Wow. With fall coming, I have been on the verge of a sneeze for a week. I have sneezed maybe a dozen times, but then the urge to sneeze doesn't go away. I can't tell if I have a cold or if it's just allergies. I'm suspecting allergies at the moment ( Read more... )

I'm in a bar on Division St in Chicago. Ron Jeremy just walked in and sat down next to us. Amusing.

Well, not to his face.

I read an editorial in our local free paper where a nearby Reverend wrote the following tripe:

Man is born a sinner away from God. Man’s problem is not his surroundings; it’s within ( Read more... )

So with the new computer I had my choice of XP or Vista. I decided to take the plunge, in part because I can't resist futzing around with something new ( Read more... )

I brought my Dwight bobblehead (from 'The Office') to work a couple of weeks ago. At least one woman thought it was so hilarious she was in near tears. I set Dwight up so he was staring down the door of the Men's bathroom with an evil look on his face ( Read more... )

I really ought not be dancing. My doctor told me this last Thursday when I managed to get to see him after avoiding doctors for about four weeks. As you'll recall (but most couldn't see pictured) I broke my toe. It was bad. Very bad. I still can't bend the toe, and it's still about twice the size of its twin on my right foot ( Read more... )

Now that I have my new computer, I've been able to put my backup drive in a hard drive enclosure and attach it to begin checking how well I practiced what all techies preach: "BACK UP YOUR HARD DRIVE".

After fifteen high stress minutes, because my backup drive sounds terrible in the hard drive enclosure, I have about 95% confidence that everything ( Read more... )

We returned home yesterday afternoon around 4:30 to discover our Harry Potter books on our doorstep. It's been a very quiet 21 hours around here. No television. No talking. Just the two of us slamming through the book, with some sleep and food in between ( Read more... )

Half of Christmas in July has come. We're still waiting on our Harry Potter books to be delivered. Yes, we ordered two ( Read more... )

It is very possible that today I will receive both the new Harry Potter book AND my new computer. Both FedEx and UPS say that my packages are on their way to be delivered. I have actually enjoyed doing laundry today because it gets me into a front bedroom where I can see the street ( Read more... )