So last week, I bought a new computer desk. A couple weeks ago, I happened to be out with Tim at Costco, and saw one I really liked - made out of real wood (cherry stain, but not real cherry) to replace the particle-board junker I had. (Tim's comment was that particle board furniture is good for about two-and-a-half moves, and this desk had ( Read more... )

A bit of history here. Back in July, after finally getting tired of throwing money at the car trying to solve the infamous "popcorn" noise on right turns (but *only* right turns), I put it in the shop. They correctly diagnosed and fixed the problem - the starter, of all things, which Ron and I wouldn't have come up with in ten years. They ( Read more... )

This week was a good weather week and good fitness week. Got in three swims, and a fun game of ultimate frisbee on Thursday night - from which I wasn't even sore this morning. The weather has been delightful, and I'm happy to be having a chance to take advantage of it. The only downside was having to wait about ten minutes for a lane at ( Read more... )

So, in what is becoming a bi-weekly event, I'm actually updating my LJ ( Read more... )

I had been mulling what to do about my aging car for some time now. For those not keeping track, it's now ten years old and has 146,000 miles. I finally came to the conclusion about a week ago that the best remedy would be to go buy another vehicle, a used one for some halfway reasonable price. And since the car will still be the one I use ( Read more... )

from urania, ( The alphabet meme )

...another meme from urania:

( 36 Questions Meme )

It does seem like it's been forever since I posted, but for whatever reason I haven't really felt inspired to write much ( Read more... )

I hope everyone had a good day today. It was nice to see lots of folks that I hadn't seen in a while last night at Christmas Eve service, including rachelsahm who had recently returned from across the pond. This service is always one of the highlights of the church year for me, because the service itself is always meaningful and filled with wonderful ( Read more... )

And so that means it's time for Christmas cards, gift wrapping, and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, not necessarily in that order.

Mastshade and I attended the TSO show at Verizon Center (downtown DC) last night, and had a good time as always. I won't spoil it with the specifics (since urania, cossaccountant, Ron and I will be seeing them on Saturday in Richmond), but the ( Read more... )