Did you ever sit a newbie down in front of a computer to try to teach them how to use it, and they got all big-eyed and their fingers curled away from the keyboard and they said, "I'm afraid I'm going to break it!" and you told them not to be afraid, they weren't going to break the computer just by using it -- all they had to do was avoid opening ( Read more... )

Hey guys! Have any of youse ever seen a chiropractor? I've seen one on and off for many years for various problems, and was lucky enough to have one of the world's most famous and talented chiropractors work on my knee back in Brooklyn (thus saving me from a very painful knee operation). I recently started seeing a new chiropractor here in the ( Read more... )

I was trying to spray my sinus meds into my face and that was apparently a signal for Scully and Vala to gang-snuggle me! That's right, ladies, it's all about YOU, never mind my asthma! Seriously, they put their paws and tails across me to staple me down into place and stop me from moving ( Read more... )

Last night, the two puff-balls (Zack and Vala) demanded to be allowed outside, their fluffy little chests pressed tight to the glass in our storm door, their heads craned up at me, meowing their interminable demands. Despite the fact that if I let 'em out they'd probably just sit on the porch, one of them hunkered down in the cat house, I refused ( Read more... )

I thought I'd post this in case someone else had the same thing happening to them ( Read more... )

Dear GOP ( Read more... )

Two pictures:

The first is of the Legends of Superheros Christmas Party:


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I have absolutely nothing to do with Disney's The Princess and the Frog; I don't work for the company and had nothing to do with the making of it or the marketing and promotion, and yet ( Read more... )

I'm trying to open very old Word files containing very old stories of mine (to prep them for AO3 posting) and getting this:

You are attempting to open a file that was created in an earlier version of Microsoft Office. This file type is blocked from opening in this version by your registry policy setting.

Any idea how to get around this?

Ya know what's awesome about a brand-new email address? NO SPAM! I mean, nothin', zip, zilch. I'm sure some will show up any minute now but for the moment my home email address is blissfully free of the Cyrillic alphabet and work-at-home schemes, and no phishing emails from "Paypal" (yeah, righ) and credit card companies I don't have a card with ( Read more... )