We have internet again, or rather, we have USI, instead of using the old computer with dial-up ( Read more... )

I am thinking of having a Pampered Chef party in early March, after Marscon, but before Paganicon. I want to know if anyone is interested in attending, or even buying something from the catalog. Pampered Chef is fancy cookware, and some food. Or I could have a Tupperware party, if I could find a good Tupperware person. Or do you rate this sort of ( Read more... )

This is true, checked out on Snopes, and got this email from my credit union:

We want you to know that some stores and businesses may begin charging you more when you use your credit card to make purchases.

Beginning January 27, stores and online businesses were given the ability to charge a “checkout fee” for every purchase consumers make when ( Read more... )

Is the Up-Goer Five Text Editor http://splasho.com/upgoer5/ Some people are doing their job description, but I did my favorite poem.

The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we don't use our powers well:
Little we see in the green world that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, because they are too heavy!
The great water ( Read more... )

My Nano writing is stalled. This is what I wrote this morning instead. It's still a work in progress.

The Write Land

November is the cruelest month, breeding
Writing out of the moribund mind, mixing
Memory and frustration, stirring
Dull minds with falling rain.
Summer kept us hot, sweating
Earth in heartless sun, feeding
Our lives with fresh veggies.
Autumn ( Read more... )

I promised a report a week ago. By the time we finished unpacking, doing laundry, catching up on mail, etc, the con crud, in the form of a bad cold, struck.

For anyone who is interested, here are my memories of Chicon 7. ( Read more... )

Elise is having a sale:
http://elisem.livejournal.com/1767419.html

Looking is free (hee, hee, hee)

Also, I have been to the State Fair, and will post about it as soon as I have finished re-hydrating and resting. I didn't know it was going to get to near 90 degrees.

Since we are home instead of camping in extreme heat, it seemed appropriate to get ice cream just about every day.

( Twin Cities Tour de Glace 2012 )

Happy birthday marykaykare!!

We are back from Wiscon, where we had a good if very tiring weekend.

( More about Wiscon )