So, yeah, we all  know the economy is shit.  Our parent company, Thomson, is French, and they're faring no better than everyone else.  Stocks have taken a nosedive, they're re-organizing every business unit, etc ( Read more... )

The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed. Well let's see.

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ and help prove you are well above average :)

1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane ( Read more... )

So as we're driving through Eureka, CA to our motel (with the free WiFi upon which has granted me access to the wonderful Internet), we pass by this motel which has, prominently displayed: "Color TV's by RCA" as its lure to bring in the passerby ( Read more... )

Less than two and a half hours and counting. I'll post about all the drama later on, after this is all over. God, help me get through this.

I have no idea what to do with this, so I'm putting it here ( Read more... )

Minus some more edits, the first draft of my thesis is pretty much done. 67 pages of joy, (69 if you count the bibliography, which I think will wind up needing to be annotated, so that'll add even more pages ( Read more... )

...the incompetence/carelessness of other people winds up on your lap, and you get to clean up the mess.

Yay for doubletime.

So this morning, a former co-worker of mine sends me an E-Mail that I'd sent him way back in 2003. I used to write him stuff like this all the time, just because. I love the fact he still has it ( Read more... )

Sometimes, I get an E-Mail that prompts me, for some unbeknownst reason, to pen (or type) an over the top reply ( Read more... )

...boy!

Healthy boy. All seems well at this stage!