Last weekend I decided to drive to a friend's house for a party.  She lives about 35 miles away, in the mountains (Boulder Creek ( Read more... )

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My old car did get auctioned off, but for far, far less than I had imagined. It went for less than 1/2 the blue book value. o_O Well, so it goes. I hope someone likes the bargain they got (and that it was actually a bargain ( Read more... )

So, it's no longer a painfully new car, since i now have license plates. I'm still really liking it; i still get a bit of smugness when i drive by gas stations, smog check stations, and oil change stores. My favorite feature is the remote climate control; it's really pleasant to tell the car I'm leaving my desk at work and have it be nice and ( Read more... )

It has arrived! The dealer called this morning, I picked it up this afternoon. I've put a rainbow sticker on it, and it's sitting in the driveway right now, connected to the house via an umbilical power cord ( Read more... )

I've uploaded a bunch of kitty picutres (mostly of the new kitty, Finder) to Flickr. ( I've posted a few, under a cut for your sanity )

So... Fat Head Kitty. He's actually very very friendly. He's very happy to see us and get foods and pettings. When he was outside, I noticed two big problems he had. One - his teeth. All of his canines were broken down to tiny translucent yellow stumps, and he was missing some of his other front teeth. Two - his testicles. Running around as ( Read more... )

So, I have a better delivery estimate for my Leaf: the week of June 15th. It seems so weird to be getting a new car. I still need to figure out exactly what I'm going to do with the old one - sell it to a friend or donate to charity. Donate to charity is an easy default, but i want to check to make sure I don't know of anyone who wants/needs it ( Read more... )

Well, it rained last night, so I figured that i needed to take down the signs. Earl and I walked up to the place; three of them were still well and intact; one had started to fall apart. Picked up all the pieces so there's no litter. The rain didn't wash away the blood, though. There's still a spot on the sidewalk where i carried her out of the ( Read more... )

I called the vet on Thursday night to see if anyone had claimed the cat I had found. Nope. They said that they had Animal Control come to take the body. I tried calling Animal Control on Friday, but it was one of the alternate Fridays that they were closed. So, I called this morning, right at opening time. (I had to redial a number of times; ( Read more... )