returning of the light. This is the time of year (in the Northern hemisphere) when it is finally possible to *see* that the light is returning & the days getting longer ( Read more... )

1. Post about something that made you happy today even if it's just a small thing.
2. Do this everyday for a week without fail.
3. Tag 8 of your friends to do the same.
--Not tagging, but encouraging the spreading of happy things--

1. Amusingly accurate --( Which Torchwood character are you Meme: )

1. Post about something that made you happy today even if it's just a small thing.
2. Do this everyday for a week without fail.
3. Tag 8 of your friends to do the same.

Things that have made me happy this morning

1. Pinch-hit finished and sent off to amand_r2. A thank-you in my work email for being on the ball ( Read more... )