Today I'm in scenic Cambridge, MA. Monday I'll be on Martha's Vineyard visiting my mom. Sometime later I'll go home.

Sweet flaming christ am I glad to not have to go to work for a while.

That is all.

The cover story in yesterday's New York Times magazine, In the Face of Death, is worth reading ( Read more... )

Early indications are that I like owning a house ( Read more... )

Also also: I'm fiddling with the Windows LJ client on the theory that maybe it'd encourage me to post more, but pretty much I hate it. It's kinda clumsy and doesn't behave like I'd expect it to.

Are the alternate Windows clients less clunky? What do you verbose people use? Or am I the only one who doesn't like the standard client?

So it was my birthday today.

It's kind of weird. I've been so busy at work that I didn't even notice my birthday was coming up until maybe last week. Didn't do a party or anything; I've just been too tired to deal.

Instead, jacquez and I went to Vendetta Dolci for a nice quiet dinner ( Read more... )

I appear to be developing a Carnival trend where I show up at restaurants drunk.

I'm not really sure what this means, but it has to mean something.

Anyway, it's fun so far.

Also, rapier1 throws pretty great parties. I'm all happy and relaxed and still kinda drunk hours later.

I love Carnival.

So I gave in and bought an Xbox today ( Read more... )

I finished reading J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace the other day. Best thing I've read in a long time; beautifully written, elegantly constructed, soul-crushingly depressing.

Go read it.

Work's been busy. Need a break. Conveniently, I'm taking one ( Read more... )

I was craving chocolate, so I made this. It's basically a rich and creamy chocolate espresso pudding. It's very tasty.
( chocolate and coffee pots de creme )